I was looking at the blog and realized I hadn’t posted anything since last month. Whoops! Here’s a brief recap: Joseph got a pretty cool award at school, Abigail had her grade-level music performance, Paul went to Liberty Con in Washington DC, we celebrated Valentines’ Day, and I’m plugging away at 4th grade. More in-depth info in the captions.
So, in one of his classes, he wrote a letter that was supposed to be from an Alamo defender to a family member, describing what was happening at the time. His letter was selected as one of the best ones and he was awarded this trophy.I took this picture not long after our snowy day…to show how quickly Texas weather changes. I was in short sleeves and not cold.Anyone who knows me knows I love pretty books. I had picked up a fancy copy of Pride and Prejudice as a gift for someone and decided I needed my own fancy copy.Look at the back!!Since this is the year of the snake, I only felt it fitting that I wear my snake earrings. Sights like this make me happy: sunshine coming into the room, the view of the tree from my window (I can hardly believe how big they’ve gotten…but then I remember we’ve been here 12.5 years), a floral quilt on the bed…Oof…I’ve been struggling with over-socialization in my classroom. This was the perfect shirt to wear. I feel like now I have some new behavior policies in place that may cut down on some of the things, so here’s to hopefully experiencing less trying days than this one was.How I have fun on a Friday night…kidding…but I have been trying to stay on top of my lesson planning and grading so that I have my weekends completely free of work stuff. It’s been refreshing.When Paul was in DC for Liberty Con, I took the kids to Buc-ee’s. Trust me, they had more fun than this picture suggests. I think the sun was behind me, which made it hard for them to look at me.At Liberty Con. Paul told me that this guy is a pro wrestler.Here he is with an editor for Reason Magazine. He did an interview for them.Here’s a throwback!! Paul was looking through photos to scan and found this one. We were baaaaaabies.On Friday, she was hanging out in my room after school as I worked on some things and she was doing such a good job sounding out the words in this book. Plus, I could tell that she was understanding the text and not just decoding. It was a really awesome sight.Paul said all he wanted for Valentines’ Day was a card…so I made him a card and got him some snacks at Buc-ee’s.He surprised me with this Luna Lovegood mini backpack and Herbology wallet. Luna is tied for first place for my favorite Harry Potter characters (the other one is Tonks), and I love all the plants. After we opened presents, we left the kids at home with pizza rolls and went out to the movies. It was a relaxing evening!I already had this shirt (I got it a couple years ago), so now I have a bag to go with it!
