step 3

dr. passed his Step 3! two more days left of ob/gyn and then on to the ER. finally!

karaoke

many of you know that when i have "black" girls night out, we partake in a little karaoking. thursday we had a little karaoke action. hilarious! you know you always think you know a song until you get up in front of people to sing it and then you knoe none of the words but you can surely belt it out in the shower. well this week as i was looking through the book, i came across Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. this song i was sure i knew. so i choose that song to sing with many not having faith that i was going to know all the words. for all who do not know Ice Ice Baby, it is a white dude who raps. perfect for this occasion, right?! boy oh boy did i show them! i got up there, hit every word and rapped my way to the end of the song and got a standing ovation ( one of the teachers parents were there, sister and brother in law, and three friends of the brother in law!) ha, so much fun. the song has officially been retired. no one else is allowed to sing the song and it is now "my song". as my obsession with the bud light commercials continue, i leave you with Mr. King of the Karaoke Mic....... (on a slight side note. we do all know how tone deaf i am... right! this is perfect for me!)

calling all cooks

during this first year of teaching, i feel as though i have greatly neglected my husband. he could probably count the number of meals I have cooked him on one hand. ok, that is an exaggeration! he could probably use both hands and feet. so i am asking for your help! i am looking for all good recipes. my summer will be filled with yummy wholesome meals for the husband. i don't want any recipes with weird ingredients that may entail traveling to several grocery stores. it could be side dishes, desserts, main dishes. anything that seems to be in your monthly line up for meals. i am even looking for recipes like "throw chicken into pan, pour one can of soup on top. bake 30 minutes". simplicity always works! basics always works too! i am not one to experiment with spices either so if you usually do something very basic but seem to use a spice i might not think of, i woudl love to hear about it! ( marty.... vegetable lasagna?) i am hoping that i can get a few more recipes under my belt that will be worked into our usual meals that i can get accustomed to before school starts again in august!

PS22

To stop the music playing you can go to the device under our picture.  Look at the bottom of the circle for the arrow and two lines.  Press that with your mouse once and it should pause the music.

Now that you have paused the music thought you might enjoy this from PS22 in New York.

brownie goose

as many of you know i am a member of a wives alliance. it has been a great way to meet new people! one of our members sews the cutest homemade clothing for girls and boys! i have absolutely fallen in love with all the clothes and fabrics. i ordered all of our nieces an outfit. here is a picture of laneybug and abigator in their outfits that we got them. how cute are these clothes... and how cute are those checks and hair!!! never seen anything like it. cuteness all around!

check out the website below.  the first three outfits pictured are laney's new outfits and the fourth one in abby's!

http://browniegoose.blogspot.com/

done and done

i am no longer a first year teacher! yesterday was the last day of school for the kids. now we spend next week cleaning our rooms. i got through the whole entire year without a sniffle, cough, or sneeze. unfortunately my body finally decided to shut down one minute after the children left. i was wondering when i was going to run my body down. luckily it lasted me all year.

so as of now, i am confined to the couch with a box of kleenex, several empty cups which used to contain orange juice, cold and sinus medicine. you name it. we were supposed to go to a crawfish boil today but it seems that i will be missing it. although it is supposed to be raining for the next 9 days so maybe lots of people will be missing it.

so anyway, although my first year of teaching did entail some crying, over all i think i had a extremely good first year. just in the past few weeks i had people shocked that it was my first year. they had no idea! i feel like i have accomplished something. i retested my kids this week to see how their fluency increased. in 2nd grade you should be reading 90-100 words per minute at the end of the year. i have one child that went from 68 words to 142 words per minute! that was my biggest leap but have some other reading well into the third grade level!

also, back on March 31, i took two kids down to district (second grade took a total of 6... and we were the only grade to take anybody downtown). which means i spent all year doing interventions with them and put together a binder of all their work and all the extra work i had been doing with them. if district approves them, they are tested for exceptional ed services. all six of our kids were approved for testing ( and my binders were passed around the board room because nobody had ever seen such organization)! well they came to test all the children and none of the kids tested in except my two kids! one child i knew for a fact had ADHD and he was diagnosed with it so he will be moving onto 3rd grade with services and will not have to spend his 3rd year in 2nd grade! so excited for him. he has the best character you will ever find in a 2nd grader. my other student had medical problems so i have put in a request for home schooling. so we are well on our way to getting her the education she needs!

so all this good news was a great way to end my first year teaching and lift my spirits that i am in the right profession!

memorial day

memorial day is upon us. where has the time gone!  it feels like just yesterday we were painting our house and tying our mattress on the top of our car trying to get it home from sams.  it seems like just yesterday dr. and my parents were helping me set up my room for my first year teaching.

we are both looking forward to this weekend.  i have a three day weekend (although the kids last day is friday, i still have one more week) and i am trying to convince dr. to ask if he could skip work on monday.  if so we are hoping to make a trip to the lake.  if not, we have a crawfish picnic to go to on saturday and our street is having a street party sunday night!

memorial day makes me think of water, bbq, and family.  i ran across this bud light commercial and made me think of my dear husband and father -in-law when it comes to fire.  enjoy...