Wednesday marathon

5:45 - Husband gets up to go to the Y
6:10 - Wake up and get ready for work
6:55 - Leave for work
7:00 - Arrive at work
4:15 - Leave work
4:20 - Arrive at church to prepare for evening
5:00 - Leave church to eat
6:20 - Arrive at church for evening
10:30 - Leave church after choir and praise band practice
10:45 - Fall into bed after yet another marathon Wednesday

Kaiani made today special

It is such a joyous special thing when a baby is born. It is even more special when that baby is going to have wonderful loving parents who will support it and train it up in the way it should go.

Kaiani was born this morning at 6:59 this morning. Her parents, friends and family have anxiously been awaiting her birth. Now she is finally here and we can see her, hold her, and love her in a more real way than we could before.

Today is special.

Forget it Friday

That is what the teachers call Friday in the spring. Forget it Friday. It's pretty bad when the students and the teachers are both counting down the days to summer. The good news is that the summer weather is giving me a wonderful peace about life right now. It is sad that I am so influenced by the seasons, but summer is just where I thrive. Bring on the heat!!!

On a darker note, I have been sort of sick all week and now my body has taken to wanting to hack up both of my lungs. So, here's to hoping that Mucus will not be my demise today.

Have a FABULOUS FORGET IT FRIDAY!

waiting

I am waiting for someone to call me. I don't know when or if they will call. It is kind of like waiting for someone to call and let you know if you got the job or not. It may be a good thing for me to call. It may be pointless for me to call. Calling back may make me seem over interested.

Perhaps I should send an e-mail. Those are short and can be businesslike and formal. I don't know how to write a formal e-mail. Should I google it?

Waiting...

What do you do?

What do you do when you are a fifth grade boy whose second grade sister died last year of cancer, and a well meaning girl in your class asks if you know if your sister is in heaven or "down there?"

What do you do if the girl was well meaning, but said that your sister wasn't in heaven because she wasn't a Christian?

What do you tell your daughter if she was trying to talk with a classmate about God, but instead she said something that may have turned him off from Jesus for a long time?

Why do seven year old girls die of cancer?

Why do mothers of seven year old girls rely on fifth grade boys to cairry them through their grief?

Why do seven year old boys who need Jesus Love encounter well meaning fifth grade girls who say things that they don't understand.

What do you do? And Why

Hai YA!

Today was the first annual RECORDER KARATI CLOSING CERIMONIES! I had all of the fourth grades in my classroom and I red off their names and their last belts recieved. Then we took pictures of the groupings of belts. Black had it's own picture.



Then the brown and red belts:



Finally the blue and purple belts:



It was a good time for the students to see who had done as well as they had, and also a good time to praise those students who went the extra mile to get their black belts. Students who recieved their black belts can play:
Hot Crossed Buns, Gently Sleep, Merrily We Roll Along, It's Raining, Old McDonald, O' when the Saints, Twinkle Twinkle, Amazing Grace, and Ode to Joy

Oh fourth graders, you have done me proud.