Twilight Obsession

Okay, so I am terribly embarassed to admit that I am in love with a vampire. I have developed this new obsession with the twilight books and read the first three books in one week. Now I have preordered and am waiting in desperation for the 4th and final installment, Breaking Dawn. I also can't wait for the movie to come out in December and have already made plans with my niece and my sister to go see it. I'm even contemplating buying a "Bite Me...I love Edward Cullen" t-shirt. It is pure craziness I know, but I have to have something to fill up my summer with. I guess it is a good thing that school starts in a month and a half. 'SIGH'... Well I better go back to looking at pictures of some vampire actor who is half my age. What a whacko I am.:0)

I've Figured It Out!

So I've finally figured out this blogging thing (sort of). I'm actually proud of what it looks like now. Yeah Me! Check out some of my favorite pics along the edge. As I was going through them I wanted to write about every one, but alas, that would be a lot of blogging and I've got real life to worry about. Hope you enjoy my new blogging site. By the way, thanks Mindi and Teresa for all the help!

Check out my Slide Show!

We have been tagged, so I guess we are it. These questions were answered by McKayla with a little help from Tyler. (Okay, a lot of help from Tyler. McKayla was in one of her "moods" when we wrote this. I should have fed her first :0)
1.. What is something mom always says to you? No
2. What makes mom happy? Playing on the computer, going shopping
3. What makes mom sad? Not obeying and when we fight.
4. How does mom make you laugh? Telling funny jokes and doing funny dances.
5. What was mom like as a child? She was adventurous and good.
6. How old is your mom? I don't know, 33
7. How tall is your mom? About like 5 somethin', or maybe 10 somethin'.
8. What is your mommy's favorite thing to do? Play with us, play Lego Indiana Jones, watch movies with us.
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Go shopping, read a book, play with Andrew
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Singing or Reading
11. What is your mom really good at? Reading, picking out clothes for us to wear.
12. What is your mom not very good at? Cooking and skiing.
13. What does your mom do for her job? Teaches
14. What is your mom's favorite food? Bajio salad, Sonic drinks, chicken enchiladas.
15. What makes you proud of your mom? That she takes care of us and she is so good at free cell.
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Mickey Mouse or Little LuLu
17. What do you and your mom do together? We go running, watch fireworks at your dad's, we see movies together, we do crazy dances.
18. How are you and your mom the same? We have the same pajama pants.
19. How are you and your mom different? Her hair is shorter than mine.
20. How do you know your mom loves you? Cause she's my mom and she always helps me with my problems.

Moving Woes

I am changing schools for this next 2008-2009 school year, and I have to say moving is a pain. I finally got my class packed up and ready to go, so Jerry and I went and moved all my stuff to Spanish Oaks (my new school). Imagine my delight when I arrive and there is another teacher's stuff all over my classroom. I walked down to the office to ask the principal if the old teacher wasn't done moving yet, but she was done. She moved all the way to Texas and left everything for me. Wasn't she nice? So now I have to clean out the classroom before I can move my stuff in. What a pain:( However, I was pleasantly surprised to see 7 computers in my classroom. I have my own mini-lab and it works! I guess with a little sweet you usually have to have a little sour.
I am excited to move, but the crazy teacher dreams have already begun; the one where I show up late to school on the first day and I am teaching with a smile on my face until I look down and realize I forgot to put pants on. I'm thinking in the back of my mind that maybe the students haven't noticed yet, but they will any minute so I better do something. The rest of the dream consists of me trying to get home but getting lost with every turn I take. My other favorite teacher dream is when I am sleeping peacefully and get a call from the school. It is the first day and why am I not at school yet. I rush to my classroom, burst through the door and there are so many desks that I can't walk through the classroom. I have to climb through the maze of desks until I reach the front of the room (which is weird because the door was at the front of the room). While I'm stumbling there the students are jumping off the counters and yelling and screaming and I can't control anything. Honestly, you have to love Teacher Anxiety. Hopefully as the summer proceeds I will sleep peacefully again.

Birthday Mania at my House

I did not plan for my three children very well. They all have their birthdays within 2 weeks of each other. My 1 year old's b-day and May 20th, my 9 year old's is June 4th, and my 6 year old's is June 5th. Needless to say "Birthday Mania" is just ending at my house. We had a small family party for the baby. My 9 year old didn't get a party this year (It is just too darn hard to do 2 birthdays back to back every year, so they only get a party every other year). Since he didn't get a party, we still had to do something fun to celebrate. We ended up inviting cousins and going to a bounce place called Jumping Jacks and having a sleepover.
My daughter is the one who had the full-blown B-Day Party. We planned for a water party, but the weather cancelled it out. Instead we had all her friends wear their PJs and bring a pillow and we did a pretend slumber party. The girls were all actually very good, and we had a blast playing games, dressing up in silly outfits, having a dance party, painting fingernails, and unfortunately for the girl's parents, painting our faces with pink frosting from the cupcakes (that dye they put in bakery frosting is pretty much permanent). I did not give them permission for that last part, but expect the unexpected when it comes to 6 year olds. Tomorrow, Sunday, we are having all the family over for a big BBQ to wrap it all up. Then (*sigh*) we are all done for one more year. Once birthday season is over my summer really begins. Whew!

Schools Out For Summer!

So school just let out last week and I have to say "WooHoo" with a small mixture of "BooHoo". Every year I fall in love with my school class and right when we are really clicking and know each other in and out, school ends. Then you have to start all over again the next year. That is the worst part about being a teacher. Well that and grading papers all the time. The upside is that now I have the whole summer to spend with my own children. I get to play Lego Indiana Jones with my 9 year old, create art work worthy for the refridgerator with my 6 year old, and play peek-a-boo and the "no-no" game with my 1 year old. Does it get any better than this?