A Full Time Adventure

Close the chapter on my 11th year of teaching. I have been truly blessed the past 3 school years to work half time.  It has been the best of both worlds- part time stay at home mommy and half time teacher. But that is coming to an end =( So next year I will be back to work full time.  There are many pros and cons, there is a lot of guilt and excitement.  Lots of people have asked me how I feel...I feel kinda blah at the moment, a little scared that Olivia will miss me more than she does now, and that she will be mad at me because I will only see her a few hours a day.  I am going to try to be proactive this summer and get some things done....what? I have no idea but I brought some stuff home though! One thing I do keep thinking about is that in 2 years Olivia will be coming with me to school....so that is the light at the end of the tunnel....the really long tunnel.... but for now this is the path and plan that God has for me and us right now.

Last day of school

Today was the last day of school with students! It was such a great year with these 2nd graders.  Yes we had our moments, but overall such a sweet bunch of students.  We had a great last day! Being a teacher is hard work and I am looking forward to a little break. But I am already thinking about next year! What can I do differently?  What can I do better?  How can I engage my students? A teacher's job never ends.  People like to say, "BUT you get 2 months off!!!" True BUT there are always things to do and ideas to tinker with! So cheers to my 11th year of teaching coming to a close!

Such a sweet letter to parents I found!

This is how I felt about 10 am when I had to fix something IMMEDIATELY and wanted to rip my hair out!

Bubbles

Bubbles are the most magical thing.  They can turn anyone's frown upside down.  I enjoy it when Olivia says, "Let's blow bubbles!" It can make all those to do lists, messes to clean, and frustrations just disappear.  This afternoon when I was frustrated with Olivia's popping antics, her not napping, trying to make something for dinner, and making some desserts, we needed an outside break.  I bought Olivia a butterfly net for $1 and we went on a butterfly hunt...to no avail there were no butterflies.  We will try again tomorrow.  We took the bubble mower out for a spin and then blew some bubbles.  The wrongs of today all turned right with the smiles and giggles bubbles bring.  Maybe we all should carry some bubbles in our purse and when everything is going wrong take out some bubbles and take a bubble break!

Oh Lamby

Oh Lamby you bring Olivia so much joy and happiness.  You are a true friend to Olivia.  So much so we decided that Lamby needed a walk tonight after dinner.  Lamby endured some bumps and bugs but was ok.  Olivia even wanted to push Lamby and her lawnmower at the same time...

Who is cooking burgers?

Airplane!

I can do both!

Ok Lamby you watch

I am going to cut the grass!

Return to Zero

Another thing I got to do Saturday was watch a movie- Return to Zero.  I have waited a long time and watched how this movie was developed. I am not going to give a synopsis or my opinion about the movie because we all take things from movies differently.  If this is an important issue in your life that you can relate to, you probably watched the movie.

Having experienced a late miscarriage at 13.5 weeks there were a lot of things in common I could relate to in the movie.  The emotions and actions portrayed by the characters was real, it was painful at times to watch, and to relive some of those memories.  But in the end I took away one important part, that you only can understand when you lose a baby.  There was a part in the movie when the main character Minnie Driver is speaking with her doctor.  The doctor told her, when you do have a baby you will realize how special your baby is because you know the feelings of losing a baby.  So true...

Races, A Birthday Party, and Daddy-Daughter Date night!

We had a very busy Saturday yesterday!!

First I ran a 10K in Winterville- Marigold 10K, one of my favorites and had a great running time- a new PR of 54:34 =)  Then I zoomed off to Brendon's bike race in Watkinsville- exactly a 30 minute ride, so he could do a 3 hour bike race!  Olivia and I hung out in our little tent and cheered him on! Brendon did so good he got 3rd place in his age group!!

Then Olivia and I zoomed home to shower and get ready for Griffin's birthday at Gymboree!! It was so fun to celebrate Griffin 3rd birthday!! It was fun to see all of our friends. I think the cutest part was when it was time to sing to Griffin, Olivia sang Happy Birthday SOOO loud! It was so cute!!

After the party, Brendon and Olivia had a daddy-daughter date night.  They got dinner at Chili's and then went to the Gwinnett Braves game.  They got to walk on the field, have hot dogs, and popcorn! They had a fun night!

And what did I do while they were on their date...got a manicure and pedicure, did two loads of laundry, put away 2 loads of laundry, and vacuumed! I am such a wild woman!