Tag Archives: Life

Dear Students

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Shoes

Dear Students, Good morning and welcome to Second Grade!  This is going to be one very amazing year and I am glad that as your teacher, I get to share it with you. I have been thinking of what to … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – A Perfect Fit

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Shoes

After the commencement ceremony we had dinner and drinks with some friends at a local restaurant.  Cody wanted to try on my cap.  I think it is a perfect fit!

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Walking

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Shoes

Tomorrow I walk. Tomorrow I don a cap, gown, and hood and will walk. In retrospect it has been both a short and a long year.  I have learned a lot and feel, for the most part, prepared to move … Continue reading →

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Waking Up Six

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Shoes

He has kept a running countdown for a couple weeks.  He talks about the cake and the friends and the presents and the ice cream but that is not why he is so eager. Carter has been counting down to … Continue reading →

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From There to Now

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Shoes

The ball drops.  It bounces halfheartedly in an attempt to guilt the faltering hands that juggle the remaining balls, balls that are moving so fast they are a liquid blur in the air, to reach for it and scoop it … Continue reading →

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Birthday Marbles

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Shoes

We drank coffee while the birthday boy, feeling very mature at age eight, opened his presents.  He got a couple science kits and a movie.  Then Carter ran out of the room and returned with his bag of peacock marbles.  … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Allow me to Introduce Ken

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Shoes

Today started as most Sundays tend to do at our house.  Husband and I try to sleep in.  The boys get up early keeping us from sleeping in, although today early was 7:00 which I don’t really consider early. There … Continue reading →

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Bits and Scraps – Proof of Leprechauns is All Around Us

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Shoes

It started earlier this week with a small, pointy white rock Carter found on the playground at his school.  He insisted it was a Leprechauns tooth. Then it was a heart shaped sticker, its shine and sparkle marred by neglect … Continue reading →

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Is it Past Your Bedtime Yet…How ‘Bout Now?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Shoes

We spend the better part of yesterday evening in the Emergency Room at Children’s Hospital. Cody had been complaining of a headache that would disappear when he laid down but would come back in full force when he would stand … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Workspaces

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Shoes

This weekend was a weekend of writing lesson plans.  Not the fun and exciting lesson plans that I worked on last weekend for Dr. Seuss Day: Lacing ten beads (or “Truffula seeds”) onto a pipe cleaner with a colorful pom-pom … Continue reading →

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