One Week Down

 I made it through my first week back at school. And it honestly it wasn't as bad as I though it would be. Now I would be lying if I said there were no tears when I pulled away from the driveway knowing I was leaving my girl in her bed. It was probably a good thing she wasn't awake when I left. 

My mind is at ease when I am at work because we have the best "daycare" set up for Brynn Marie when Mama is at work. My mom, Nana, watches Brynn on Monday, half a day Thursday and on Fridays and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Brynn gets to hang out with her Daddy! This is the only good thing about Tom working the midnight shift... 

I think it is so special that Brynn gets to spend such quality time with her daddy. The bond that they are going to have is already so strong and is going to be so special. Not many daddies get to spend that quality time with their children. Tom surprises me each day with the help he gives me. He is eager to help when I am overwhelmed and hormonal. God was making the perfect match for me when he created Tom, because he is just what I need in every single moment; even if I disagree.

So as I dread going back to school after a long, three day weekend snuggle fest, I am glad that if it is not me Brynn's daddy gets to squeeze her cheeks tomorrow.

It is true when they say you fall in love all over again with your spouse when you have a child... because I have never loved this man more than I do today.

Hallelujah for Three Day Weekends! 

Jesus is my Homeboy!

After a day off it was so nice to come back to 17 smiling faces this morning. I love teaching Kindergarten during the holiday season. Today we talked about being thankful for the things in our life. I tried to stress being thankful for the non materialistic things, maybe the things we cannot touch, and for the people in our lives. Here are some of the pages for our class book, I Am Thankful...

I told you... I have the best job ever!

"You are thinking about hearts and circles and Jesus is thinking about rectangles!"

Do you see God up there in the clouds? Always watching...

This one is my favorite! I love to see how they illustrate things. Isn't this so beautiful?

Told you... the best job ever. They are precious! With all the pictures of me and God, I guess Jesus is really my homeboy! :)

Tree Barf

I think I may have the best job in the world. If you would have asked me last year, with the class I had, my answer might have been a bit different... just kidding. But I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my class this year! I have 17 of the sweetest Kinder babies in my class.

I love how pure and unfiltered their conversations are. Lately one of my tables has been talking about God. Melt my heart... I have heard things like, "God is always watching us" and "He always keeps us safe" and "Jesus and God are the same person!" I love listening to them and hearing about things in their Kinder minds. It warms my heart.

Then other times I cannot hold back the laughter because the things they say are so funny. Remember this story from last year? We have been learning about living and non living things and have adopted a tree to observe throughout the year as the seasons change. We talked about why and how the leaves change in the fall and then started to talk about the parts of a tree. Here is how the conversation went...

Mrs. H: "Someone raise their hands and tell me what are the different parts of a tree."
Students: "Trunk!"
"Branches!"
"Leaves!"
"Roots!"
Mrs. H: "Good! Now who can remember the part of the tree that is brown...and it covers the
trunk... it's usually bumpy... and it protects the trees insides."
Student: "BARF!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ohmygoodness! Come on Katie, hold it together... I couldn't... I lost it. I started laughing OUT LOUD... at one of my students. And I don't mean a quiet chuckle, but tears streaming down the face laughing. When I composed myself, wiped away the tears of laughter, and told them "I'm sorry I laughed but do you know what barf is?" No one did. Oh gosh, I thought. I am about to tell my students what barf is. But I was already in too deep. "Barf means throw up. Does a tree have throw up? I think you meant to say the tree has bark." And then they lost it, they were all laughing and I was too. Yes... this is just a normal day in Mrs. H's Kindergarten Class. Don't you wish I was your teacher?!?!

Ha ha. Oh geez. So along with talking about God and Jesus they are also talking about barf and tree bark. Luckily no parents have called asking why their child said they are learning about barf... that's right Teacher of the Year right here :)