Thanks again to Ruth for
hosting this weekly celebration. It really helps me to find a focus for my
week.
I’ll be honest, I was
dreading this week. Looking on the calendar I noticed I had six meetings, two
altered schedule days with shortened classes, one early out day, and a field
trip. Liam’s birthday is tomorrow and with it comes a sleepover, a party with a
few of his friends, and a family party (but thankfully that one is next
weekend.) Also, the realization that my little guy is not so little anymore. So
to say my week was causing me a bit of stress would be an understatement, but
we persevered. Let’s celebrate.
Walks
I often bemoan the lack of
time to exercise with our crazy schedules. At some point this week I realized
that I have to get up every morning at six to take Rosie out. In doing that, I
often walk her around our yard for about ten minutes. The flash of insight hit
me – I could just walk her our short walk route – one mile – every morning
instead. She’d still get in her morning bathroom routine, but I’d also get a
bit of exercise in to start my day. It has worked beautifully.
Field trips
I’m not a huge fan of most
field trips. In most cases, I’d rather be in the classroom teaching and talking
books and writing with my kids. I have so much I don’t feel like we get to,
that teaching is where I’d rather be. That being said, we went on a field trip
today and I had fun with my small group and trying to capture photos of my
entire class as we would pass. Here’s a quick video of our trip.
Picture books
The other day my student,
Tyler, looked up from the couch where he was rereading one of his favorite
picture books, Jenny Offill’s Sparky.
(This is pretty much a weekly occurrence for him.) I was at a table in front of
him holding a reading conference. Tyler said, “Mrs. S, the publisher of this
book screwed up. They have ages 4-8 years
on the flap.”
I smiled and reminded him
that many folks believe picture books are for the young alone.
Tyler simply looked at me and
said, “That’s crazy.” And continued to read.
That interaction pretty much summarizes the content of our Nerdy Book Club post today. (HERE)
This weekly blog post gives me a chance to see that even the craziest of weeks have the fabulous moments in them, waiting for you to enjoy.
Have a fabulous weekend!
