Summer School-Week 2

Week 2 went well-and I didn't have to teach, so that makes it better!!! It was pretty dry all week, so we were outside 4 of the 5 days. The one day it was just too muddy. So we stayed inside, popped popcorn for snack and watched a letter sounds movie. The kids loved it!!

I am loving this week. We are off from school-supposedly for the 4th and people that take vacations, but many students are going to be gone next week. Oh well, I don't make the schedule. And the weather is looking great. Rain possibly this afternoon, but not again until who knows when. the 7 day forecast shows only sun and high 70's and 80's. As long as the humidity is not too bad, I am happy!!

I started off my vacation by getting a major haircut on Saturday. I was able to donate to Locks of Love and I still have quite a bit left!! I will get a picture up on Facebook later today (hopefully). My week will most likely consist of cleaning, since that has been neglected for a few weeks. Then the weekend will hopefully be hanging with friends and helping to celebrate a birthday on the 4th (and not just the countries.)

Well, off to clean or relax a little more (haven't decided yet :))

Summer School-Week 1

The first week of summer school is over!!!!

I am once again teaching Kindergarten Readiness in the team taught room. However neither of the teachers from last year are there :) There are 2 new teachers-I am not really sure about one of them yet, as she was hired at the last minute, but we will see. So, there are 3 teachers, 28 students (as of this week-31 on the rooster), and a sign language interpreter in the room this year.

This week was my week to teach. I did an All About Me theme and the kids seemed to enjoy it :) It is nice to have 2 other teachers to help control all of the kids.

I now get to relax a little next week as I am done teaching for a while and don't have to worry about prep work. I will get to see what it is like on the controlling the masses end of things.

Here's to hoping the rain scheduled for Monday-Wednesday holds off until 11:30 every day so we can get outside. We spent one day inside this week and what a difference a little outside time makes in a room full of 4 and 5 year olds!!!!

Wisconsin Dells

Two in one day!!! What are you going to do!!!

Last week, Brian and I spent a few days in Wisconsin Dells. Thanks to WIXX(a local radio station), we paid very little for the trip and activities. WIXX gives away Dells books every year where you can get free or very discounted admission to many Dells attractions (there are even some water parks included, but we are not water people). So, this year we decided we were going to try our hardest to get some Dells books. We found out the day of the closest Dells drop and Brian and best friend Bill got up at 4am to go sit outside of Sonic drive in until 11:30am, when the drop was to begin. They were first in line!!!!
So our trip was planned. And it was a busy 3 days. We did 3 mini-golf courses, painted some pottery, rode the ducks(the tour never changes and you start to anticipate the jokes that you know are coming), took the upper Dells boat tour, visited a photograph museum(free, and was very thankful we didn't pay for it), saw a hypnotist show, saw the Tommy Bartlett show and exploratory, went to circus world(missed the circus), and visited a train museum and got an hour long train ride. Many of these places were free. We even got a hotel discount and 10% off many of the area restaurants. After all was calculated, we saved about $407 the whole trip. We even have some things left that we didn't do (water stuff) that doesn't expire until the end of June.

Brian decided it was worth getting up at 4am for and will most likely try again next year!!

Out of my comfort zone

As many of you may know, one of my goals for 2010 was to do something out of my comfort zone. Those of you that know me well, know that I am not an outgoing person who will go up and talk to someone I don't know, so this would prove to be a tough goal. Well, thankfully, Rae Ann knows that I am not outgoing and one of her goals was to do a volunteer project each month. She included me in her project for May, so I helped at a Food Pantry in Milwaukee. While I didn't actually deal with the people coming to the pantry, I stocked shelves and filled the bags that would be handed out, I was definitely out of my comfort zone. I like doing things that I am familiar with, in areas I am familiar with, with people I am familiar with. (Out of the 6 of us that volunteered, I knew 3 and one was Brian)
So, there is one goal for 2010 that I can most certainly cross off the list as accomplished. I am still working on the others. And thanks to Rae Ann for knowing me so well and thinking to include me-even though we did have the furthest drive to get there. It was a great time!!!