When I grow up...

Jon and I had a fun day planned out today.  We decided to stop by the pool and spa store and take a course in hot tub 101.  We've had this big ol' hot tub just sittin' here without water all winter long.  It's time we fill that thing!  We've got the supplies and knowledge to do it now.  We also headed to Notre Dame for a lacrosse game.  The weather was a bit chilly, but the sun was shining brightly and it felt oh-so-good!  The game was exciting (although, ND lost) and we'll be going to some more this spring.

After the game was over I talked Jon into making a pit stop to the "teacher store" so I could breath in bulletin board materials, erasers, paint, paper, pens, manipulatives.  Before I walked into the store I was remembering my childhood memories of making trips to the "teacher store" with my mom.  I am so glad she saw the passion her third grade daughter had and went with it!  Mom would let me wander the isles, dreaming and scheming of what could be.  She also let me make little purchases for my classroom whose students consisted of teddy bears, younger cousins and neighbors.  Well, today as I walked into the store my attention was immediately drawn to a little girl, no older than 7, walking around the store with her mom and dad.  She was making choices of the newest additions to take home for her teacher play.  And what did they call this little blonde haired cutie??  Katie!  It was as if I was watching my childhood!

Counting my blessings that I'm living my dream!

TGIF

Ahh! I love the weekend! There's no better feeling than 3:30 on a Friday afternoon when I've put the last child on the bus. Though I love my kiddos dearly, I need a few days to breath and renew before a new week begins. Jon and I had a great evening relaxing, eating pizza and watching basketball at a cousin's house. A perfect start to the weekend!

Tomorrow we plan to catch a lacrosse game at Notre Dame before doing a little shopping for spring break essentials. It's hard to believe that a week from tonight we'll be in Florida! Hooray! Also on the agenda for the day is to check out our hot tub...could this be the weekend we fill 'er up with water and chemicals?!

Here's to Friday evenings, when it seems the weekend will never end...

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the blog! I had some free time on my hands last week while home sick and thought I'd set up an account. We'll see how frequently I actually end up posting...

We had a very exciting week in kindergarten! It's been valentines week and love was in the air! We decorated our boxes last week and over the weekend I transformed our housekeeping center into a post office. My kiddos had a great time delivering their mail this week. today we had a party (with waayy too many sweets!) and read our love letters. We were all feeling warm fuzzies by the end of the day. :) What a fun time! Those are the memories that stick with you until you're grown up!

Now it's a four day weekend--yippee! I can't wait to spend the weekend with my valentine! More updates on our plans in a later post.

Happy birthday, Honest Abe!