Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!! Josh got his braces, so he did not go out this year, but he had fun handing out candy here at the house. I decorated the house for Thanksgiving while he was handing out candy.
Well, like I said Josh got his braces. They are only on the front four teeth for now. They hurt him a couple of days after he got them on, but he is doing fine now.
Molly got her operation this past week...she was spayed. She is doing great. I was so worried about her, but she has done great.
Thursday night was Family Literacy Night at the preschool. It was fun, I am going to post a picture of me reading.

There were four of us reading. They were girls from my class at the college. We had to do this for our class, but it was so much fun!! We had two groups reading, so you see the side I was on in the picture, then on the other side of the room were two more girls reading to kids. At the end we did a leaf activity with the kids and it was a blast.
I am working on a lesson plan for my practicum class now. I am supposed to teach vocabulary from the Pledge of Allegiance. How boring right? This is what the teacher wanted me to teach. I didn't really get to chose. Well, I found a book...the same author as Brown Bear, Brown Bear...it is called I Pledge Allegiance. I am going to read that and talk about the vocabulary with that book. I think that will be more fun that the worksheet the teacher wanted me to use. I do not care for worksheets, they are boring. I will be done with the practicum right before Thanksgiving Break and then we go back to our classroom for lecture.
That is what has been going on. I am totally covered up with homework, so I do not have a lot of time to do anything. I hop on facebook and mess around when I have some extra time, but that is about it.
I better get going. I hope you are all doing great!!

October is here...

It has been a while since I have been able to post. Josh is doing better since I last posted and in fact had two teeth pulled last Monday. He did great and the next day said he had no pain at all. I was so happy. He went to school and didn't miss a beat. He has the other two pulled tomorrow and after that we will be done with pulling teeth. We have to get some baby teeth out so later this month they can put his braces on. They will be removing his expanders and putting on the braces. He is happy about getting the expanders out, but not so excited about the braces. I understand, but his teeth are so crooked.
I have been doing homework. I had 8 papers to write last weekend. I worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday on homework. I had one this weekend and I was able to rest. I start my in my methods classroom this week on Thursday. I am excited. It is always fun to learn from teachers and interact with the students.
I fell in the shower yesterday. I was looking for my razor cover and spun around and lost my balance and down I went. I have a bruise on my arm and my chest hurts too. I am fine though.
Karl has been working all over the place. They have been putting the guys everywhere to keep them working, which we are grateful for. He even worked nights for a while and may again. We will see.
I do not want this to get too long, but we have all been very busy and those are just some highlights. We are doing fine and I hope you all are too!! I will try to post sooner next time. I do not think I will be as busy with homework for a while unless I decide to try to work ahead, and I do that sometimes. Have a nice October!!

classes and dances

I have a few minutes before I need to head off to class this morning, so I thought I would make a quick blog entry.
I have been trying to keep up with homework this week. I also went to my doctor yesterday for my check-up and everything was fine. I go back in another year. I really like this doctor, but I am usually there for a really long time because he is so popular and so there is a long wait. My appointment was for 2:40PM and he came in at 3:45PM. That is how it has always been. He does spend about 30 minutes with each patient talking and letting us know what to do. I love him, so I do not mind the wait. Then he wanted me to have some bloodwork done, so that was some more time. I got home around 4:30PM..LOL!!
Today after school Josh is going to a dance. I haven't let him go to any until now, we shall see what he thinks. He will probably tell me how inappropriate it is. He cracks me up. He wanted to try it out though. I want him to do some more things too and see what he enjoys. I wanted him to join some clubs (Student Council, Beta, etc), but his friends think the clubs are stupid, so none of them joined. I think they are just afraid to do something new. Maybe they will find something they enjoy.
Well, I am rambling. I need to get on to class. Do you know how hard it is for me to sit in class from 8AM-11:50AM?? It is hard. I need to move. That is 3 classes all at once...so that is why so long. It is Teaching Methods, so that is why they are taught together like that. They are good classes, I enjoy them.
I hope you are having a good week. Judy sent me some new siggies!! I love them!!

Temple Grandin

I did not realize it had been a week since I had posted. I started my college classes and I think they will be fun. It will be a lot of work, but I think I will like it.
My week was fast. My co-worker and I left for St. Louis Wednesday after school and we got to our hotel around 7PM or so. We had our first conference on Saturday. We heard Paula Kluth, PhD. She spoke on autism and the inclusive classroom. She was great and I learned a lot.
Then Friday we heard Temple Grandin. She was amazing.If you have not seen the movie Temple Grandin on HBO, it is very good. It is up for some Emmy's and I am actually going to watch tomorrow night and hope they win some. Claire Danes played her in the movie. She spoke aboutmany different issues regarding autism including medication, careers, and she took questions.
Then after the conference we went to the St. Louis arch and looked around and took some pictures. There is a museum in the bottom of the arch that has a lot of Lewis and Clark stuff in it, so we went through that. It was fun. Then we headed back home this morning (Saturday)> It was a lot of fun.
When I got home I checked my e-mail for college and I have some homework, so I worked on that a little today and I will try to get it finished tomorrow. It is due Tuesday. I have some presentations and I think my teacher wants me to talk about seeing Temple Grandin to the class.
I am going to go for now. I am really tired. Have a nice week next week. I will not be as busy, so I will try to post again during the week.

swimming and errands

Josh and I spent a few hours swimming yesterday, but other than that, we just hung out at the house trying to enjoy the last couple of days of vacation.
Today we are going to try to swim a little again. There is a chance of pop up rain showers, so we shall see. I kept hearing thunder yetserday, so we came in. I also need to do laundry and take some things down to the preschool. If you are new to my blog, the preschool is less than a mile from my house, so it is easy for me to run down there for short periods of time. I need to feed our fish down there too. Well, I better get going. Have a nice weekend.

resting...

Josh's orthodontist appointment went well. The doctor said his palate has moved the amount he had hoped it would at this point and they told me to keep turning the key on his expander to expand it and they will check him in 2 weeks.
I also got the curtains washed at the preschool and my bus driver called, so I think we are all set for school to start. I am really excited to get started this year. Our director has made some changes and if she doesn't change her mind, they will be good changes and it will make my day much better, less exhausting. The classes will start earlier and end earlier, so that will give me more time at the end of the day to do lesson plans. I will learn more at the staff meeting, but I am excited.
Today I am planning on doing nothing. I do not have any plans to be anywhere. I will visit blogs and do what I want. I want this to be a day off and just enjoy before I go back to work.
Ok, so I started using this hair product, it is moroccan oil. Well, it is not the actual moroccan oil, but Argan oil. Have you used it? It takes the frizz out of my hair and makes it looks shiny. I love it. I work with a lady that got some for me at State Beauty Supply, but they have some at Sally Beauty a lot cheaper. I love it, let me know if you have heard of it, or use it. I have this crazy naturally curly hair though, so I have to put stuff in it so it isn't frizzy. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you.
Have a great day!!

Happy 12th Birthday Josh!!

This week is kind of getting away from me. Monday and Tuesday Josh and I went swimming. It has been 100º or near 100º all week.
Today is Josh's 12th birthday. We met my parents this morning and headed to Branson for some birthday shopping for Josh. We went to an outlet mall and I found some shirts for him and some tennis shoes. Then we went to The Branson Landing. I found some more shirts and we ate at Garfield's. The Branson Landing is on a lake, it is gorgeous there. It was a lot of fun. I just wish it wasn't so hot. The picture on the left is Josh in front of the water show fountains at the Branson Landing and the picture below is Josh at Garfield's also at the Branson Landing.

Tomorrow I need to call the school, I had a message from them while we were gone. Have a great day!!

busy week ahead...

I haven't been up to much. I finished my 5-10 page paper on Saturday. Karl and Josh went golfing, so I worked on it and got it finished while they were gone. I started working on it Friday night, so that helped.
I had some stomach problems Sunday, so we didn't go to church. I am doing better now. That is why I haven't posted though, I haven't felt well.
Monday I got the laundry done and Josh and I just hung out all day. He is with my parents so I can go to my class today. He will be back this evening.
We have a lot going on this week. Today is class, tomorrow I take Josh to the orthodontist to get his bands put on for his spacers...he gets those next week. Thursday is class again and Friday Molly goes to the vet for her last round of shots. I also need to work on my Final which is due next week. WOO-HOO!! I will be glad when this class is over. I cannot wait until I do not have to go to summer school anymore. For those of you who do not know, I have 2 years of school left, actually a little less, but I will go to summer school next summer and that will be the last summer.
I better get going. Have a great day!!

bad day...

I had a whole other post written, but I decided not to publish it. I did not have a good day yesterday and was sharing about it, but decided not to.
My lesson plan went fine. The teacher said I did a good job. The kids enjoyed the puppets and I was able to teach them some new vocabulary, which was my goal. It was fun.
Today Josh and I are going to the library to return his book, then we are going to the college to return the puppets to the curriculum library. When we get home I need to write a lesson plan and do some laundry. Have a nice day!!
Oh!! I didn't have a good day, but when I got home, I found some siggies from Judy in my e-mail!! Made my whole day!! It is the little things that make me happy. Here is one below.

lesson plan

Josh and I went swimming for a while yesterday, but it was really hot and I had a bad headache, so we came in after 2 hours or so. My headache went away around 4PM. I had it all day. I got some laundry done and I also did a little homework when I started feeling better. I want to write my paper this weekend and start working on my portfolio for my Final. I will have only 2 weeks of class left after today.
So, I go to my class and my lab today. I am doing a lesson again today, this one is a story with puppets. I think the kids will enjoy it. I plan to read the story and the kids will have the puppets, there will be one for each child. Then, I will ask them questions about their puppet as we get to it in the book. I hope they answer me. I will have one more lesson plan next week and those will be done.
Well, I better get going. Have a nice day!!

class

It starts storming last night right at bedtime again, but this time it stopped after about an hour. I slept really good. I am so glad.
Today I have class. I am doing another lesson plan today in lab. This one is social/emotional, I am reading a book on feelings and we are going to talk about happy, mad, sad, etc. This goes well at the preschool, but these are 2 year olds I am working with this summer. I will get back to you on how this goes. I am not doing the same lesson as I would do at the preschool, but it should be interesting anyway.
Josh will be back home this evening. He should be here when I get home. I think Karl is picking him up from my parents house.
Have a wonderful day!!

stormy weather

I did not get much sleep last night. We had storms, and they were not scary tornadic storms, but they were loud with thunder and lightening and they just kept going and going. I finally got up and checked the radar on the computer because I wanted to see if we were in any warnings or anything, but we weren't. The storms would go through and then another system would go through. I fell asleep around 2:30-3AM. We all (me, Josh and the dogs) slept in this morning though, so it is fine. Karl had to go to work. I hope he is not too tired. He seemed to be sleeping through all of it though.
Josh is going to spend the night with my parents tonight so I can go to class tomorrow. I have only 3 weeks left and I have so much to do. I think I will try to write one of my papers this weekend. The one that has to be 5-10 pages long.
Today I am doing laundry and cleaning up a bit. We actually have more storms on the way and the weatherman said we got 3 inches last night. I better get moving. Have a nice day!!

church

I tried to do some homework yesterday, but I cannot do anything more yet, I am going to need to finish my time with the kids in lab. I made a cover page for my portfolio, but that is about it.
Today we are going to church and then maybe cleaning house a little. I will do laundry tomorrow. There is not much else going on. Have a nice day!!

hello...

The sun is out, so the pool is filtering and I put some chemicals in it. I would love to get out there, but the water is too cold for me.
I did not do much of anything yesterday, but I got the laundry done. I also messed with redecorating this blog. I tried to put a picture in my header, but it didn't work. I do not know why they make all of the headers with frames. That is ok if you know how to do it. I do not have the software to do it.
Josh is home and he had a great time with my parents in Oklahoma. They visited my Uncle Joe and his wife Mildred and I am sure Josh played with their dogs. They went out to eat several times of course and they went to a Cherokee Indian Museum. My mom is Cherokee Indian. Josh loves historical items, so he had fun. I have been before, they have really neat clothing items and dolls that are authentic. That is how I got on my Indian doll kick. I bought some several years ago when my Granie was still living.
Today I need to do some small things for homework and continue working on the pool.
I plan to visit blogs today too. Have a nice weekend.

Busy Week

I got my last lesson plan written and typed yesterday and the laundry done. I guess Josh is going to spend the night with my parents tonight and then they are all going to Oklahoma for a couple of days. They will be back Friday. Josh is excited about going.
This is going to be a busy week for me. I keep finding more work to do in my syllabus. I have never had this problem with a class, but I am not sure what I am doing. I e-mailed the teacher last night, so hopefully I will get some answers.
Anyway, like I said, it is going to be a busy week. I will just write what I am doing daily as I blog, so it doesn't take so long.
I have class and lab today. I teach my first of four lessons, they are small mini-lessons, so no I am not nervous, it is what I do at the preschool basically. I also need to try and get a lot of pictures of my focus child. Like I mentioned the other day, we are supposed to have been taking pictures this whole time and I haven't been. I am playing catch up this week.
I better get going. Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July. You can see my previous post for what we did. Have a nice week!!

fireworks and lesson plans

We went to our church 4th of July event last night. I tried to take some pictures, but the battery went out on my camera before the finale. I got a couple I will share.
These were just a couple taken when it first got started, the bigger fireworks came later, but these are still nice. It was fun. There was a concert afterwards. We stayed for a little while and then we headed home.

I went to the preschool yesterday to feed the fish and I found an idea for my last lesson plan, so I think I will write that today and get it over with. I go back to class tomorrow.

Happy Independence Day!!!

I got my lesson plans done, but it was late in the day yesterday. I had a headache all day from not having my allergy medicine. I ran out. Karl went to get me some, I had to take a nap to get rid of the headache, but when I woke up, I did my lesson plans. So that is done. Yay!! I have one left.
Today we are planning to go to our church 4th of July celebration, it is huge. I think last year there were 120,000 people there. It is open to the public. The fireworks are awesome. Anyway, we are going to try to go this evening to see the fireworks. I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!! Be safe as we celebrate our freedom!!! Remember those who fought for our freedom and are still fighting to protect our freedom too.

doing homework still....

I sat down with my syllabus Thursday night and realized that my assignments are coming up quicker than I thought. I am glad I had planned to do homework yesterday. Josh and I went to my college (MSU), to the Curriculum Library and picked up a curriculum kit for one of my lesson plans. I was able to get 3 lesson plans done instead of two, one typed, I finished up the paperwork I was working on from yesterday and I was able to make an appointment to go visit another childcare center to do an ITERS (an evaluation). Anyway, I got a lot done. The only thing I haven't done is type the last two lesson plans. I will have one lesson plan left, but I will not be doing it for a couple of weeks. This catches me up so I can think. I have a lot to do next week. I need to take a lot of pictures next week. We were supposed to be taking pictures this whole time and I have no pictures. I will just spend one of my labs taking pictures of my focus child, no big deal. This is what I meant the other day when I said some of our lessons are unclear. I am getting there. I also have to put together a power point presentation on all of this for my Final. The power point will take some time, but the rest of this doesn't really take long.
So, today I may get those two lesson plans typed, but if it is sunny...which it isn't supposed to be, we will swim. I could probably do both. Don't worry, I am not sitting around doing homework all day. I am just trying to get some things done.
I know many of you will not be around for the 4th, so Happy Indepedence Day!!! Have a great holiday and be safe!! My dogs are scared to death, the fireworks have already started here around my house. We live in the country, so setting off fireworks is legal. Have a great day!! I will try to come by for visits today.

homework

I am glad to have my classes over this week, now I can try to enjoy the holiday weekend. I turned in my papers yesterday and did some more observing and documenting in my lab class. My teacher let me borrow a book to use for a lesson. We have to teach 4 lessons in our lab, so my first one is ready, and I will do it next week, but I want to write my second one so it will be ready. We have a lot of things to get done in these last few weeks. I need to type a lesson plan today and write the one I mentioned. It will actually not take very long, I just need to sit down and do it. I may go ahead and type both of them. That is about it. Josh and I do not have any plans yet today...except me doing homework. Have a nice Friday!!!

class day

I took Josh to the Orthodontist yesterday and basically they told us what they had previously told us, that they would start with an appliance that will spread out the teeth..a spacer that will fit in the top of his mouth and also one on the bottom, and that will stay on for a while, then they will put on his braces. I will keep you posted as things happen because I am not sure what all of these appliances are called etc. Then we went to the vet and picked up Molly's flea medicine. She needs more this weekend.
Today I go to class and turn in tons of homework. It kind of makes me nervous turning in so many things like this at once. This class is kind of confusing...well not clear anyway as to how things are to be done. Hopefully everything is fine.
Well, I better get going . Have a nice day!!