The Work Week in PICTURES :)

In a paragraph about bullying (and how to put an end to it!), a student suggests that those who are being bullied simply "SUCK IT UP PRINCESS", a term used by Mr. Phillip during P.E. fitness blasts.....

The most beautiful sight one can see in a classroom:  EMPTY INBOXES!!!  They equate to ZERO MARKING and one big SIGH OF RELIEF!  Temporarily, that is.  An hour later....they were filling up once again!

Last week the treasure was bracelets.  This week it was "just a small cake" to celebrate a club member's birthday.  My gosh it was BEAUTIFUL!  And three different kinds of cake composed the interior:  red velvet, chocolate crunch and vanilla!  The girls ran off as soon as clubs was finished, leaving Em, Phil and I with the leftovers.  DARN!  Haha.  We brought some home, but gave the majority of it to the guards. 

I had one of those days this week.  Where your kids don't listen and you wonder if your voice is actually functioning or just a figment of your imagination.  Even my teddy grahams were clowning around.  Must have been a full moon....

Teaching can be a rollercoaster, with really high times and some really low ones.  This picture marks one of the former.  Imagine the sweetest little thing walking into your class one morning, smiling as big as ever with a bouquet of pink roses and luxury brownies.  Melt my heart, it did! 

I also liked the moment where one of my really hip students yelled out, "MISS!  I brought my English binder to class.  I am sorry, but the problem is that it is a look alike with my science binder!!!"  And the moment where one of my....ah-hem....."energetic" students belted out Miley's "Wrecking Ball" without realizing it.

Sweet moments aside, weekends are super.  And that's what it is now.  THE WEEKEND!  YIPPEE!!

 

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!

Did you know that there is such a thing as "National Pizza Month" in the United States of America?!  Because there IS!  And it is THIS MONTH!  And I really wish my husband was still awake to enjoy this exciting discovery with me!  An entire 31 days dedicated to his ultimate fave.  YIPPEE-YA-HOOOOOOOO!!!!  I see some homemade pizza nights in the near future :)

Now - TO BED I GO!  The morning comes quick with our energetic babe and I can't avoid my bed any longer! 


GOOD NIGHT! AND HAPPY PIZZA MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy / Playmate

At five this morning.  Nory is sitting quietly with her Daddy, watching Disney Junior....

Lindsay:  How come you never sit like that with me, Nory?  What does Daddy have that I don't have?

Phil:  NO eagerness to play. 

Lindsay:  Huh?

Phil:  She knows that with me there are only two games that we play: chilling out or mountains and molehills.

(For the record, mountain and molehills is where they lay in bed and Nory rolls around the pillows and duvet.)

Hmmmm....at least we have more fun?  LOL

IF YOU WERE HERE FOR TEA.

*  It's OCTOBER!  WOWEE!!!!  The school year is almost over ;)  Haha.  This month's calendar looks busy in a good kind of way.  We have many volleyball games to watch, Sports Day, a P.D. Day, a week holiday for Eid, the start of the U14 soccer season (Phil's coaching!), Thanksgiving, Halloween, and LOTS MORE PUMPKIN (we stocked up!).

*  Speaking about pumpkin, I made some delicious "pumpkin, oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chip" cookies on the weekend.  I prefer to call them breakfast bites because they were super healthy.  And because then I have no guilt when eating them for breakfast. 

*  I believe the Amazing Race has started.  Another reality show to fit into our early-to-bed schedule :)

*  Bedtime.  HA!  I can no longer say, "oh we can't do that because Nory will be sleeping".  I have to be honest and admit, "no - 7 p.m. is past our bedtime."  Nory can't be a scapegoat forever.  It's time to fess up!

*  The weather is getting cooler here.  As in low 40's.  As in mid-late 20's in the wee hours of the morning.  I actually remarked how "cold" it was upon leaving our building yesterday at 6:30 a.m.  It was 24. 

*  One of my students had a science lab put into their house last week.  A full-flown LAB.  Yep, the family had to move the "saloon" to the basement for the new addition to happen.  This same student also looked at his progress report yesterday and said with a big sigh of relief, "thank goodness I have a D and only one missing assignment.  My father said if I had less than a D and TWO missing assignments that I would be punished!" 

*  I feel like Nory is bored with crawling already.  She is pulling herself up on anything she can.  If you catch her half-way through a move, you might suspect she was doing some sort of baby yoga.  I will try to capture some un-blurry pictures in the next few days.

*  As of this very second, I have ZERO things to mark.  ZERO!  Too bad I'm giving a quiz today and collecting a two-part project on Thursday.  Haha.

Okee dokee....I must get ready for school!  Step one:  make coffee. 

Love you's! xoxo

Did you know that Swarovski made these?

Because they do.  I held one the other day.  In my very own hand.

FOREVER YOUNG.

Thursday afternoon I supervised my very first Treasure Hunt Club session.  It was incredible.  Fifteen 12 year old's, me, and a campus-wide game of hide-and-seek with treasure.  Awesome.  Super awesome.  Perhaps the most fun I've had outside of our living room in a while.

And then when it was finished, I went to pick up my big-person BFF from nail club.  (That's how we roll).

Hands in for the TREASURE HUNT CLUB!

Em and I were talking this weekend about how much we learn from and love the the pre-teen/new-teen age group.  For real.  They keep us up-to-date regarding the best apps, social media shopping, fashion trends, and music preferences.  The latter was made perfectly clear with my post about "OHH LAA LAA" the other day.  They just know WHAT'S UP and my inner twelve year old (which is likely to be a forever thing) gets a real kick out of them.  

Did you hear that Selena Gomez performed in Dubai on Friday night?!!!!

Haha.  Four sleeps until Thursday ;) 

I really had every intention of blogging....

...but then my husband decided to relax and so I'm going to do that with him.  Nory's asleep.  We're on the couch.  And the season premiere of Parenthood is about to begin.

This simple life.  Is a good one.

GOODNIGHT! xo

Text messages you don't want to receive from your husband while you are teaching?

THIS ONE! 

There were problems renewing Phil's residency and it turns out he had a "first offense" against him for taking too long to get Nory's birth certificate.  This is one of those stories that will be saved for the campfire next summer ;)  I can tell you that Phil believes he deserves pizza for dinner tonight and I think he's right.  Yesterday was a LONG ONE.

Keep your fingers crossed that the problem is resolved!  Another interesting tale to add to this interesting adventure of ours :)

Ooh La La!!!!!

Imagine hearing this song.  For the first time.  At 8:30 p.m. on a Thursday night.  On the highway.  At the loudest volume possible.  In a vibrating escalade.  With twin boys belting out the lyrics.

HILARIOUS.

Now I've shared it with Nory and Phil (and EMILY!) and we just can't get it out of our heads!!!

OOH LAAAA LAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

THREE MONTHS.