It's Great to be a GREAT!

Mr. Rilus

Ms. Lexie and Ms. Sophie

Mr. Bradley, Ms. Makayla, and Mr. Jacob

What's so great about being a great?
* No matter what they do, it is adorable.
*They are the smartest kids ever...next to my own of course.
*They should each be modeling for GAP.
*They are perfect little angels...for all I know. :)
Wish I could see them more often!
I love being a great aunt.

Little Snack...

Holy Crap! These are YUMMY!

Good Bye to Friends

Shelley and Diana

Maddy and Mairzey

Lauren and Sadey

We moved here at the same time 4 years ago. Our girls matched up and became the best of friends. It was comforting to have friends who were also new and being initiated to the "Texas" way of things at the same time. New schools are hard enough but 5th grade is a tricky one. Here you are the oldest at the school. It really helped Sadey to have Lauren.
Our friends are now gone, on to new and exciting adventures. We wish them the very best and can't wait to send our girls to visit, wherever they land.
We went out to breakfast the very last morning they were here...had to drag out the week long goodbye process. Tears still came and we miss our friends a lot.
Good luck all of you!

Empty Bowls? No...Bowls of Memories

I was making some birthday and Father's Day treats on Saturday, dirtying many bowls, and I got thinking about my childhood. Do any of you have certain foods, clothes, or items that remind you of special things? While I filled bowls with all sorts of things, I started thinking about bowls that reminded me of my childhood. I couldn't find pictures of these but some of you may remember them.

* The BIG yellow Tupperware bowl - aka "THE SCRAP BOWL" "MOM'S POPCORN FLIPPING BOWL" This bowl was huge and for our family it sat in the corner of the counter on occasion. Because of living on a farm, we would scrape our plates into it instead of the trash so the scraps could feed the pigs. Yum, I know. :) When we didn't have pigs the bowl was cleaned and on Friday nights and Sunday evenings it was full of fresh popped popcorn. My mom would sprinkle on the salt and toss and flip that popcorn like a pro. No pieces would fall on the ground, it was amazing!

*The iridescent blue bowl - aka "THE JELLO BOWL" This bowl was used on special occasions. It was rather large for a jello bowl but with 8 kids in the family, large was a theme. The best was when my mom would whip us fresh whipping cream from the milk straight from the cow and top the whole thing with it. YUM!

*The silver bowl in the cereal bowl pile - aka "DADS CEREAL BOWL" My dad would eat his cereal from a larger than normal bowl. It was usually some shredded wheat. On occasion that same bowl would be used for bread and milk with white sugar sprinkled on top, or cake with milk on top, two of my dad's treats. The taste of either makes me think of him, especially with lemon cake and milk.

Just empty bowls? No, bowls of memories.

Anyone want a house?

OK...I have a deal for you. I have a house for sale in Tucson. It comes with 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, sprinkler system, open airy floor plan, weeds galore, dead landscape in the backyard, gross carpet from three years of 5 kids and some animals, and even a home full of said tenants with no lease agreement. They come with the deal since they won't seem to leave...oh, and don't like to pay. Hmmm....

Anyone? Anyone?????

I HATE being a landlord! :(

To parent or not to parent

Is it ever ok for someone else to parent your child?

While you are there?

Hmmmm....

Has this happened to you?

Please do share.

My Keys

I turned in my badge and keys today.
Summer has truly begun, even though it's raining.

No sneaking back into my classroom for things to organize.
No sorting books.
No grabbing one more thing to redo for next year.
I think it's good that I have to give the badge and keys up.
I hope the 84 kiddos whom I have taught can slip from my brain for a couple of months.

True relaxation.
Summer fun for the N kids...here we come!