Today was a hard day to find time to take a picture, and nothing really great happened anyhow. I am pretty sure I got a red light ticket at lunchtime, and my plans to go see Maeghan and Finn got mangled. The only bright spots were getting the mail and in the evening my sister came over and we drank some wine and visited. The mail brought me two exciting things, my favorite magazine, and a statement from Region X that made me feel like I may finally be near my certification! It's almost over!
As a suprise for the students, one of our teachers choreographed a dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, which she fearlessly taught to the other teachers (the cool ones anyway!) We practiced every morning all week and performed at the PTO program. It was my first time learning a choreographed dance (besides auditions in college) and I discovered I can't remember the steps! I get so excited and have so much fun I just end up bouncing off the walls. Oh well, it was still alot of fun. 
For my last bulletin board of the school year I decided to coordinate it to the PTO program this week. Since the theme is the 80's, I asked all the other teachers to bring in a photo of themselves in the eighties. Then I scanned them and reprinted them all to be the same size, and poof! A bulletin board that has definately been of interest to our students and teachers alike! Yeah me!
This week I finally got the first three months of my Picture Of The Day Album photos printed. I spent every free moment I had trying to get as much planned out as possible. I still have to do all the journaling, but most of the pictures are in order.
With very little warning (my nose started acting stuffy the night before), I woke up feeling like I had been run over by a semi. I could hardly breath, my head was a fog. I had to take something quickly! These were my choices as I called my boss to tell them I was not able to make it in. I woke up at about 5pm to get Jakob from daycare. It was a long fuzzy night, but I felt marginally better by Saturday morning.
My mom bought a little chair for her patio for Jakob to sit in (although he never really sits still!). It's so cute and matches her patio furniture. He was pretty excited about it, but only would stay sitting long enough for a couple quick pictures.
What is with speeding!? Haha...Jessica did it over ten years ago on our way to the Badlands, and she too endured photos of the event. On our trip to Fredericksburg, maybe ten minutes after Juan started driving, he got pulled over for going 75 in a 70. My favorite part was when Juan asked the cop what the speed limit was and he replied, "70." Juan says "I was going 75 though." And then Officer Vangundy "That would be over 70." Luckily, the cop just gave Juan a warning and we were back to chasing booze in no time! =)
Ou garage was becoming quite cluttered, so I decided it was time to clean out the dumpy rusty shed in the backyard and move some things into it. I had shoved Jakob's pool in there when it started to get cool last year, and he was thrilled to see it come back out. I can't imagine he could remember it, but he climbed in it nonetheless and refused to get out. In the meantime, I was able to clear out the shed, clean up the garage, and even spray for dandelions!
This is our oldest dog Riley chilling in his chair. This is what he does best. He hates it when I take his picture though. He was kind of trapped tonight however, so I took advantage of it.
These are the puppets I made out of old formula cans for the puppet show. I love how cute they turned out, but hated all the extra work I had to do! I didn't even get to leave at 1:30 like everyone else. I wasn't able to finish up till almost 3!
I finally found some cute sandals for Jakob to wear now that it is warming up. They were only $9 at Target!
Well today the system screwed us. We have been jumping without delay through all the hoops trying to get our insurance switched since Jeff left the Ritz. They have been giving us the run around, and needless to say, that has left us without insurance. Jakob has been having the same ear infection for almost a month now and we have been through two rounds of antibiotics. The ear specialist told us to try one more round and then we will look into adnoid surgery. I went to get his prescription, and instead of the usual 5 or 10 bucks, it cost us $142. I was so upset. I hated paying that, but I just want my son to be better. I dont have any confidence in those stupid ear drops though anymore, and really just want to get on with finding something that will work.
I have been working on a project for the Turkish Olympiad this weekend. We have a booth that is supposed to be designed with a Texas theme. We decided to make a saloon and put on a puppet show. This is going to be the puppet stage. I am also working on the puppets at school-there will be three cowboys and three can can girls (and yes, they are made out of cans!) I am not sure how I got stuck with this project so late, but I am kinda enjoying it...just dont tell my boss that! =)
I have been teaching theatrical makeup to my fifth graders. They learned how to give themselves black eyes last week, and now we have moved on to wounds. We are using special effects gel and fake blood made of corn syrup. It was pretty fun, I have never done this before. This was the first wound I created at home trying to learn how to teach it to the kids.
I feel like I take alot of plant pictures these days, but everything is so beautiful as it is blooming and growing. These are new baby leaves on a resilient little tree that his been chopped dwn numerous times. I like to let it grow because it is green, but once it reaches the fence height, we usually chop it off and it starts all over.
