This week was crazy. Let me rephrase that. Friday was insane! We finished "journeying through the alphabet," so Friday we had alphabet celebration where each of the kids wore a crazy cap, a solid color, and brought a stuffed animal to represent a letter of the alphabet. My crazy cap had feathers and flowers hot glued to it. It was so hot! Those feathers don't allow much ventilation, so I was sweating most of the day because I couldn't take off my hat because after 20 minutes I already had hat hair. Yuck. The kids were so excited about the alphabet celebration that every activity we did took twice as long as we anticipated, so we did not get much accomplished on Friday. In addition to our celebration, every Friday we have a mother/father reader who comes for 45 minutes. Controlled Choas was Friday's theme.
Earlier in the week Jordan and I were having our nightly chat and she informed me she has a boyfriend. The pseudo mom in me wanted to say, "What?!?!? No boys. You are only 6. Goodness gracious." Then I took a step back and reminded myself that I am only sister and the more I discourage her to do something the more she will want to do it. I decided the best thing to do would be to ask her about it and what it means to have a boyfriend at 6 years old. She told me that she has a boyfriend who has two girlfriends. Oh Lord. Then I told her that she needed to tell her boyfriend that he needed to choose one because you can't have two. She then told me that they held hands on the bus today. Great; the next step will be kissing behind the jungle gym. It is all cute and innocent until she turns 13 and is not referred to as a lady but as a ho. Anywho...I am talking to her about being 6 and she is just a little girl. Then she tells me, "Kailey. What do you know? You have never had a boyfriend. You don't know what it feels like." Wow. The conversation pretty much ended after that. I just have high standards because I have seen what happens when you lower your expectations. You end up with crap.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Crazy Week
Thursday was the first day that I felt like I finally had control of my class. The kiddos are getting used to me being there everyday, I am getting encouraging compliments from staff members, and I feel like I am holding my own in my kindergarten team. Everything felt pretty great all week until Friday. There was an incident between two of my kiddos Thursday afternoon and I didn't see it because I was walking around observing my students, making sure they were making patterns with the math manipulatives and not just playing. Friday morning the principal comes into my room and asks me questions about the incident and I have no idea what she is talking about. I broke down into tears for a few reasons....
1. I felt inept that I didn't see it. I was already having a really hard time with classroom management and then this happens.
2. I was freaking out because I am not in a teaching association, so if anything were to go to court for any reason I would be screwed.
3. Finally, I am a people pleaser, and it was very aparent that some people weren't my biggest fan at that moment.
Moral of the story: I am a crybaby. Yes indeed. Oh well.
Friday night was good though. My cousin Devin came in for the weekend, so I went over to my aunt's house to hang out. We had a jolly time :)
Saturday I colored all morning and into the afternoon. That's right. Coloring. There is a lot of prep work in kindergarten because you have to model everything so that the kiddos can see every part of the activity. I colored everything that I need for this coming week. Yippeee! Then I took a break and had dinner with my dad, Aunt Lindsay and her family, and Uncle Scott and his family. Then my Aunt Lindsay, Derek and his girlfriend Hannah, Devin and his girlfriend Jaclyn, and myself all went to Rock'n Bowl. It was sooo much fun! I actually won a game with a score of 149. I am very proud of that, because the first game I bowled a whoppin 88. Giggidy Giggidy.
Today I went to church with the fam. Gotta love me some Jesus. Afterwards we went to T.G.I. Fridays and it was pretty delicious. Mediterranean Salad: lettuce, feta, chicken, pepperoncini, onions, and tomato. We came home and went to Kohls and bought a pair of jeans and a white top for $23. Amazing. After that I started conference forms for the parent conferences this week and next. Notice how I said started...meaning I haven't finished. I finished the ones for the first part of the week, but I need to finish reassessing some friends before I can complete their conference forms. It will be a crazy week, but hopefully it will be good.
1. I felt inept that I didn't see it. I was already having a really hard time with classroom management and then this happens.
2. I was freaking out because I am not in a teaching association, so if anything were to go to court for any reason I would be screwed.
3. Finally, I am a people pleaser, and it was very aparent that some people weren't my biggest fan at that moment.
Moral of the story: I am a crybaby. Yes indeed. Oh well.
Friday night was good though. My cousin Devin came in for the weekend, so I went over to my aunt's house to hang out. We had a jolly time :)
Saturday I colored all morning and into the afternoon. That's right. Coloring. There is a lot of prep work in kindergarten because you have to model everything so that the kiddos can see every part of the activity. I colored everything that I need for this coming week. Yippeee! Then I took a break and had dinner with my dad, Aunt Lindsay and her family, and Uncle Scott and his family. Then my Aunt Lindsay, Derek and his girlfriend Hannah, Devin and his girlfriend Jaclyn, and myself all went to Rock'n Bowl. It was sooo much fun! I actually won a game with a score of 149. I am very proud of that, because the first game I bowled a whoppin 88. Giggidy Giggidy.
Today I went to church with the fam. Gotta love me some Jesus. Afterwards we went to T.G.I. Fridays and it was pretty delicious. Mediterranean Salad: lettuce, feta, chicken, pepperoncini, onions, and tomato. We came home and went to Kohls and bought a pair of jeans and a white top for $23. Amazing. After that I started conference forms for the parent conferences this week and next. Notice how I said started...meaning I haven't finished. I finished the ones for the first part of the week, but I need to finish reassessing some friends before I can complete their conference forms. It will be a crazy week, but hopefully it will be good.
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