Babies and Bells

 I know, I know, I should be shunned. I have no other excuse except laziness for my lack of litature. 

 A four day week, easy right?! Pshhhhhhhh, as if (if you didn't originally, read that in Cher's voice from Clueless). It's only day two but I am exhausted! That three day weekend must have given the nuggets super energy, while it drained me of mine. Waking up at 4:15 to workout is getting old, but I'm still doing it. 

 I now have a new found respect for babies. I have a wisdom tooth trying to push through my sweet little sensitive gums and it's making my entire head feel like it's gonna explode! How do babies do it?!? I understand why try are so cranky now! The nugget who screamed at the top of his lungs for 20 minuets didn't help the situation either. A scream that can compete with those movie scenes where a lady shatters a glass. A scream that will haunt me for eternity. 

 Along with the sour comes some sweet. My little nuggets ROCKED their DIBELS testing today. I mean like "BOOYAHHHHH" status! I'm so proud! :)

Today's pockets:

A bell: because a nugget closed our door and it got stuck in the door frame, locking me out of my classroom. I had to pull an operation with a pair of sisccors and some man power. 

I'm not worthy!

 Has it really been 490 years since I wrote? Whoopsie! 

 Let's recap! November: Best Friend's Wedding 

Thanksgiving virus. 

December: Two nuggets hospitalized 

End of the 2nd nine weeks

Amazing Christmas earrings everyday 

Ugly sweaters galore

Asked to be in another best friend's wedding

Two weeks of pure laziness

And now we are almost half way through January! The 3rd nine weeks in underway and it's all down hill from here! I have to say that I thought this first week back was going to drag but I must say it went rather quickly! Let's hope the next 7 weeks until Mardi Gras follows suit. Two months with no break is long but after that we just have five weeks until spring break ablnd then five weeks until summer! I can deal with that! 

 Unannounced formal observations should be starting soon, so start praying! As long as it's not the last Tuesday of school again I'll be okay! 

 I obviously don't have any pockets but I can bring you a quote:

Child: "he just called me the most disgusting thing ever"

Me: "he said those words to you?"

Child: "no"

Me: "so what did he call you?"

Child: "girlfriend"

Soap Box

 Yesterday was a very challanging day. It was open house, where your classroom is turned into a sardine can with half your parents there, I got some, hmm how to say it, undesirable feedback, had a fire drill mid-nap and lastly I got bit, scratched, pinched and called names by a nugget. And it was only Wednesday, excuse me? 

 You know this is only my second year teaching, I am still learning so many things. But one this is certain, I love my nuggets. Every last one of them, I might not love the choices they make or they way they do somethings but I love them. Loving a nugget does not mean giving into their every request. I make an effort EVERYDAY to make EACH child feel important, I say "I love you" more times than I can count, I hug 400 times while they leave snot on my shirt, I put on band aids on 12 of the tiniest paper cuts that ever existed. But I simply can't do it all. Every shoe won't get tied, someone's sore toe won't get tended to and every bruise won't get a kiss. I don't have enough time in the day, I still have to go to PLC's and call back a parent, document on this, and turn in that..not to mention teach! 

 By no means am I asking for a pity party, I'm just asking that you give your teachers a break. Think of the effort and attention it takes to tend to your children, and multiply it by 20 or so. I'm not a parent, nor do I wish to be right now, because I have 24 kids already. And I give them everything I have 5 days a week. I'm amazed by the teachers that do have families of their owns, and by parents in general, it's an unimaginable task in my mind. 

 I chose this profession for the nuggets. They are who I am focused on, and they are the ones who I go to work for. The rest of my job (meetings, lesson plans, documentation, conferences, ect) is a requirement, but the kids are the reason. The day the reason changes is the day I won't be a teacher anymore. 

Two words

CALM DOWN. 

That's basically all I can say about today. Everyone needs to calm down, high blood pressure is for the birds 

Today's pockets: 

gilittery stars

Marker

Eraser

Pen

Cube 

JTTW

I Oh my, Monday, you have shown me no mercy! (I didn't even do that alliteration on purpose, but I'm glad it happened.) 

 Apparently today was keep your kids home from common core day, well all my parents must love common core because my nuggets were there. I had a few out but that was broken legs and sickness. I'm not well versed enough in common core to start a hoopla about it, so I'll stick to what I know: Jesus take the wheel moments. 

Number 1: when a nugget answered every question on a assessment wrong even though I was stressssssing everrrry worddddddd. 

Number 2: when a nugget refused to stand in line and then hystercaily cried/screamed the whole way to lunch, whilst swinging a jacket about. 

Number 3: Math...just my entire math lesson was one giant Jesus take the wheel moment. Addition with this new series might kill me. 

Number 4: naptime...once again just the entire naptime. 

Those were the big ones, trust me, there were plenty other little moments. 

I am a winner! Today I started a whole brain teaching strategy: the mighty score board (not a legit name). When the nuggets do as they are told they get a point, when they don't, I get a point. Welllllllll, the score was 15-3. My extra sip of water at the end of the day was so refreshing! I'm trying to motivate the nuggets for this last week, but I know they know a break is coming. Boy do they need it! Hey, I need it too!

 I have decided to make my break productive though, I want to get a jump start on lessons plans. So I'm gonna devote a day to getting as much done as possible. Now that's my plan, the day will come and I'll likely end up drinking wine and sending random snapchats. 

Today's pockets:

Talking Buttons: hahahaha

Markers: it's weird that thru are both green. 

P.s. My KK is on point!! I got a magic feather/colored hair clip in! Loves!

Hamburger Wednesday

 Midway through the week, but Friday still seems far away! 

 Today was eventful. I had to bring my car to the shop for making a noise similar to an old fire engine siren (wannnnnnnnnnnnnn). Fingers crossed that it's not te alternator. Ain't nobody got time for that!  I had a dress fitting for my best friend's wedding, exciting! An after school meeting caused another "after school meeting" at a co-worker's house. And finally I had Hamburger Wednesday with the Delaune's (the greatest group of people that exist)!  

 The cold did nothing to calm my nuggets. Everyone has cabin fever around school. They know the break is so close and it's causing insanity! Is it May yet? 

 Seriously, this year is flying by. I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! Let's hope this speed keeps up the second half of the year! 

Pockets:

Highlighter

Bobby pin 

Block

Button

Baby it's cold outside...

 Did I just Christmas song lyric my title? Someone slap me! I'm no Grinch, but it's too early for the eggnog. 

 I had a mild heart attack a second ago when I thought today was only Monday. At least it's Tuesday. If you can find one positive thing about your day then it doesn't seem that bad. 

 The nuggets and I had an okay day. We NEED Thanksgiving break, but we're in it to win it. I had two friends absent and then two friends leave during the day. There is a cold going around the room slowly taking down everyone. I'm loading up on the vitamin c! 

 Tomorrow is suppose to be freezing, so I'm sure the nuggets will be crazy because they have on hats and gloves. Because seriously, who can keep their good wits about them when their hands are covered in fuzzy fabric. 

 No word back on my observation yet, I'm thinking that won't be until Friday, which is fine with me. No matter the results I'll either have a reason to party or forget with the help of Rhianna and my best friend! 

 My pockets just had the talking buttons in them, which are not scatterd on the floor. I'm a hot mess, always.