Spring break etc.

I haven't blogged lately but that's because there's not a whole lot going on.  Last week for my spring break I got to spend every waking moment with family that was in town and it was a lot of fun!  I enjoyed playing with my niece Paige who is almost 3 and loads of fun!  This was the first time I'd been around her where she was ok with me picking her up and loving on her and playing games with her.  My brother and I tried playing hide and seek with her but she kep popping out of her hiding place saying, "Come and get me!" Too cute.  And even though Graham is only 2 months I enjoyed snuggling with him :)  Campbell my other nephew of course was fun as always, I loved watching him and Paige play.  I babysat him the other night and I said, Campbell where's Paige?  And he looked at me and said Paige?  And looked around and kind of shrugged, like he couldn't find her.  TOO CUTE!  I got a couple of cute shots of my lovely niece and nephews with my phone.  They're a little blurry but still cute.

Here's Campbell at one of our many park visits

Sleeping Graham

A little blurry because she wouldn't stand still, but still cute!

We had so much fun while they were all here.  It went by too fast!!  Love all the precious angels I get to love on :)

Bye Bye Coach shoes

I've never really been a huge shoe person.  Would I love a pair of Tory Burch ballet flats? Yes.  But I decided to save my money and continue wearing the black flats I already have.  My mom gave me her black coach flats that she never wore when I was a jr in college.  I loved those shoes so much!  They have been my favorite pair of working shoes since I've been teaching.  Well this winter I decided they probably need to be retired so alas, after spring break when it's closer to official sandal weather season, my little coach shoes will be put in the trash.  I'm sure I'll probably dig them out and hide them in the depths of my closet yet I know, it's their time to go.  Maybe next fall/winter I'll buy myself a cute pair of black flats, but I just couldn't depart with them yet.  I even went to shoe stores in search of a new pair, but felt like I was cheating on my coach shoes.  They've been with me for 3 years of teaching now, and it will be hard to say goodbye.  Here are some pictures below of my beloved coach shoes.

The white things are holes

Yet another giant hole

Goodbye old friends!  You have been so nice to my feet the past 5 years!

Marching along

Not a whole lot of new news to report!  Just trucking along.  Been another busy and stressful week.  We have 3 weeks to get an entire 4th grade music program put together and let's just say I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the process.  We only see the kids twice a week and my 4th grade class is awesome I love them but they come on Thursdays and friday's and when we miss school next friday that means one lesson they don't get to review!  So I'm doing everything in my power to pack in more then a lessons worth of music with them during their 45 minute session wtih me :)  You can tell all the kids are ready for a break there has been a lot of craziness going on around here the past couple of weeks!  Only 5 more days until Spring break woohoo!!! Then only two more full months of school.

 I'm amazed at how quickly my life keeps passing me by.  I will be a 4th year teacher next year?!  I can't beleive that.  How far I have come with my classroom manangement and just how much faster I get stuff when teaching.  I'm learning to just put all that I have in to what I do because there is always speculation as to what elementary music teachers are actually teaching their kiddos before they go off to jr and highschool.  I'm teaching my kiddos to LOVE music!  And that it's everywhere in our personal lives!  I'm so ADD as you can probably tell by my posts that I'm all over the place, but my job really is perfect for me.  If you were a fly on the wall you would have seen me gallop around the room like a horse with 1st grade and "hunt" for leprechauns with Kindergarten.  It keeps me busy and I'm exhausted by the end of the day but it's so worth it!

I love my job!

Have a happy weekend!

It's March?!

How quickly this semester is flying by and I can't say I'm sad to see it go.  This weekend was a wonderful one!  I got to see a sweet friend from HS Saturday night as Matt and I attended the Espree show (my old show choir)  which was really cute.  I also tried on a dress that's a size smaller then I used to be and it fit!  Whatever I'm doing is working and I couldn't be more proud of myself.  It's nice when others can be proud of you but I'm like really proud of myself.  I still have 3 full months to lose the rest of it before my friend's wedding and I think I'm going to succeed!  Just like the little engine that could ;)  Just gotta keep going.

This week is yet another busy one at school, we have Meet the Teacher night Thursday which means another 12 hour day.  Last semester when we had it I had a good group that came down and saw me so we shall see.  Only 9 more days until spring break!  WOOHOO!!!!