The Things They Say!!

It's late and past my bedtime, but I can't sleep and since I don't live with anyone to tell my stories to... you get to read them on my blog! Let me start off by saying that we are now into our 4th week of school and I'm loving it. Well, the kid part... all the other stuff is a little overwhelming at times (they should really teach you about all the behind the scenes stuff in college)!! But my favorite part of my job is the kids (duh!) and of course, the things they say. So here are a few cute stories to catch you up on my life as a kindergarten teacher so far...

1. I got presents on Monday. Brownies from one little girl and sunflowers from a little boy!! Man, do my kids know me well or what?! My favorite snack AND my favorite flowers AND ALL on a Monday. It was a great start to the week :) On Tuesday I got a cute little notepad from another little girl. And today (wednesday) I got a handful of flowers some little boy picked on his way in the front door of the school :)

2. If you know me at all, you know that I have a thing with feet... like keep them away from me and dont touch mine! Well, noone told my kiddos this. So, the other day as they were all sitting on the carpet and I was reading a story to them, a little boy started tracing the sandals I had on and then he started tracing my foot. It took everything in me to calmly ask him to stop and not freak out.

3. I have a little boy who pronounces his n's as m's. So my name (Ms. Lane) becomes, yes Ms. LAME! ahhh...

4. After finishing reading a rhyming story about ducks and trucks, I asked the students if they could tell me any other words that rhymed with duck and truck... (just use your imagination)!

5. A science lesson I taught recently involved making a chart of things you can do as a baby, as a kid, and then as an adult. When we got to the adult part they came up with things like being able to drive, having a job, staying up late... and drinking beer. I hope they didn't run home and tell their parents that one ;)

A Quick Update

So much has happened since I last blogged so I'll try to do a quick update but it's late and I'm tired so there probably won't be many details. Here goes...

Friday, August 7 I moved into my new apartment. It's cute, I like it. But it is taking some getting used to. On one hand, I'm lonely. I miss my old roomies and friends and my family. On the other hand, I'm loving having my own place and my own stuff. Almost 2 weeks later though, the walls are still bare and there are zero decorations up because.....

I've been working in my room like a crazy person! All of my time... and money... has been spent on getting ready for 5 year olds to walk into my room on Monday! It is coming along great- the room is all set up and I feel pretty good about it. There are a few small things that need to be completed still but overall, I'm ready for the kids :)

The past week and a half have been full of fun training and orientation and that finishes up on Friday. This Thursday is "Meet the Teacher Night." I'm thinking a new outfit is in order for that?!?!

Lastly... it't Tuesday night and I just got back to Killeen from a quick trip to Marble Falls to... pick up my new car! Yes, it finally happened. After months and months and months and months of back and forth between my dad and just about every Hyundai dealer in the state of Texas- he went and picked up my car this morning and I went to get it as soon as I was done at school! It's beautiful and I absolutely love it! I'm thinking road trip sometime soon- I'll drive- any takers?!

So- lots of big stuff happening in my life right now. There are so many emotions I can't even begin to describe in the blog (you'd be reading forever) but overall, I'm loving it. It's exhausting and at times a bit overwhelming but I know my Father in Heaven is still in control and He's got me where He wants me :)

Best Weekend of the Summer

I had such a blast this weekend and the week is going to be great too!
I spent Thursday and Friday at the lakehouse all day- did some swimming, kayaking, cooking, reading and storm watching. It was nice to just kick back and relax. Saturday I went floating on the Comal with a friend from school and her siblings that I've gotten to kinda know over the summer. I haven't laughed that hard or that much is forever. The people we went with were seriously hilarious- it was great. And floating the river is always awesome anyway!! Then that night we went back to their house in Burnet and ate pizza and played Mario Cart and laughed some more. It was a great (and tiring) day! Sunday morning I woke up early and drove to San Angelo. I went to church and it was amazing- and great to see some people I haven't seen since graduation. I spent Sunday afternoon hanging out with Megan. We messed around on the wii fit- it was fun. Eventhough I apparently need to gain some muscle and work on my balance. Then for dinner, we met up with the rest of the girls at Francos for some yum-o mexican food and then just spent some time talking and catching up. Today I went shopping for some stuff for my apartment, went to lunch with Bek and Megan and went to visit the family I used to babysit for. And tonight is Chi Alpha and I'm super pumped for that. And to top it all off... Anissa and Lauren are going to be MF for the week so I'll have gotten to see almost all of the people who make me smile in just this one short week... pretty awesome :)

rain!

I'm laying in bed listening to the rain outside- one of my favorite things ever!! Plus- we really, really, really needed the rain. And I got off work a little early because of it too- not a bad deal :)

Contract Day

I just got home from signing my contract with Killeen ISD! Super exciting :)
I got to meet another girl who will be teaching at my school and she gave me some contact information for one of her friends who also teaches kindergarten at the school. They both seemed extremely nice!!! I can't wait to get up there and get settled-- its all happening so fast, I can't believe it!