Lutheran Schools Week - Wednesday activities

On Wednesday of Lutheran Schools Week, we had a potluck breakfast before school, with chapel following for parents and grandparents to attend.  Because I was on the LSW committee, I had to help in the kitchen, making sure things were running smoothly for the breakfast, etc.  That left Allison pretty much to her own devices because the kids were with family members, not with their class.  She does very well, and I know I can trust her, but this was an interesting place that I caught her, following the breakfast, while folks were waiting for chairs to be moved, etc., and chapel to begin. Bless her heart.

 Following chapel, students, staff, and family members went outside for a balloon release.  It started to snow lightly about the time the kids went out to release their balloons.

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Lutheran Schools Week

Each year, Lutheran Schools across the country celebrate being fortunate enough to be a Lutheran School.  Our school is no different.  The first week of March 2011 was designed Lutheran Schools Week. The theme this year is: Securing Each Child's Future: Making Disciples.  I was on the LSW committee, and it was a lot of work, but it was rewarding. This is a bulletin board I did for Mrs. Harries, and fortunately I could incorporate LSW into it.

Each day of the week the students dress up to different themes.  Monday's theme was the kids' favorite one I hear:  Pajama day!

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Allison's New Specs! :)

My girlie has my eyes!

This is usually a very good, heart-warming comment.  However, this time it has to do with the actual working mechanisms!   She has eye 'issues' too, just like her ole' mom.  She has difficulty seeing far away already, and has a little issue with her left eye, just like me.  They didn't call her left eye a "lazy eye" like mine was identified as, but maybe hers was caught sooner in her schooling life.  The school nurse caught the discrepancy  in a routine school vision screening a few weeks ago. 

Allison is actually very excited about her glasses.  I am so glad about that. I just hope it continues. :)

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Swimming at the Y

Last Sunday afternoon, our school had the family fun time at the YMCA in Beatrice.  The PTL sponsors this activity for the children and their families.  The facilities are rented and anything pretty much can be used: swimming pool, basketball courts, raquetball courts, etc.  Allison spent the entire time at the swimming pool...imagine that :)     We had a good time. 

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Gratitude

I'm not feeling all that gracious about the weather right now...supposed to be freezing drizzly stuff off and on pretty much all weekend...ick!

So..........I am trying to think of things I AM grateful for...............

1.  My beautiful, intelligent (although sometimes ornery and mouthy) daughter, Allison.
2.  My incredibly supportive husband, Bruce.
3.  A beautiful, comfortable, warm home.
4.  A car that runs...most of the time...pretty much....
5.  My family, although I don't get to see them as much as I should (ahem...Amy....ahem....).
6.  My education...very grateful I was able to go to college. I do hope/wish sometimes that someday maybe I can go back and get my master's degree.
7.  My teaching degree...even though I don't technically use it to its extent right now, I'm still how happy and proud to have achieved it.
8.  Friends and acquaintances.
9.  Having a fair degree of intelligence and creativity...I'm not the brightest bulb in the package, but I'm also not the dimest! :)
10.  Opportunities that are not always available to everyone!

to be continued............................................




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Subbing

Had a great subbing day today.  It's been about a month and a half since I've subbed.  It feels like such a long time ago.  I was supposed to sub again tomorrow, but the teacher's conference 2nd day was cancelled due to the threat of bad weather...:( bummer!  Well, at least I'm scheduled for a couple more days next week (crossing fingers).

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Hiding Out

Dad and daughter day...so I'm 'hiding out' at the radio station now after tutoring.  Is that silly, or what?  Oh well!


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Little Cheerleaders

Gotta go pick up the Little Miss here in a few minutes.  She has spent the morning at the high school cheerleaders "Little Cheerleader Camp" this morning.  After three snow days this week, the school had a scheduled day off again today! :)  She's been really looking forward to going to this ever since she brought the information sheet home.  After a week of feeling poorly, I hope she had fun this morning.


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Family Storytime ... Making Homemade Ice Cream

Family storytime last night had a very small group, but that's okay.  They did a fun activity, and it required some patience on the part of the kids.  They all did excellent, however.  They made homemade ice cream.  Allison and her friend, Aleah, were partners, and tossed the bag of milk & sugar back and forth to form ice cream.  It did a good job, but Allison didn't like the taste. I didn't try it, but Aleah thought it tasted like salt, so we are thinking that the bag must've leaked a little bit.  It was a great activity and great fun.We really ought to try it here at home.  We really ought to try to make some snow ice cream, too. 

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Dad Training His Some-Day Replacement

Went to Hiawatha with dad last Saturday afternoon for the championship game of the Hiawatha Girls' Invitational Basketball Tourney of which the Marysville girls were playing.  I hadn't gone to a high school basketball game for a number of years. I had always gone with Bruce to football and basketball before Allison was born, but once she came along I stayed home.  Well, as Allison got older and it would have become easier to go along, I lost interest.  It was nice to just stay at home. It was nice, however, to go along this time.  

Bruce had also commented awhile back that we needed to get more pictures for the radio station website/Facebook page of staff doing things, getting out and about, etc.  So, these pictures served several purposes.  Allison looks so important.  Radio is just going to be second nature to her, and she's even pretty comfortable public speaking already. I hope that continues. 

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