Friday, October 9, 2015

This and That

Where to begin?
If you weren't aware, Kratt the cat is missing.  He's been gone several weeks now and on Monday we thought we'd found him.  A slew of cats hang out at a house down the road.  I had a hunch to check it out after school.

Below sits an orange cat.  We called him and he turned his back to us.  I actually picked him up and petted him, calling him Kratt the whole time.  I took a photo and texted it to Mike.  Mike's response.  "That's Kratt.  He looks like crap though, we should get him to the vet."


We decided to take him home.  However, by this point we couldn't get him in the van.  He ran and hid behind fences, under bushes... but we kept stalking him.

Eventually we gave up and figured we'd call the homeowners that evening when they got home.

Turns out the orange cat wasn't Kratt.  It's George, and they've had him for years.  So there's that.

School is going well (for me) and I seem to keep the students entertained.  This week my Foods 2 kids got to develop and create a casserole recipe.  Everyone learned how long potatoes take to cook in the oven and to either chop them smaller or boil them beforehand.  Lessons, lessons.
 
My child development class has carried not only egg babies around school...
 
but also Baby Think It Overs.
 
They are beyond eager to take the doll home.  Yet the concept seems to be working like a charm and a couple kids have actually brought the doll back early.  One of my students showed up late to school with wet hair and said the doll kept her up all but 3 hours throughout the night. 
Score!
 
Molly snagged my phone and took a bunch of random photos with it.  I just discovered them and thought I'd share a few. 
 
 
 

Deer, Pizza and a Smile. 
Things are good.
 

Monday, October 5, 2015

A Mess

Because a house just isn't a home until it's been a wreck.  Another reason why we can't have nice things.





Starting to feel like home.



Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Dirt Cups

I took a gazillion photos today.  This is the only one I can share for privacy reasons which our society created.  The kids stirring these bowls of pudding were cuter than cute.  You may even catch a glimpse on the I-35 School District webpage... Just sayin'

My Foods 1 class invited a kindergarten class to our FCS room and taught them to make Halloween Dirt Cups.

My Foods class amazed me.  
Their patience, compassion and excitement of working with 5 year olds was my high today.  
Toto, we're not at East High anymore.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Whose is that?

If you were around 2 years ago when Ross played his first year of flag football, you may recall him wanting to quit.  He didn't quite understand the game, was hesitant to touch the ball, and very self-conscious of making mistakes.  I'll never forget the day we were leaving for his game as he hid in the branches of a tree.  
It was miserable...for all if us.
If you spent any time with Ross in July, you may recall his obsessive worrying and discussion about football tryouts.
Again, it was miserable... for all of us.
Which is why I didn't see this coming.
#5 runs with the ball.
Someone got his toe.

Again, #5 runs with the ball.
And maneuvers around #22

Less than 5 seconds after I snapped the first photo, Ross was down.  And he didn't get right back up.  He lay there... hurt.
All I could say was 'shit'.
In the photo, you can see the kid in red grabbing for the back of Ross' neck.  He ended up grabbing the top of Ross' neck pad and pulling him down, twisting Ross' knee in an awkward position. 
In that moment, I pictured Ross in a cast.  I didn't know where, but I figured something was broken.
Well, thanks to all the calcium in chocolate milk and mac and cheese, my boys bones aren't breaking anytime soon. 
He was back in the game after 5 minutes. 
He rocked it.



Monday, September 28, 2015

Updates

Okay, okay so I didn't include any photos of the tile in the slideshow. 
 
Lesson learned.
 
 
 
  We also have grass.
 
And walnuts.  Grandma Green would be excited.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Home

And just like that... In the last week of September ... 16 months after we broke we ground... The stress... The money... The rain... The insane amount of alcohol consumed... The theft... The career shifts... The decisions... The bats... Completely taking over Denny and Cindys home and lives for the past 2 months...did I mention the stress?

On Thursday, September 24 we were given the green light to move in from both the inspector and the bank.

We're done.

We're home.