Word Fun

A couple of weeks ago my oldest daughter's homework included word making. She was given the word THANKSGIVING and was asked to make as many words out of the letters as possible. She started with the usual: an, in, thank. Well as she continued to work on it I was doing other things. I looked over her list later and these are a couple of the words she added, in this order: gin, sin....hmmm well at least she understands the assignment!!!

Our Jewish Santa

At school, my oldest daughter is learning about Hannukah. She has been singing songs about it for days. The other day she asked if we could be Jewish so we could light the menorah and so she could get presents for 8 days instead of just one! Well I told her we didn't have to be Jewish to light a menorah. She wasn't sure about that, she was concerned about being arrested. Well after we got that all squared away we decided to get a menorah and light a candle each night. Now my husband and I don't have any idea what we are doing but our girls won't know the difference. I thought it was cute of her to suggest it in the first place. So we will be lighting our menorah, which is next to the tree, which is by the nativity scene. I really hope I'm not screwin them up too bad!! It should be a very interesting 8 days.

Why teachers rule the world.

Well here I am, one more semester done. I always hope that I feel more of a sense of relief then I do. This is probably becuase, in the back of my mind, I know that I am SO far from being done. Well at least I can take a break right??? I am currently learning a lesson in payback. As a teacher, there is no way of knowing what impact you or your words have on a student. Well now that I am on the "recieving" end I can tell you- it is quite alot! The other day I was getting the girls ready for bed at 7:00. The oldest one looked at the clock and said "but mom it's only 7 and Ms. Trent says that our bedtime is 7:30-just like her and Logan." Now I know that what Ms. Trent meant was that the kids' bedtimes shouldn't be later then 7:30 (some kids in her class have bedtimes of 9 or 10). Well how was i going to explain this to a 6 year old. She heard what she heard. Well I said what any self respecting mom would say in response to this: "Do you see Ms. Trent here?" 36 hours of labor and this is what you get. Well I suppose it could be worse This same daugther spent 2 1/2 hours on her homework. Over one hour of it was spent drawing a picture for a math problem. The math took her all of about 30 seconds but the picture had to be just so-oye vey!! I blame it on her father. It makes me feel better. But it still doesn't get her work done any faster.