i'm free!!!!

yesterday was our last day of school, and i celebrated with some serious sleeping in this morning!

it's so hard to believe that i just finished up my first full year of teaching. i thought i would cry when my kids left, but it was such a crazy busy day that i didn't even have time to think.

next on my list is finish cleaning up my classroom, and then continue to study for the gre. it seems as though the higher education bug has bit me, and i'm hoping to start graduate school in the fall. scary!

He did it

God answered my prayers, and i am so overwhelmingly grateful. thank you, Jesus.

it hurts

being a first grade teacher hurts. not because it's a bad job, but because my darlings are so brutally honest.

i've told you about the boy who has said he will buy me a husband (haven't i?) and i've told you about the boy who has predicted that i will get married in 2010. (actually it's the same kid.)

well last week our school had their spring concert, and i helped keep them in line, both literally and figuratively, before it started. now earlier that day it had been super hot. i was so hot when i got home that i immediately changed into something cooler and put my hair in a ponytail. my hair was still up when i went to the concert, and one of my girls said to me, "miss hernandez, you look better with your hair up."

relationship advice from a first grader. hair tips from a first grader. what's next? legal advice from a first grader?

as promised

remember when i used to be really good at blogging on a regular basis?

i don't either.

anyway, here are some of the pictures from our weekend at erin's lake house (two weekends ago. sorry).

our home for the weekend...so nice!


the sand-y area where we chilled out (no lie-it was cloudy)


kelli and pauline right before kelli went tubing


i know it's kind of blurry but i love her expression in this picture


this adorable dog belongs to erin's aunt and uncle. his name is charlie and i wanted to bring him home. unfortunately both he and pauline wouldn't fit in the back seat.


tucker the horse. he tried to eat kelli.


friends

102

it is currently 102 degrees outside.

102.

obviously i don't need to explain how i'm feeling now, do i?

first grade conversations

like i've said, there are many things that i love about 1st graders. i think one of the funniest things about them is their conversations, especially when they don't think anyone is listening. today, i heard a story about two 1st graders next door to my class.

there's one boy who's recently been diagnosed with dyslexia. he was explaining to a classmate about what that means.

boy #1: i can't read that because i have dyslexia.

boy #2: (in a really high, squeaky voice) WHAT?

boy #1: i have dyslexia!

boy #2: SEXLET? YOU HAVE SEXLET?

boy#1: (already fully exasperated) no! dyslexia! i have dyslexia!

boy #2: SEXLET? YOU HAVE SEXLET?

boy #1: IT'S DYSLEXIA!!!

thank goodness at that point they were told to stop talking and keep working, or who knows how long that conversation could have lasted.

i'm back!!!

we came back from an overnight weekend at erin's lake house and it was amazing. i'll be posting pictures later today (aka, after my nap).

have a great sunday, everyone!