Archive for April, 2011

Snow and Sunshine

Spinach goes with everything. So does peanut butter, for that matter. This is what I’m eating for breakfast. We had a field trip to the Denver Museum yesterday. For some ...

Mrs. Baby

Sleeeepy. I woke up at 1:39am and couldn’t go back to sleep. I read part of this book. I cleaned the house. I played with the cat. I went to ...

$0.31

It was $0.31 night at Baskin Robbins! Thirty-one cents per scoop of ice cream. You can’t beat that. I got my favorite – mint chocolate chip. Meeker got bubble-gum flavored ...

…like a pig.

In writing class today, my 3rd graders learned about similes and metaphors. They wanted example after example of these concepts, and for some reason, all of my illustrations had to ...

Calm(ish) Monday

I had 5 kiddos absent today. It’s amazing what a difference 5 kids can make in a classroom of 24…it was a nice, quiet(ish) start to the week. Before work, ...

Yes, he wants cake.

Along with Easter, we’re still celebrating Meeker’s birthday today – and he requested a special cake. (I would like to think that Jesus would have appreciated this cake after 3 ...

The next best thing.

Happy Saturday! Today is Mr. Meeker’s birthday! We were kind of hoping I could give him a daughter for his birthday, but…Baby Cakes is comfortable right where she is. So, ...

I give ice cream to 9 year olds, and then send them home.

I couldn’t sleep again last night, so I got up at 3am and did level one of Jillian’s 30 Day Shred. I hadn’t done this workout since my first trimester, ...

Mid Week Break

We had the day off school because it’s the 12th anniversary of the Columbine Tragedy. Appropriately, Colorado’s weather cloudy and somber. However, Meeker and I bundled up and headed to ...

The Very Hungry Teacher

After a particularly exhausting workout this morning, I turned into the Very Hungry Caterpillar Pregnant Teacher. First, I drank one spinach protein shake. 1 scoop protein powder, 1 cup coconut ...

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