Teacher, Make it Bigger

Friends.

There is so much going on, I do not know where to begin.  And I am  39 and life is hard for me now, so I cannot formulate a story.  So a list is what we will be working with today.

Thank you for your understanding.

1.  David insists the boys should do the dishes.  This is what happens when the boys do the dishes on a night we make rice:

Off David goes to work the next morning, happily at 5 am.

Taylor gets to scoop rice out of the bottom of the dishwasher.

2.  I love first graders.  I miss having them in the classroom, but I am loving my virtual class.  At the end of our meetings, I let kids sign off, but if they have a question or want to talk to me, I tell them to stay on live with me for a bit.  One kid always says:

“You are the best teacher in the whole world.”

Every day.  And I love him.

Another kid stayed on for five minutes just to say, “See you soon!”

First grade is the BEST.

Change my mind.

3.  I have a great teaching team this year.  We work really well together and it makes all the difference.  We really need document cameras, so one of my teammates created a Donors Choose project so we could try and get some document cameras.

Teammate:  I need a clever title for my project.  Hmmm. . . How about, “Teacher, make it bigger!”

Me:  NO!  That sounds like a “that’s what she said” joke just waiting to happen.

4.  We named it something else.

5.  I came home to one of the kittens looking like this the other day:

Ok.  This kitten is like six weeks old.  It was in the bathroom with Mama and two siblings.  Mama and the other kittens were dry.  The only thing LD and I could conclude was that kitten had fallen into the toilet and Mama saved it from drowning in a toilet.

Mama kitty is such a good Mama.

I used a blow dryer on Toilet Kitty.  Toilet Kitty did not like it.

6.  Toilet Kitty is still alive.

7.  Taylor tries to remember to make sure all toilets are closed when she leaves each day.

8.  I forgot to post this picture from Alex’s wedding.

My boys were helping Grandpa (David’s dad) get ready for the wedding.

I liked the picture, simply because, I liked it.

9.  HD’s hand is a big, fat mess.  We had to go to his post-op today.  He needs therapy and a splint and all sort of TLC for six weeks.

David:  When can he start on farm chores?

Me:  Do not mess with my child!  I am taking it from here!

10.  HD’s new scar

11.  I had a student.  It was not working out with him to be online full time.  He would always run away from the Zoom meetings.  But his mom would stay.

And she became my number one fan.

She sat and listened to my stories.

She requested books.

She answered questions.

She was sad when they made a change for her child’s education.

At least I reached one mom.

12.  Norma Jean Riley had four kittens yesterday.

13.  16 kittens have been born in my house in 2020.  That I know of.

14.  I am making appointments for cats to be fixed.

I am tired.  I am going to bed now.  Goodnight.