On Friday, December 3rd, Mack walked into the classroom. As per his usual custom, he was late. He had his coat zipped up to his chin and his backpack on his back. He was carrying a tray of breakfast. He was loud.
Mack: Guess, what! Tomorrow is CHRISTMAS! IT IS CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Well, Reader, I am sure you can imagine the stir of excitement this caused amongst 20+ first graders.
Me: Sorry, bud. It is not tomorrow.
Mack: Well, then what is tomorrow?
Me: Saturday.
Mack (wailing): BUT MY MOM SAID! SHE SAID IT WAS TOMORROW!
Me: Bud, I am not sure what Mom was talking about, but the actual holiday of Christmas is not tomorrow.
Mack (wailing): Aw, Man.
And Mack sobbed for the injustice of it all. Also, I had to open his milk.
A few days ago, Hal finished a book about the possibility of a Bigfoot.
Hal: MRS. M! MRS. M! I just read this book. I think it was NONFICTION! Mrs. M! There might be a REAL ACTUAL BIGFOOT out there!
Me: No way!
Hal: Yes! I have made a poster to warn the class. You must post it by the door! We must warn the class!
Me: You got it.
The next day, Hal decides to revisit the book. He comes up to me as I am marking attendance.
Hal: Mrs. M? I just read that book again. I didn’t remember how scary it was and now I am scared. So, um, could I get a hug?
Me: You bet.
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Little Dude got his braces off.
So that is something.
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Let us discuss the calf formerly known as Darla.
I changed her name to Darcy. Because I can.
Darcy is still alive, yet she is not able to stand. She appears to be getting stronger and more alert each day. We have decided we need to get her up more. This is tricky because she is not exactly “light as a feather.” Plus she is always covered in poop and that’s just unpleasant.
So we need three people to get her up and one of those peoples must be David. He is the muscle of this operation. Which reminds me! I forgot to post the results of The Second Annual Maliblahblah Thanksgiving Arm Wrestling Competition. Here we are listed strongest to weakest: David, HD, LD, Hadley, Kate, Me.
Sad.
David, HD, and I got her in this little rigged up hoist thingie for a while yesterday.
You may ask, ‘Taylor! Why did you guys do that?”
Well, I surely do not know. None of us know. I think we are trying to get bloodflow to the legs?
Anyways. Happy Monday.
Oh dear, someone has found out that more knowledge can be scary. Hopefully, Bigfoot does not live near that young man.
Glad to see Darla, I mean Darcy, is still alive 👍🏻
I was going to recommend just what you rigged up. I did that for one of ours and she eventually walked on her own again.
I used jean material to put her legs in so I could leave her in it all the time. tied the ropes to the jean material. Good going guys. Darcy is doing better.
Don’t worry about getting her clean, making her cold with water could kill her.
Beth also known as Betj……..wrong finger placement.