What does it say about my teaching style when.....
Summer plays schools she is the teacher
with a soviet accent
a ruler in hand
no smiles
marching across the room
saying "no break for you.....work harder"
hummmmm.....
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Contentment
Contentment- this is my BIGGEST struggle
Contentment in finances
Contentment in relationships
Contentment in possessions
Contentment in location
The list goes on
My discontentment leads to feelings....
self pity
doubt
fear
anger
jealousy
Which leads to horrible actions....
gossiping
judging
hurtful words
coveting
The cycle itself is repetitious .
Some of these things I struggle with on a daily bases.
Others only occasionally like when the money gets a little low.
Right now I am being bombarded with all these at once.
I hurts to realize that I am not as mature as I thought I was.
That when I least expect it they can take over my thoughts.
I have to step back and think about what I ACTUALLY want out of life.....
Do I want to be the most liked youth leader (ohh yeah its that petty and gets worse)
NO!
The most expensively dressed and flawlessly beautiful woman in my group....
NO!
Do I want the prettiest cleanest house...
NO!
I do want...
Deep meaningful relationships
Healthy happy children
Close relationships with my distant family
A healthy body that allows me to keep up with my family....
I need to refocus....
my life shades have some major smudges on them
I read this today and loved it (funny how these things pop up when you need them the most)
http://reluctantentertainer.com/2011/10/how-to-find-contentment/
Contentment in finances
Contentment in relationships
Contentment in possessions
Contentment in location
The list goes on
My discontentment leads to feelings....
self pity
doubt
fear
anger
jealousy
Which leads to horrible actions....
gossiping
judging
hurtful words
coveting
The cycle itself is repetitious .
Some of these things I struggle with on a daily bases.
Others only occasionally like when the money gets a little low.
Right now I am being bombarded with all these at once.
I hurts to realize that I am not as mature as I thought I was.
That when I least expect it they can take over my thoughts.
I have to step back and think about what I ACTUALLY want out of life.....
Do I want to be the most liked youth leader (ohh yeah its that petty and gets worse)
NO!
The most expensively dressed and flawlessly beautiful woman in my group....
NO!
Do I want the prettiest cleanest house...
NO!
I do want...
Deep meaningful relationships
Healthy happy children
Close relationships with my distant family
A healthy body that allows me to keep up with my family....
I need to refocus....
my life shades have some major smudges on them
I read this today and loved it (funny how these things pop up when you need them the most)
http://reluctantentertainer.com/2011/10/how-to-find-contentment/
Friday, October 14, 2011
Why
Sometimes I wonder why we try.....
(One more negative post only cause it really is funny or will be in 10 years)
Last nights dinner
A rare mid week eating out
Boiled peanuts which millie loves but anyone within 20 feet better watch out cause she will squirt you.
Ryan never gets beer with dinner but it was happy hour, fruit flies attacked him and his beer...
Emmett screamed for no reason for the first time ever right as we got our food....
I tried to get him out of the carseat in the highchair which we never do cause it is dangerous and it fell with him in it luckily I caught him but he was mad.
By the time I calmed him down my food was cold and 3/4 of the way gone because Summer can not be trusted with food she is an eating machine.
Go to eat both girls decided they have to GO Ryan takes them and stands guard in front of the girls room.
I here Millie screaming all the way at our table...
I run to check on her, lets just say her stomach was upset.
Clean her up back to take second bite of food...
I gave up
ordered the girls dessert because really they had been good...
came home
declared we are hermits till our kids turn 18 every last one of them!!!!
(One more negative post only cause it really is funny or will be in 10 years)
Last nights dinner
A rare mid week eating out
Boiled peanuts which millie loves but anyone within 20 feet better watch out cause she will squirt you.
Ryan never gets beer with dinner but it was happy hour, fruit flies attacked him and his beer...
Emmett screamed for no reason for the first time ever right as we got our food....
I tried to get him out of the carseat in the highchair which we never do cause it is dangerous and it fell with him in it luckily I caught him but he was mad.
By the time I calmed him down my food was cold and 3/4 of the way gone because Summer can not be trusted with food she is an eating machine.
Go to eat both girls decided they have to GO Ryan takes them and stands guard in front of the girls room.
I here Millie screaming all the way at our table...
I run to check on her, lets just say her stomach was upset.
Clean her up back to take second bite of food...
I gave up
ordered the girls dessert because really they had been good...
came home
declared we are hermits till our kids turn 18 every last one of them!!!!
A little complaining
Mastitis 1 Becky 0
What a horrible problem to have...
I hope to never have it again
My fever broke last night
I cried like a baby
I am tired
My kids all have colds
They have coughs
and snot
How is my favorite time of year my least as well
I like all the curriculum I bought
Except science
I was excited about science
now I am returning that book.
No lesson plans no teachers book
and unreasonable projects
Lets be honest I am not going to electrically rig up a hot house
Grow my own herbs
dry the herbs
and make my own soap with the dried herbs
THE FIRST WEEK
I will plant herbs outside
I will kill the herbs
I will buy dried herbs
I will buy herbal soap
All for week one...
So back on the hunt for a science that works for us!!
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Week 1
It is a quite Saturday morning I have the house open and Ryan took the kids with him. Its actually the first time I've had a moment to reflect on all that has happened this week.
I brought Summer home.......... to school.
What has happened around here is amazing almost instantly my house turned into one of the most amazing learning centers. Summer is enjoying the change in learning she works hard to earn her 10-15 minute breaks which can be used however you want to. Summer uses it for a quick trip outside, she climbs trees swings and then happily hops back in after being called once to continue on with her work. Millie whom I was not planning on "teaching" vocalized her need and want for her own books and in the first week has mastered recognizing and writng her name the number 0, A and a. she also recognizes all the letters and numbers but we are working on writing them. She finishes worksheet after worksheet asking for more, we bought her a dry earse board to save some trees because she loves to work.
It was not all easy but it was good.
I'll take good anyday.
Today is saturday and Ryan and the girls are building their own outdoor messy table. This year we are studing Botany in science and this messy table is going to be where most of our "experiments" take place along with alot of messy fun!
PEACE
I brought Summer home.......... to school.
What has happened around here is amazing almost instantly my house turned into one of the most amazing learning centers. Summer is enjoying the change in learning she works hard to earn her 10-15 minute breaks which can be used however you want to. Summer uses it for a quick trip outside, she climbs trees swings and then happily hops back in after being called once to continue on with her work. Millie whom I was not planning on "teaching" vocalized her need and want for her own books and in the first week has mastered recognizing and writng her name the number 0, A and a. she also recognizes all the letters and numbers but we are working on writing them. She finishes worksheet after worksheet asking for more, we bought her a dry earse board to save some trees because she loves to work.
It was not all easy but it was good.
I'll take good anyday.
Today is saturday and Ryan and the girls are building their own outdoor messy table. This year we are studing Botany in science and this messy table is going to be where most of our "experiments" take place along with alot of messy fun!
PEACE
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