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GLEEK

I just ordered this as a belated Christmas present!  (Matt got me a couple of shirts that were too small, so we returned them and I ordered this instead)  I simply can't wait until April when this little diddy returns.  Until then, I simply must listen to my cds on repeat...and now wear my shirt!

The Fondue Was Our Guide

So, about a month ago, we were supposed to head to The Melting Pot for my birthday. Back up:  you need to understand how much I LOVE The Melting Pot.  It is seriously the best restaurant ever, and we don't eat all day in preparation for the deliciousness that awaits us.  Anyway, back to a month ago...well, Caleb got sick and we didn't go.  It was sad and disappointing, but I had to take care of my pitiful boy.  So, we looked at the calendar and the next available day was January 30th.  (sad, isn't it??) Fast forward to this week when the weather reports started focusing in on a major winter storm heading our way...up from the south!  We MD folks understand that the phrase up from the south means we are going to get hit hard.  Of course, this couldn't happen during the week--noooooo!  Weekend snow does me no good, and I was especially concerned that the white stuff was going to snuff out our Melting Pot plans yet again. Saturday morning, Matt checked the accumulat

Throwback Thursday

Here are a few oldies (but goodies) for ya!

Missing...

April can't come soon enough!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Reasons I am Excited to go to 5th Grade

Yep, it's true.  I'm heading on up to 5th grade next year as a result of a miriad of changes at good ole SLES.  However, I'm actually really looking forward to it.  Here's why! *  It took me 3 years to graduate 3rd grade and 4 years to graduate 4th.  I've finally passed onto 5th!  :) *  I student taught in 5th grade and really loved the age.  I'm excited to bring back some of the things I have had stashed away for the last 7 years. *  I get to teach honors reading again! *  If ever I had to loop with a group, THIS would be it!  I absolutely love this class!  They are incredible! *  The prospect of departmentalizing is very appealing to me.  Not having to teach all of the subjects is always a plus. *  My friend from 3rd grade is moving up with me and I am stoked to have the opportunity to work with her again.  She is a very positive, upbeat, fun teacher and I learned a lot from her when I first started out. *  I think this will be a fun new challeng

Not Me! Monday!

*  My dog does not drop food all over the kitchen floor when she eats.  She is a dainty eater who certainly picks up after herself.  We don't find ourselves picking slobbery dog food off of our socks as we walk through the kitchen.  I certainly don't bribe Caleb with cookies to pick the dog food up off of the floor every day!  That would be ridiculous.  Why not just vacuum it up?  The answer to that certainly wouldn't be that I don't want to waste all of that dog food.... *  I did not spend the better part of Saturday reconnecting with my long lost laptop after missing it for a month.  After getting a laptop dock that gives me a USB port (for the first time in 2 1/2 years!), I didn't begin to lament that I couldn't find my USB cord to connect my camera to my laptop.  I didn't frantically search the house top to bottom before declaring it lost forever.  I wasn't so anxious to begin loading pictures again that I bought another cord on Ebay, only to find

Grace, Please!

We've been talking a lot about grace with Caleb recently and trying to use the word so that he begins to gain an understanding of it.  Sometimes (definitely not all of the time!) when he gets in trouble and deserves a spanking, we tell him that we are going to grant him a little grace like God gives to us and not give him what he deserves.  (Of course, we also say that if we have to speak to him again, he will get a spanking!) This morning, Caleb asked me if he could move the blankets off of the chair so that he could sit in it.  I told him no, they needed to stay in the chair.  I was just getting into the shower and warned him that if I came out of the shower and saw the blankets on the floor, he would get a spanking.  Naturally, the blankets were on the floor and he was sitting on the chair when I came out of the shower!  I asked him if he was supposed to push the blankets off and he said no.  I asked him what I said would happen if he pushed the blankets off and he said he

Caleb and Emma's Trip to Lancaster

Here are a few highlights from our trip to Lancaster! Caleb took Emma for a ride on his "tractor!" Then he took her on a ride on the bulldozer! Caleb rode with Daddy on the Frog Hopper--they went super high! Emma loved the cows! This wasn't even posed!  She looks like a little jailbird! There was a great puppetry/ventriliquism show at Dutch Wonderland.  It was very cute! Steven and Emma This is Lucy Long-Tongue, the (much bigger) calf that Caleb bottle-fed over the summer.  We remembered her number and went to visit her in the pen with the big cows!  When Caleb started talking to her, she stuck her tongue out.  He exclaimed, "She remembers me!"  :)

Caleb's Three Year Old Photos

We got Caleb's Three Year Old Photos taken at Clix (LOVE THEM!!!) and bought the rights, so I can show them to you!                                                                 Riding on his tractor Color-Touched Picture Another Color-Touch with a last-minute impromptu pose that turned out to be my favorite! I love his sly smile! This is my mom's antique butter churn! I think he looks so old here! This was caught by accident.  He was actually zooming his train around and around at the end of the shoot and the photographer happened to catch this face!  Love it!

A Toothy Grin That Turned Upside Down

UPDATE: Several of my wonderful students brought in some Chipmunk toys for Caleb yesterday.  We now have Simon (2, actually!), Theodore, and Brittany.  Does he like them?  Let's just say I had to limit him to choosing just one to sleep with last night! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, Caleb visited the dentist for the very first time. The dentist warned me that sometimes all they do is take the kids for a ride on the chair the first time. Not my boy! Nope, not only did he let them check his teeth, but they also polished them and applied fluoride! I was so proud of him. His reward (in addition to picking out of the prize bin at the dentist's office) was the go to McDonald's to get a Happy Meal...but what he really wanted was the chipmunk that was IN the Happy Meal!! He talked about it all day and shared it with several people at the dentist. We go through the drive through, he notices

Computers, Carnivals, Cotton Candy, and Caleb

My computer has been on its death bed for a few weeks, resulting in not being able to check timecards for Stacked Systems or blog.  We have internet access through our iPods, but it is really REALLY difficult to write a substantial blog using a tiny touch screen!  My dad has ordered a new part for our laptop, so hopefully it will be back in business soon! Saturday was Caleb's birthday and we had a carnival party.  It was so fun!  We had a ball pit and played ring toss, and he had a circus train cake and snow cones for dessert.  Lots of sugar and 14 hyper children, but I think everyone had a blast.  Somehow (I still don't quite know how) I miscounted the number of containers of cotton candy and ended up one short...which means the birthday boy didn't get one.  I didn't think he noticed, but while I was at a baby shower yesterday, Matt said that Caleb realized he didn't have one and demanded that they go to those kids houses and get his cotton candy back!  (The