Morning Prayer

Every morning right after we say the pledge of allegience we have prayer time. I ask the students if they have any prayer requests. After all the prayer requests are in I ask the class if anyone would like to pray. I allow anyone to pray if they want to and we usually go around in a circle and I always close the prayer out. Praying with 2nd graders is the funniest thing. Here are samples from our morning prayers...

"Dear Lord, please please please help my mom say yes when I ask her if we can go to China!"

"Dear Lord, please help my big Poofball to stop scratching me and for the kittens to stop chasing me."

"Lord, I pray for the eagles so they won't be extinct."

"I pray that my dad will get off work on time on Thanksgiving so I don't have to eat at MIDNIGHT because I was so STARVING last year." (Yes, the capital letters do denote screaming at the top of her lungs).

There are a lot more funny ones that I just can't remember right now but I'm sure I'll post more in the future.

My Birthday

My birthday was 2 days ago. I love my birthday. No matter how old I get I can't help but feel "special" on this day. I know I'm a nerd but it's true, I just love when it's my birthday. I really try to squeeze all that I can out of it too. Kyle laughs at me because on the 23rd (my bday's on the 24th) we were deciding which show to watch and I explained to him that because it was my birthday eve I definitely got to choose. Eventually birthday eve goes on to be "well, it's my birthday month, therefore..."

Anyways, I had a good day at school with my students. They all made me cards which were very sweet. I brought treats for the students and I even let them watch The Lion King. Yes, my kids get spoiled when it is my birthday. Kyle delivered flowers to me at work which was very surprising and sweet and we went out to Abby's, our favorite pizza place, with my parents and Kyle's parents. This is one of the many reasons that I enjoy living in the same town as our parents! Thanks mom and dad.

Overall it was a very fun birthday. It was extra cool because I turned 24 on the 24th. Now I have to wait 6 months until my half birthday. Until then...

I guess I'll start this up again...

So I started this blog more than a year ago because it was one of my assignments in Ed Tech, a course that was required for my masters. Since all of my siblings now have a blog, I find myself wanting to share moments from my life and I figure the best way to do that is on here. So I shall resume this blog and I will try to be fairly regular about it...I hope. Have fun reading.