year 2

Reflections in teaching: Year 2

+the importance of playing with them
+the magic of Shel Silverstein, Dallas Clayton, and Dr. Seuss
+reading and singing and dancing brings us all together
+patience is practiced
+knowing what you can control, and what you have to let go (to stay sane)
+how much kids need attention.
+instill confidence
+inspire creativity
+the impact of my mood/preparation/attitude on the student's behavior
+how much they LOVE when I talk real with them and when I'm goofy or surprising
+teaching at a school with a solid staff, a perfect teaching team, and an incredible Principal will make it an easy decision to teach another year. Hello year 3.

++++++++++++
year 1

came, went, cali-ed.

listen.
I had a really great week in California and I kinda only told Instagram about it. Sorry blogspot.

7.11 Music To My Ears

image: the selby

Whoa. Whoa. It's been over a year since I've done a Music to My Ears post. Here's the summer stew of music I've been listening to.

Beth Rest-Bon Iver
Kooks, Hunky Dory-David Bowie---from the movie Hanna. great movie.
East Harlem-Beirut---played 5x a day for 3 weeks
A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover)-James Blake---thank you Kai
Funeral-Saves The Day
On Melancholy Hill-Gorillaz
Our House-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young---best when singing with my mom
Hard to Explain-The Strokes---best to run to
Go Outside-Cults
Island-Akron/Family

up top

5's
I had Maggie in this salty city for almost a week and she was killing it.
She deserved all the "up tops" she got.

Tops for:
dinners
hikes
bach.
rocket pops
pools
rice krispy treats
OC season 1
sunday walks
sunsets

tata

7/17/11
Sunday Breakfast

Frittata
gluten free muffins
bananas

Hello Kimberly (been in Portland for a stint)
Goodbye Maggie (back to DC she goes)

Eating food with friends is always a good idea.
Even better when outside on a sunny Salt Lake Sunday morning

frieday-saturday

Teen blogged about her girlfriend sleepover and they executed with such girlfriend precision, I was pretty jealous. I caught the planning portion before I left back to Utah and I knew I was missing out cause nieces and sisters make the best girlfriends. And who can resist such a structured sleepover?!

Who dat is?

7/11/11
Salt Lake City, UT
City Creek Canyon

Maggie's in town!!!! We celebrated with a hike and high fives.

summer sunday

7/10/11
Sunday Dinner

My brother and his family are finished with VA and on there way to TX. I'm so happy they are here in UT for a bit this summer. We had good summer BBQ and incredible cookies (Annie!!!!) and ice cream. Summer Forever!

Say Sawadee

7/9/11
Salt Lake City, UT
Sawadee

Shauna + Maggie were in town over the weekend! Lucky me!
Sawadee is the easiest. Quick service and good thai.
Hot dinner table topic: OC season 1.

Birthday Cake

It's Annie Belle's birthday today!
I made her a mint chocolate bundt cake for her party on Saturday. It's a fail proof cake and a crowd pleaser.

*i didn't have a bundt thing and so I used an angel food cake pan, it was difficult. please note the giant crack in the cake

lady sunday

7/3/11
Laguna Niguel, CA

church
Jackson ordained a deacon
family BBQ

and these are all the pictures i have to show for it. worthless.