November Highlights

Man, this is a bit late.

Recess

Welcome Autumn!

Kindergarten telling his peer all about his day

They were DEDICATED

And that's all she wrote, folks!

School Jog-a-thon

So, every year, our school does a Jog-a-thon. We run a 1/4 mile track for one hour, to raise money. I thought you all might like to see a few pics of the students doing it.

(two of my class)

(another attempt at a selfie)

(even through sweat and tears)

(pre-school joins in)

Art Challenge - Ocobter

Phew, it took me forever to finish my half of the art challenge, which is why it's so late. But, I hope you like it.

Challenge: Do a shout out to autumn. :D

Hers

(she used those water pencils. so cool)

Mine

October Highlights Be Here!

Hey, my peeps! Sorry it took me sooo long to get this out. Work has been busy, busy (but fun). However, I finally got a bit of breathing room. Ergo, I present to you, the highlights of this past school month.

Enjoy.

Bake Sale
(yep, that's me)

His thoughts = 'They'll never find me up here!'

 Test Time!

Hard at work

My Little Saints ;-)

Deep in the Woods....

This weekend, my Mum, three sisters, and I got to go on a really great hike together. We don't often get to do this, so it was a nice treat. :D

Old canal on the trail

 (little more than 1/2 mile long)

We braved the top!

Panoramic view of outside canal

My Mum had the genius idea of us posing at one end,

and then racing behind to get at the other. 

So cool!!! 

Selfie with Mum

Bible History - Crafts Galore!

Okay, maybe not galore, but I couldn't think of a better way to describe it. I feel as if I'm doing more crafts, now, than I ever did in school (probably not, but it feels that way right now). And I'm loving ever second of it!!!

Last week, we read about Abraham.

The ram Abraham found in the bush

For snack

 The "bundle of wood" that Issac carried

(pretzels and Twizzlers) 

This week, we read about Jacob and Esau.

My sample

(Jacob masquerading as Esau)

The kids work

September Pieces

It's very belated, but here are the two September art pictures from Scrub and I

Mine

Scrub's

I'm Engaged!!!

Yep, you read that right. I'm engaged to John now. Happened tonight. And I'd no clue that it would.

There I was, blithely carameling apples with my Mum, when a knock came at the front door. Since neither Mum or I could get it, Philomena had to. Next thing I know, I'm being told I need to sign for something.
As I walk over, after handing the reigns of the caramel to Philomena, I saw a young man, wearing a trench coat, a hat covering his face.

"Oh, it's Mr. So-and-so," I thought. "No, no, that's silly....so, why's a Mormon here???"

Then John lifted his head and knelt down.

I'm embarrassed to say, my exact words were "We're doing this now?" - because I'm barefoot and making caramel apples. SO romantic (but also perfect for us).

He took it well, totally understanding, and said, with a smirk, "Yep. Will you marry me?"

I said "Yes."

My ring, which was also my Mum's ring

The happy couple :D

September Highlights

As my title suggests, this is the highlights of my classes, during September. A few October pics got in, but I think you'll forgive me. ;)

Selfie with my Kindergarten class

Cherry Bomb/Tag

Monkey Bar Fun

Pre-school Coloring/Letters

Credit goes to St. Anthony Academy.

Naoh's Ark Project

So, this week, for Bible History, I made (from a template) a Naoh's Ark for the kids. They got animal crackers to put inside. I'm happy to say, they loved it. :D

My Sample

The kids

I should have my own September picture, for my 2016 art challenge out by next week. *crosses fingers*

Crafting Joy (aka making stuff for my classes)

Ack, making titles is HARD. Seriously.

Anyhow, I've been tasked with making Bible History crafts for my 1-3 classes (I help, mainly, Wednesday and Friday with those). Last week, I did a Creation Wheel. This week, I did Cain and Abel. I make a sample (which I've posted below) and then the kids get to copy/make their own.

Should probably mention, these are all from templates. :P

Creation Wheel

Cain (right) and Abel (left)

Credit goes to St. Anthony Academy.

We Can Do It!

So, another school year has started. I'm a teacher, full-time now. I have Kindergarten as my full class and 1st  -3rd grades, when needed.
I've gotten permission from the parents and thus you get to share my joy in my work (and not just getting random updates on my pictures....though those will still be posted).

Getting Into The Swing of Things

(See what I did there?)

Snack Time

Recess :)

My Class (with Pre-schooler)

August Art Challenge

For the month of August, Scrub and I decided to do a picture from our own fanfiction story. I couldn't get into any of mine (plus, I'd already done a LOTR picture for April), so I went with one of my favorite mangas. She did a cover for her FF story, John and Sherlock's Excellent Adventure. 

Mine

Rurouni Kenshin

Kenshin (front) and Sanosuke (back)

Hers

John and Sherlock's Excellent Adventure

(Yes, it's supposed to look like 'The Little Prince')

Johnny (blond) and William (black hair)

Hope you enjoy. September will be a shout out picture to the end of summer. 

Last Stretch (aka: last few days)

Lieutenant R.E. Durbin's log: Stardate 08/19

*sigh*

It's finally come, our last, full day of shore leave. It's been an exciting week. What with:

Flying in a plane 

(such an antique thing, and so different from a Starship)

Spending more time on the beach

But, like all good things, it's ending. 

End log. (next blog will be about my picture this month...unless something big happens)