Merry Christmas

To all my friends ( all three of you) and family. I am not sending cards out this year. I am tired and swamped and had to take something off of my To-Do list. So, I'm breaking all sorts of copyright rules, but here is a card for you. I'm sure the 5 people who read my blog won't call the FBI. Or maybe they will. Oh well, I look good in orange.

Vacation Time!

School ended at 11:50am today and the boys and I walked out at 1:00pm! That is a new record for me. I would normally take advantage of the quiet time and the extra hours on an early release day...but I was out of there today! It has been quite a hectic week in 1st grade and I am so happy to be off! So, what does a tired teacher do on the Friday before Christmas? Go out to lunch and come home to take a nap! Marissa and I took the kids to Chicago Uno for a long lunch and then I came home and curled up on my bed and slept for an hour. It felt so nice!

Now I can move on to Christmas! Our tree has been up, but it looks pretty empty underneath! So I may wrap some gifts tonight. Or I may curl up on the couch and catch up on some reading. Either way, I am looking forward to two weeks off and spending many memorable moments with my kids.

Well Hello There

I have not blogged in a while. It could be because life keeps me busy. Or it could be because my camera BROKE and I am quite lost without it. It's not as fun to blog without pictures. But I wanted to check in so that when I look back at my year it doesn't look like I dropped off the face of the earth for 5 weeks. So my new camera arrived yesterday, but I can't download the software to allow me to put my pictures on my computer.

So what's new?

1-We went to Sacramento last weekend to get sized for our dresses for Holly and Tim's wedding. So cute!!!

2-We only have 5 days of school left until Winter Break. Yeah!

3- I am almost finished shopping, which is amazing since I only started yesterday. Ha!

4-I sent out the invitations for Michelle's baby shower in January. It's almost time to be an Auntie again!!!

5- I am trying to take time to bring out the spirit of Christmas, because it doesn't quite feel like the holidays yet.

Ahoy Matey!

One of ye grand perks of being a teacher is staying aboard ship with ye wee lads when they are out of school. (ok, that's about as much as I can handle of pirate speak) The boys and I had a movie day yesterday, starting with a picnic breakfast and Pirates of the Caribean 1 at 8:30am. Since each movie is almost 3 hours, we only made it through #1 and #3. Luckily we had watched #2 the night before on tv. We stopped of course for lunch, a brief video game, and to pop popcorn in the afternoon.

Time for a Change

It's was time to change from blond to something a little bit darker. Ha! ok, a LOT darker. I love it! And yes, that is still a JackOLantern on my cupboard. Hee Hee.

Happy Halloween

New Tattoo!!!

ok, fine, it's not me, but man I wish that is was! Holly turned another year older last week and to celebrate we headed to Berkeley for her next tattoo. I had to sit there and listen to the sweet buzz of the tat gun and NOT GET ANY INK! It was so hard to sit there and watch and not get one too! Next time, next time.

Berkely was fabulous as usual...homeless tweny-somethings living high on the streets without a care in the world, street vendors selling amazing photographs and some very unique jewelry, Cal students sporting their blue and gold after the big game. Such a fun college town! I miss that!

But life as a wife, mother, and teacher is fulfilling in it's own way. Sure, house parties have been replaced by children's birthday parties, and Saturday morning sleeping in has been replaced by double soccer games, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Nothing beats the warm hugs of a five year old, the amazing mind of an eight year old, or the support of a husband you have known for over 15 years.

Life is good. Sorry, I was feeling nostalgic tonight.