Day of the Weekend

Things were good this week. A couple of unusual days (irregular schedule is all) but surprisingly well. Feeling of unease has dissapated.

I had been confusing Xander with the "pulling my thumb off" trick. It would blow his mind and then he would try to take my thumb off, and then try to take his thumb off, before announcing to me that he couldn't do it. Well. the other day he figured it out. And he has tried to show me. And I made him show Mrs. Austin yesterday and he was so proud of himself. He even tried to add little dramatics.

I also had my kids thinking more on their own and solving their own problems this week. As a result of not turning in homework, I had kids in during activity and they were asking me if they could read, write, and do extra pages of work to make up for missing homework. Sure...by all means. I even had a kid try to read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." I also had some kids act very rude and then want to apologize to the person they interrupted. I've not seen my kids do that all year.

Today was the Delta Day of the Arts at Delta State University. Various art related workshops and I got to lead a group of 1st-3rd graders around for most of the day. We did watercolor painting, collages, swing dancing, and paper clip jewelery. I enjoyed it, but it was long. Very long. Plus a stuffy ride back on the bus. I think my kids enjoyed it. There was a current student and a former student, so I got to talk to them a bit, and get talked at/to a bit as well.

Tonight I had a flashback about someone I knew. Saw something that reminded me of a person and it made me freeze in my tracks. Found out somethings about people. I also received a compliment about my classroom. A higher-up said that she had heard good things about my class from my principal, but hadn't actually talked to her, so it struck me as strange. She said the compliments might have come through my PD who I'm sure has talked with my principal. So I was kind of left with a vague feeling of being complimented. It's good enough for me to sleep on.