Teaching

I guess I am not surprised that I have not updated since school started this year, since I have been kept extremely busy! My class is doing well. I am a first year teacher, so obviously I am constantly changing or finding better things to do, but I think I am managing to keep my head above water. I feel like all I do is work. I am constantly on the go at school, then I come home and plan all night. I can't imagine having to go through this again, but it will all depend on how long I am able to stay at HH. The salary and benefits are not great, but the people are wonderful, and the kids are (for the most part) awesome, so it's hard to say.

I do have a quite difficult class this year. I have 11 students, 3 of whom have Autism, and 1 who is classified as Emotionally Disturbed. The class can be quite chaotic at times, but they are all pretty awesome!

On other notes: Audrey started 1st grade and is doing quite well! She makes me such a proud mommy sometimes! She's been having some behavioral issues at home, but we're trying a traffic light chart to help, so hopefully this works! Dan has started watching Cailyn before and after school, and this has been quite the change in our family dynamic, so I'm sure we are still in an adjustment period. Hopefully things will seem more settled soon. (It doesn't help that Dan gets kinda cranky in the mornings, and the kids feed off of his behavior).

Audrey has also started back up with Dance. She decided to quit cheerleading, as it was just "too much" for her, so she decided to join gymnastics instead. She is doing VERY well in gymnastics, and loves it very much. I am guessing this will be her last year at dance, as I cannot afford for her to keep taking dance and gymnastics! We're gonna let her pick which one she'd like to continue, but she's already told me that she likes gymnastics more (go figure, more expensive), so that is most likely the plan for next year.

Benny is doing really well =) His speech is starting to get better, and he has been impressing me with some of the stuff he knows! He's been counting, learning his ABC's, and he's REALLY good at the Memory Game! He'd like to start doing something, and has asked for gymnastics, but he can't sign up until he is 4, so if he's still interested he'll be doing that in January.

I'm really surprised neither of my kids bowl... so weird! Maybe I'll talk to my daddy about that! hahahaha

Ok, back to lesson planning! =) Fun Fun!