My baby is a genius!

Joey put a 24+ pc. puzzle together all by himself!!!! HOLY COW! Independently--no help! It's for 3 year olds. YAY JOEY!

Bright Walls

The classroom bulletin boards are amazing! Actually exterior paint works best! One board is bubblegum pink, another royal blue, and then I mixed the two colors to make purple for the remaining boards. The kids will be thrilled with the colors :)
Students come back on Tues.

classroom is so dull

My classroom is carpeted--I am sure it has mold underneath growing thru. The bulletin boards are so blah. I am gonna paint them with bright colors to add new life to the classroom. I just don't know which paint to use....can I spray paint the boards, or is it better to just get latex paint? We shall find out :)

Dude, wash your hands!

You come over to eat pizza, in the midst of eating dinner, you blow your nose and help yourself to another piece while touching the neighboring pizza slice. EEEEEWWWWWW!

my life thought out loud

This is my 13 year teaching children with special needs. I hate the politics that go with a public school, but I love teaching. I admire the parents and families. The children are amazing and teach me so much about their abilities and strengths they endure.
Is it possible to love life, and fear life at the same time? Knowing we don't live forever scares me--I don't want to imagine my child or friends, parents or spouse living on Earth without me. Maybe that is a bit selfish. I don't want to be alone. It's true, that I don't know when I go. I also don't want to be around when any family member goes. I can't and won't be able to handle it. Maybe it is easier when they are old--it will give me more satisfaction knowing they lived a long life--I pray I can say that.
How many of us are OCD?
Would you believe I have to work a full day tomorrow? Wish my hubby luck--it's father and son day tomorrow. I hope they have fun, cuz it's back to reality on Wednesday.

am i nuts?

I've been told to find a hobby. My hobby is shopping for baby clothes--they fit him perfectly every time. It's too hard to shop for me because nothing fits. Shoes fit and there are only so many pairs that I need or want to wear.
I need a hobby. I have always wanted to sew and be creative. Make toddler clothing :) Maybe a new duvet cover or shorten my own pants.
I would love to take up tennis again--I let that go when I tore my meniscus and now I am terrified to re-injure myself.
Speaking of terrified. Why is it that as soon as I become a mom, all my previous irrational fears changed for the worse? I have lived all over the place and drove insane distances all by myself. Ask me if I can drive down the street now without getting an upset tummy? It's impossible to get ready to go anywhere unless I know I have hours to prepare. What is up with that? Maybe I am depressed.....depressed that i don't have a hobby. haha
I think I need therapy--but I think it's all genetic. This is a genetic problem, right? I have never been without anxiety in my life. It gets worse as I get older. Lots of people do not understand that, one of the most important persons in my life does not get it and it is torture to get them to understand it. Anxiety can control my life....I try to not let that happen. I still work, shop, go out, fly, etc. Maybe not so much when the H1N1 hits this neighborhood. Don't most people want to hibernate thru the flu season this year? I am a teacher, that is gonna be very hard to avoid. Why do I feel that I am the only teacher who wants to provide masks for my students. It's not so bad, is it? Just over-protective. I don't even want to get pregnant for fear it may kill me or the baby. I wonder how many people are choosing to live life a bit different due to the swine flu outbreak that may occur.