My first day in the Media Center

I began work on July 18th. As you can tell by the amount of time that has lasped since I last posted, I have been pretty busy. My first week at SHS went very smoothly, I think. Amy & I get along very well and work very well together. She told me it would get busier, and boy was she right!

The teachers came back today for the first day of pre-planning. Add that to the almost 100 students coming in to get their schedules, IDs, and textbooks, yep, we were swamped today! I know I probably gave out wrong textbooks to students, but the good news is they are coming through the media center on the first three days of school anyway, so they'll be able to easily exchange them. It will get easier, I'm told.

I really miss all my old co-workers, but I am already enjoying my new job too. I thought really hard about the decision to change jobs before I took the job, and every day I'm getting more confident that I made the right decision.

Nick is TWO!

Nicholas turned two on the 16th, although is party was on the 15th. He had a blast at his party! I tried hard and wanted to do a Clifford the Big Red Dog theme, but I fell short. We had his big Clifford dog for the start of decorations, and I made Jello Jigglers in the shape of doggie bones, that were served in a big doggie bowl. That's where it ends, though, sad to say. I knew I was not creative enough to pull off making a Clifford cake, and I could not find a store anywhere that could make one. So, we ended up buying a regular white sheet cake decorated in red, and I wrote "Happy Birthday Nick" in red icing. (I'll post pics later!) It didn't look like I was expecting it to, but it really tasted good, and Nick really enjoyed digging into his THREE pieces!

The birthday boy got lots of goodies. His favorite gift was from us. We bought him a big boy bicycle. Even now, he does not want it outside, so we have a bicycle indoors. He can't figure out quite how to peddle, which helps since it's still inside, but he is so focused on it, I don't think it will be long before he gets that bike moving all around the house!

It's hard to believe that my baby boy is already two years old. Where has the time gone?

She's Reading!

She has been so close for so long, but it finally clicked today. Reagan is reading! She has known all of her letters and sounds for the past several months, and has tried to put sounds together, but just couldn't quite get it. Today, she suprised the heck out of me when she starting reading words, pretty easily too. I was so proud. Just in time for Kindergarten, too! I don't think Nicholas was as impressed as we were, though.

As for Nicholas, our little adventurer, he's working on learning colors. When asked, everything is blue. But, he will surprise you when you ask him to pick colors out from a group. I secretly think he knows his colors, he just wants to pretend he doesn't.

Just a Beginning...

I've been wanting to do this for a long time, and I have finally gotten around to it. I hope to post often, so I won't miss anything that happens in Our Crazy Little Family!