Christmas

Tis the season again.

I really hate when people start planning Christmas right after thanksgiving, but this year I wish I would have started thinking about it a lot sooner. Wow! I can't believe it is Dec 18th.

Ben and I are staying in Shreveport and not planning on visiting any family. It will be really weird. Hopefully memorable as our first Christmas together in our house. It has been awkward sending and receiving gifts through the mail, knowing I won't get to see anybody open their presents. Neither of us feel up to driving anywhere, and Ben is super busy with work. I plan on making a dog bed for Hank, a Christmas dinner for us and any strays Ben can find at work, and reading as many books as possible. I might also have time to squeeze in some after Christmas sale shopping.



I have three more days of teaching before a 2 week holiday. I had a young boy from the fifth grade try to start a fight with my entire class today. Later to find out, this too old to be in elementary school, child receives an office referral about once or twice a week. He has social problems. It is so sad to see children and think to yourself "wow, I wonder how long he's going to make it as a free citizen."

I have too many children whose parents do everything for them, or nothing at all. What is wrong with parents? Of course it is easy to judge from the outside looking in on these children's lives, but after several months of spending all this time with them you start to see their potential being washed away by their parents. Hum....

On a positive note, I did get a chance to do some Christmas around the World with my classes. It has been as fun as I remembered it. We will be sharing food from around the world on Monday and Tuesday. I love projects that involve food.

I have also been using my new Active Board that was donated to my classroom by parents that aren't quite as lame as most. :) I love my board. I will try to post some pictures of us using it. We love being so technologically advanced.

I guess I probably won't be blogging until January. It seems that I can only make it here for an update about once a month. The freedom of summer will be overwhelming.