I Love . . .

nonteaching duty days!  I had one on Friday since it was the end of the first nine weeks.  These days are different than inservice days, which usually consist of meetings.  No, nonteaching duty days mean we show up at our school and we can do whatever we need to do, whether it be grading, doing grade cards, analyzing data, cleaning out our closet, etc.

I spent the morning finishing my grading so I could do my grade cards.  I then worked on a new seating chart, passing back all the papers, prepping for parent/teacher conferences in a couple of weeks, and putting up my fall decor on the door.  I only had one small meeting for a committee that I’m on but that only lasted 20 minutes.  It feels really good to have finished my grade cards and I’m ready for the start of a new 9 weeks!

But first I have an inservice day — tomorrow!  Which will consist of meetings at the school in the morning and meetings for the district in the afternoon.  Ahhhh, the life of a teacher!

Ghouls and Goblins

Today I took Taylor, Jocelyn, and Wesley to Party City to buy their Halloween costumes.  They had been perusing the ads for several weeks now and have had to be yanked from the Halloween departments at Michael’s and Wal*Mart on more than one occasion.  Since I had recently received my Britches and Lace consignment check, I figured I should blow it on the kids since it was their things that I had sold!  Wesley quickly chose a policeman’s uniform (won’t Ken be proud?!) and Jocelyn wanted to be a vampiress.  I gave in with Taylor and he’s Scream.  He won’t be able to go to any parties wearing that costume since they forbid the scary ones.  This will probably be Taylor’s last year trick-or-treating anyway since he’s sooo big!  I’ll post pics soon!