hello. hello!

What have we been up to? hmmm... work is alright. I'm 90% glad that I started working again. Just when I can't take it anymore, weekend comes up and I have those two days to rest and recharge for the week. My mother in law is great with Tyler. She even does all our laundry and will cook some food for us. Isn't that awesome?

Oh, one thing about my new school is that the parents are REALLY involved. They help me with library times, gardening (each class gets an area to garden), ALL art lessons, ALL my photocopying (I actually have a parent who only photocopies for me every day for 30 minutes!), does my bulletin boards if I just tell them what to put on it, donates things like crazy, and I even have a head parent who emails all the other parents with information I need them to know...crazy, right? Sometimes, I feel bad...like they are doing my job! I never had so much help at my other schools! It's amazing what the parents are willing to do to help! I'm still getting used to their major presence at school. At my old school, I would be lucky to see the parents on Back to School Night! Which reminds me, at my Back to School Night at this school, my whole room was packed...BOTH parents came and even GRANDPARENTS!!! Crazy right? Well, so far it's been good. Teaching DOES get easier with each year I think. I remember my first year, I wasted so much time planning and stuff. I always left school around 5:00!! Now, I can totally run a classroom just as efficently and still leave 30 mintues after school ends (because I do all my work at recess and lunch). I know this is probably too much information for you non teachers out there...only something Alice could read and appreciate!

Tyler is now officially 7 months old. He can sit and entertain himself more now, which is wonderful. He is trying to crawl and is more alert of his surroundings. He grabs for toys and gets upset when things are taken away.

Well, just wanted to say hi!