Well I’ve safely returned from Philadelphia. I enjoyed the company of the other teachers that went- and getting to visit some of the historical sites. The workshops were not earth shattering- nor even real informative. I guess after attending the NSTA conferences- I expected more. I’m headed to St. Louis in a few weeks- that conference I should get lots of new information. I’m working on a binder and some hand-outs to have for my part of the deal- sitting at a table to share my project with other teachers at the conference (Share-A-Thon). I rode in more forms of transportation in two days there than in my whole life- airplane, train, subway, taxi cab, …I guess I could have even taken one of the horse drawn carriage rides. The subway was kind of scary and stinky. Susie and I smelled pot from some guys in front of us- and had to make a run for it to get upwind. Susie is pregnant- and we didn’t want to be inhaling any of that second hand smoke. As far as my children- all four will be visiting- Brian will bring them Wednesday evening or afternoon. My two main concerns are that the boys work on their school work that I will send with them or e-mail to my mother as I get it from their teachers….and that Kalena is kept away from that stream. Kalena has absolutely no fear and loves water. I don’t know what happened to Emma- she used to be that way- I still blame the show Jaws and Gabe dropping her in the pool when she was young. Food preferences for my children- hmmm- I think they will eat whatever is served if they are hungry. Kalena and Emma love to try to snack on goodies- otherwise they are good at eating regular meals. Nicholas of course has a huge appetite but doesn’t like cheese. Gabe is probably the pickiest- but he likes to cook- so maybe you can put him to work being the chef. He really likes playing the recorder, I brought him back a fife from Philadelphia- he’s worked on playing it all morning and is taking it to show his music teacher this morning. So maybe grandma could have a music lesson at her house? Both boys have started baseball- why in the world does baseball for 4th/5th graders need to have 3 hour practices? At the high school our practices aren’t even that long. I’m also excited to hear about the sexes of my nieces/nephews- haven’t heard from Melanie in awhile. I’m taking the boys to see the new movie- something like Bridge to Terabithia?? I’m sure that’s not spelled right- but I know you probably can figure it out. Tomorrow I’m going to a town hall meeting our congressman is holding to discuss science, math and technology learning at our schools. Saturday I’m helping with Science Olympiad- a regional tournament. But Sunday I will get to stay home- I hope. I don’t think I could ever do year round school- I would burn out. Well I need to get ready for class- this is our last day for our statewide writing test. Next week is our reading test, then we test math and science in April.
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