I just had to include this picture from the Disney movie
Tangled. It was the theme of my daughter's recent birthday party, and this scene cracks me up everytime. Maybe because it reminds me of Little Miss playing with my in-law's dog......
Anyway, wow, has this teacher taken the word "vacation" to heart! I have not stepped into either of my classrooms or done any planning in a good solid month. I did take a 4-day long seminar for graduate credit (and it was incredible!), but other than that, I've been able to do my favorite full-time job: be Mama. We've played and imagined and pretended our way through most of June. My sweet girl's 3rd birthday was last week Friday, so we're just coming down from the birthday party high.
Last week did snap me somewhat back into reality, however: I found out my second school will be changing, so I need to move out of where I currently am and move into a new set of digs. I think it will be a positive change, but it's always hard to leave a school "family." I also need to complete my set of lessons for the seminar I attended last week, and I'll be honest-- I'm beginning to get a bit of a creative "itch" and would like to get to work on some more lessons and units soon.
Until then, I'm off to play "grocery store" with my baby girl and then get supper ready. (I forgot how much I can actually enjoy cooking when I'm not in a rip-roarin' hurry during the school year!) After that, some pirate ship water table action on the back deck until the sun goes down...
