Cherished Moments....

The best advice given to my husband and I was to cherish the tough moments you have with your spouse. We were told that one day we would look back and laugh about the current tough times and realize that they were not that bad after all. Were they telling the truth? Did they honestly know how horrible eating ramen each day was? Did they understand how hard it was to live hours apart from each other for a full year? What about two years??

Well... Jury is in, and those folks that gave us that gem of advice we're right. Looking back at the challenges Chris and I faced together makes me smile. The challenges may have been annoying at the time, but they made us who we are. My smile is from looking back at what we have accomplished. This isn't a brag entry, its an entry that hopefully reminds you to look back at what challenges you may have faced with your significant other and smile. Are there tough times ahead? More than likely. Do I feel stronger in regards to the challenges of the future after looking back at what we have faced? Absolutely.

I feel that I am very lucky to have the husband that I have. We have grown so much in these six years, and will continue to grow together. We're definitely not the same kids that we were when I was 18 and he was 20. We're now 24 and 26, and I can honestly say each day I fall more and more in love with this man that I get to share lives with. However I am glad that ramen noodles are fairly rare in our household now. ;)

Special Moments With Kinder...

This is my last week with my sweet five year olds. We have had some tough days and some amazing days, but I will without a doubt miss them. They have the biggest hearts, and the cutest ideas. So this entry will be dedicated to those cute moments that warmed my heart and made me laugh. Enjoy!


September 17, 2009 - Vocabulary
Girl: Mrs. White... why do you have a button on your forehead?
Me: ".... what??"
Girl: "you have a button on your head"
Me: "where?"
Girl: Points to forehead "There..."
Me: "That is called a mole..."
Girl: "What?"
Me: "A mole... a bump on your skin"
Girl: "Oh...why did you bump your head?"



September 22, 2009
"Mrs. White... Why did hers mom name her your name?"
Me: "What??"
Her: "hers name her Mrs. E____, and yours mom name you Mrs. White??"
Me: "My first name is not Mrs.... it is Megan but you... call me Mrs. White"
Her: "oh... hmmm is yours middle name Mrs.?"

September 24, 2009 - My lesson on trial and error
Me: "_____ I need you to go clean up your work area."
Boy: "Ok"... 2 seconds pass
Boy: "Mrs. White.... can I tell you something?"
Me: "Sure"
Boy: "uuummmmmmmm.....You're the bestest teacher in the whole world"
Me: "aww... thank you, now please go clean up your work area"
Boy: "Ok" 2 seconds pass...
Boy: "Mrs. White... can I tell you something?"
Me: "Sure"
Boy: "uuuuummmmm.... you're the prettiest teacher in the whole world"
Me: "Thank you... now go clean you work area"
Boy: "ummm can I tell you something else?"
Me: "After you clean up"
Boy: "Ok"

September 25, 2009
The kids and I were sitting on the rug in a circle, and I was previewing a fine motor center for them (using tweezers to take cotton loops out of a hard plastic ball with holes). So I said "To put it away, just ...open the bag, put the ball and tweezers in the bag, and closer the bag" which to my surprise apparently really impressed my kiddos. They gave me a round of applause in unison. It totally caught me off guard and made me laugh. For the rest of that afternoon until lunch they would applaud after each little lesson.

Five Year Olds...

Well I have officially been teaching kindergarten for four full weeks now. We have added more kids and now have now gone from a class of 16 to a class of 18. Some days I cannot wait to come home and crash from the amount of stress and work that 16 year olds can give one person. Other days I bounce my happy self into the apartment to tell Chris how great the day was. These kiddo's have more great days than bad days thankfully. With this age my day could be going fairly bad due to the children not being as respectful as they should, but then one little line out of those cute little faces can turn the day around.

"Mrs. White.... your hair is lumpy" (After a few days of this we found out he was referring how the ends are curled under)

"Mrs. White I brought you a present!! It's a piece of a flower!!" (Turns out its a piece of grass, but the thought was so sweet and cute. The student wanted me to wear it all day so I did. :)

and my two favorites...
"Mrs. White... YOU go to school??" *BIG SIGH* " MAN! I'm going to be in school FOREVER!"

"YOU have a mommy too??"

Their minds are so innocent and their hearts are so huge that I simply love this age. I know it is hard to get them to focus, hard to get them to understand simple rules when they become excited or upset but they just have such a big heart that you can't help to smile when you really shouldnt. Luckily my students are starting to understand the rules more, and we are having less problems. Would I want to teach Kinder? Yes. Would I want to teach ESL Kinder? Not so much until I can at least get training first. That is the largest issue I have with these kiddos, I do not have the skills on what works best for these students and therefore I honestly can say that they would be better with someone that has had training for ESL classrooms.