Part of the requirements for my teaching certificate is to spend a certain number of hours observing and teaching in the classroom. I took a few days off last week to observe a 6th grade math class at a Title I middle school. In Florida a Title I school is a school where over 40% of students receive free or reduced lunch. The school I visited has a large migrant population and is located in a low income area. 6th grade math is where I believe my heart to be and therefore I thought it was best to visit this classroom first. I LOVED it! The experience was fun, exciting, and a bit overwhelming at times. I spent time with a great teacher and a great group of students. I look forward to visiting again and beginning my student teaching. On a side note, I am going to visit an elementary classroom just to check and see that my heart is really in middle school, who knows the littles may win me over! It's funny how as a student your day drags by and you cannot wait for it to end. My two days in the classroom flew by and I cannot wait to go back!
Friday Kaylin and I were going to go to Wisconsin to visit Grandma Stonewall but were unable to make it due to full flights. Seriously, who wants to fly to Minneapolis in September?! I was really looking forward to the trip and was definitely bummed it didn't pan through. So... to cheer us up (Kaylin was bummed too..) she and I got pedicures after school on Friday. I picked her up a little early that day and took her to a local salon that specializes in kiddie pedicures. She was so excited to pick out her nail color and she sat like such a big girl in her little pedicure chair. I love that I have my little girl that I can do all this girly stuff with! I still can't believe she is going to be 3 years old in just over a week!
Saturday morning, I managed to talk Steve into driving us around so we could look for rummage sales, we found a few and nothing spectacular stood out, although I did get a pair of almost new Stride Rites for 1$. The morning flew by and after lunch at Acropolis (I love that Kaylin has such cultured taste buds!) we all went home and fell asleep for a few hours. Later in the day Steve started puttsing around in the garage on some projects he had and Kaylin and I joined our friends at the beach for dinner and some fun. Sunday, I went solo to brunch with Mom for much needed catching up and we did a little shopping for the birthday girl. The rest of the weekend Steve and I worked on our top secret project for Kaylin's birthday present which I cannot wait to reveal!
Overall the weekend was good, I think just the busyness of our lives right now is starting to settle in and we can't seem to catch up. We still have a party to plan, family photos, school work, work work, and more. Yawn! Steve said earlier to me he wishes life would just slow down so we could live. And it will. School is only a few more months and it will pay off, I will soon have a rewarding career that will allow for more family time. C'est t la vie!
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