Tired Thursday

Well, it's Thursday, so you know what that means.....

As school is coming to a close, so should my energy and yet I keep finding just a little extra here and there.  

Monday afternoon we had a surprise wedding and baby shower for some co-workers.  I had the job of "secretly" setting it up.  The hard part was that my teammate was one of the "surprised" and of course she's also on the social committee so she wanted to set up for the wedding shower. Kinda crazy- luckily I have some pretty fabulous children who helped me. 

Tuesday: End of the year staff meeting.

Wednesday: Retirement party for two colleagues and tearing apart my room. Thankfully I have many hands who want to help.  So I let the kids do centers while I throw stuff out and pack stuff away and wipe tons of dust off of things haven't been used. 
Made panda cupcakes for all of my students- therefore was up until waay past my bedtime

Thursday, today, we had our end of the year pizza class party, school dance and I'm attempting to have my students put on some plays. And....for some reason the parents think it is going to be some BIG deal?! No, it's the end of the year, I'm trying to keep the kids busy and fluent and doing something they enjoy doing.  We won't be using a stage, no full costumes. Sorry parents.....I am a achiever, but not that huge at the end of the year.  

Tonight, finishing gifts for students, photos and cleaning up the house.

I am TRULY going to miss these kids. I loved my 17 boys and 10 girls.  While I may have had 3 or 4 children who some "issues," I still loved them.  I have been teaching for 7 years and while I've liked most of my classes, there have only been 2 that have really won my heart.   A fourth grade class and this year's class.  I would loop with them and I know they would love that and so would I.  However, I also love the team that I work on and I fear that if I loop I would never get back to my team again, so unfortunately I miss bid adieu, farewell, adios and au revoir to my babies. They've grown up so much.  I hope and pray that they won't become the menaces that were the 5th and 6th graders this year.  I fear for some of these lil ones.  

I guess I'm selfish, I don't wanna share them with anyway. LOL

Happy 95th Gran!

I wish you had that honor of knowing my grandmother. I hope that I can be a percentage of what she is and what my mother is. 

Not the best picture- and she refuses to smile

This past weekend, my grandmother celebrated her 95th year of life!
  She is an amazing woman, you would think so too if you met/knew her.  There are many things that amaze me about her, she still plays piano and plays frequently at her retirement home.  She was up at the sunrise service playing the piano on Easter morning. Me, I was in bed when the sun came up. She still knits, even though she has no great grandchildren, she has made blankets and sweaters and hats for those "future" babies. She even knits for the nurses that take care of my grandfather.  

I trekked up to my mother's house in PA.  Honestly it isn't that far, 2.5 hours give or take. I just hate driving, maybe it's not so much the driving, but the fact that driving puts me to SLEEP. Dangerous combination driving and sleepiness.  Ask Gary, I typically fall asleep within minutes of being in the car- hopefully when we have children someday they will do the same.  Thankfully my mother drove  up to good old Lancaster- ahhh Amish country.

My mother being the hostess with the mostess (I aim to be her) arranged for a nice dinner with family and friends.  She brought appetizers, shrimp, punch, cheese and crackers. She made the party favors and the centerpiece.  Everything coordinated(of course), but that's my mom.  Honestly she should consider being an event planner especially for people on a budget.  She's so artistic in every sort of way! I will be her sidekick!



My beautiful cupcakes-I thought they looked my radiant displayed on the glasses.

 

My dinner- Yummers! Melt in your mouth meat- sorry if you are a vegetarian, but you will note that there are potatoes and beans.

My grandparents live in what I think is a DELUXE retirement home.  This is where I would like to retire someday.....haha.....they redo the interior every 10 years or so, out with the old and in with the new....the furniture, not the elderly. They also get their apartments redone, pretty neat.  There are tons of different "units" you can live in, apartments, condos, town homes, etc... They get their meals and health care(good health care).  They have a coffee shop, library, salon, wonderful new outdoor area complete with fire pits and grill.  There are tons of activities both in house and out of house, in country and out.  
Below:
 Left the hall to one of the dining rooms. Right, grand entrance.

Fire Pit- note my awesomely tan legs- thank you Jamaica. On the right, grill and dining area

***I hope that if I live to be 95 years young my grandchildren will come and celebrate my life.  Love you Gran!