Passions

YAY it's the weekend!!! :)

I've been SO spoiled by all of these snow days. Man oh man. It was so hard to get out of bed yesterday... 5:30 is not a happy hour..(for anyone..haa)

After school yesterday I came home for the weekend. :) I love being home so I was pretty excited.

My lesson on Thursday went a lot better than the one on Wednesday. It wasn't perfect by any means, but I filled up the whole time.. it flowed pretty well, AND I got to try out a call and response technique I learned. I say "oh class" in a certain way and the students repeat "oh yes" the same way I said "oh class". They loved it..! It made me smile inside. So it went well, and I give God all the credit because it's been SO by His strength and not my own.

Friday's lesson was shorter than an hour because of the scheduling for that day being slightly different, but it went alright. The students were a little crazy, a few in particular more than others. The next thing I need to try is calling them out on their bad behavior so that it doesn't get too out of hand. There is one student that seems to be testing what he can do with me, and my teacher said she's afraid of what he'll do when she leaves the room if he's acting out a little with her there. So yeah..that was a little discouraging.

Next week there are three students coming back that were absent this whole week because they were at Disney World! Yes..THREE. and no, they aren't related.
I'm nervous because on of the students is the real "trouble" one. He will set off other students if he's having an "off" day, and who knows how he will be after missing the routine of school for a whole week. He probably won't even remember me, so it should be interesting.
On top of that I'm keeping reading, and also starting my science unit. Oh boy...it'll be an interesting week.

My teacher also let me know that the superintendent is coming this week and that it would be good to have him observe me..! I completely agree it would be AWESOME if I could get him to come see me, but I'm sure I'll be SO nervous..! ahhh..

So yeah, needless to say, lots of lesson planning this weekend... woohoo

On another note, a week or so ago my blogger friend BFM posted about "passions" and to think about what we were passionate about when we were seven year olds...and whether that's taken root in our lives now.. (I'm messing the words up a bit, but you get the idea)
I was thinking about it, and when I was around that age (and allll of my childhood) I LOVED playing with my baby dolls. haa, it sounds really lame, but even at that age I acted like such a mother. (to my dolls..) I would kiss them, and take "care" of them, and love on them. To this day I've always LOVED kids, and that's why my baby dolls were such a big "hit" with me. Of course, I also loved to play school. It's awesome to see how that passion for children has taken such a place in my life. I've always been "naturally" good with children and I'm so thankful God has gifted me in that way and that I can work at a job that will keep that passion going.

I also always LOVED music. I would sing songs all the time. I remember being little and just singing all the songs I could think of..haha. I had my shoe box full of cassette tapes and my little recorder that I would sing along with. It's SO neat to look back and see how God has used music to bring me closer to Him. When I started learning guitar, I was in tenth grade and I played all secular music. Throughout high school though, as I started learning more about God, I slowly started to play worship music and now that's mostly ALL I play! Not only that but I've been using that gift to serve God on worship team. It's just so cool how He has used that. (and I'm sure He knew what He was doing when that all started..) :)

So that's a random snapshot at "little" me for ya..ha.

oh and Happy Super bowl..! (Go STEELERS..?!)