Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Simple Days













A few Saturdays ago I caught Snapdragon lining up her babies for "circle time". She was reading them a story and singing songs with them. It was too cute. I sat at the top of the steps watching until she discovered me and then she started posing for the camera.

Buttercup has decided to be a big help and has actually already mowed the lawn twice for Lou. She does a great job. This past Monday she came home and did the front yard without even checking with Lou. She told me Dad would want her to do it because it was finally not raining.

Speaking of no rain, it rained for almost a week straight and I think we are going to get more today. Monday it was clear, so I took Snapdragon to the zoo for a little while. She loves to visit the pandas and watch the sea lion show. Of course, we have to ride the train and the carousel on every visit.

I have been getting quite a few sub jobs. I subbed yesterday and I will be at Buttercup's school for three days next week. I have decided to stick with the Catholic schools for now because between the five schools I personally visited to deliver my resume, they are keeping me busy enough and I would like to teach in a Catholic school again. Subbing just two days a week is enough for me. It allows me to meet more people, work on getting an "in" somewhere to get a full time teaching job again and get my teaching fix. I love to teach! I miss having my own classroom, but subbing is fun. I get to teach, but I don't have to do all the planning and grading!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Orphanage Video

I found this video on YouTube. It is not from our trip, but it is another wonderful adoption story. This is Snapdragon's orphanage. The guide, Grace, was also our guide and the nanny in the video was one of Snapdragon's nannies. The first row of beds (next to the wall) that is shown was where Snapdragon slept. It was exciting to see this again and brought back many great memories. We pray that all the babies have found loving homes or will soon find them.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Another First












Snapdragon went to her first day of preschool in Tennessee. She loved it! She talked about making her craft, eating her snack and even praying before eating lunch. She was disappointed that it was too wet to play outside today. I love the photos I took of the girls before school. Snapdragon is very excited for school and Buttercup (typical 6th grader) looks "thrilled" to be going to school! LOL

Snapdragon's backpack has a change of clothes, some pull-ups and her folder....very light. Buttercup's has 2 binders, 4 books and 3 folders...very heavy. No wonder the enthusiasm of school disappears as time marches on!


While Snapdragon was at school, I made the rounds to 4 other parochial schools and introduced myself and turned in resumes. I am already on the approved sub list with the diocese. The trip today turned out to be a smart move because I have 2 sub jobs lined up next week and a possible long term sub position in the wings. I'll be back in saddle (or classroom) before I know it! Our God is an awesome God!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Labor Day Fun











We had a nice Labor Day weekend. We wanted to go camping, but we ended up staying close to home because of the threat of thunder storms that never came. We went to the Delta Festival and to member's night at the zoo. We spent Sunday morning playing board games and today we went to the mall for a little while. I decided to play with the blog and change a few things. The new songs, Taylor Swift, are actually Snapdragon's favorites. She calls You Belong With Me the "T-shirt" song and sings it quite well. I guess that's what you get when you have an eleven year old and a two year old living in the same house. I have a tween and a tot-tween. I also added a Chinese Proverb of the day. It will be interesting to see what comes up each day.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Action Shots







Photos from Buttercup's first game! They won both sets! Go Colts!