Friday, April 13, 2007

Anderson's Room

Rebecca and I worked on decorating the walls now that the furniture is in. She still has a shelf to go above the dresser/changing table, but it's a bit heavy. We figured we shouldn't try that on our own. I believe it's going to involve drills and finding studs and such... That thing would probably cause some major damage if it fell on her while she was getting her diaper changed!!!



I love these letters. We found them on ebay. Here is the seller's page. They are made to order in just about any color, and you can choose from different hanging options.

The canvases were painted by Mary Katherine Segrest. She is SO creative! See her blog for her other creations.


Well, now all we're waiting on is little Anderson! She has so many cute clothes and toys. She even got a little pillow from a friend of Rebecca's. Rebecca and I still sleep with our little pillows. Our cousin, Mark, who is about 6 weeks older than Rebecca, used to steal her pillow and say, "Rebecca, I've got your pillow!" I can just hear little John Parker teasing Anderson the same way a couple of years down the road!

Friday, April 6, 2007

Catch Up



Well, weeks 3 & 4 we figured out that John Parker does not like the weekly photo sessions! Of course it could be that we keep waiting until late at night to take them...

Friday, March 23, 2007

Field Trip






Our other exciting event of the week was the field trip that we went on today. We toured the Madison Co. Business & Commerce Center in Canton (which some know as the Vo. Tech school. I never realized until last year when we made this trip how many different programs they had going on for 10th-12th graders. I guess I just assumed that it was all trade type classes (auto mechanics, construction, etc.) for kids not interested in college, but they have a medical class (for those wanting to go into any part of the medical field), marketing, and several other technology fields. Our kids were really interested and asked a lot of questions. I would love to see some of my students (especially those that have such trouble sitting and being attentive during instructional time) enroll there in a few years! I also saw some of my former students that I taught in 7th grade who had won awards at different competitions!! After we left there, we took the kids to the Gray Center (which is part of Camp Bratton Green) to have our sack lunches and to have a little play time.

4th 9-weeks





Well, we've officially made it through 3/4 of the school year. After Spring Break, things get pretty crazy! We are counting down until our state tests...24 days!!! This week was long but pretty exciting. We had technology funds from a grant, so our principal ordered a laptop cart with 15 laptops and a wireless internet box. My classes got to be the first to use them on Wednesday. It amazes me how quickly kids pick things up! Hardly any of our kids have computers at home, so the only exposure they get is at school. I love to teach them how to use different programs and see what they can do. Several of them figure things out before I do, so I'm learning from them, too!!

Monday, March 19, 2007

2 weeks

John Parker wasn't very happy when we took these Friday night!! He had a lot of visitors and was worn out by the time we got around to taking these!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Playtime...then Naptime






Hanging out with Leah and JP








Since Aunt Gaye is working W-F of this week, and I'm on Spring Break, I get to hang out with Leah and JP! He has the funniest little expressions, but we just can't seem to get them on camera! Instead, we have some sweet pictures...

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Letters for Anderson's room

My sister was looking at letters to put above Anderson's crib (which is not in yet), and found some really cute ones at an online store. The problem was that they were $18 per letter! I decided to research a little and found a seller on ebay that had letters in the same font, but they are only $5 each! They can be painted any color, and they can be hung 3 different ways: with ribbons (in bows or loops), O hooks, or a floating look. We'll post some pics once we get them hung in Anderson's room.





Tuesday, March 13, 2007

1 week pics of JP (a little late)!




We got this idea from Jennifer White...it's amazing to see how they change so quickly! We couldn't decide on one...they were all too cute (and of course we couldn't leave out the one with Scrappy)!!




Saturday, March 10, 2007