For Me?

A very gracious reader awarded me with this! 

Thank you Amelia! 

When I started blogging last year I didn't think anyone would want to read what I had to say. Well I knew my mom would...and my two sisters :) But lo and behold a few of you have stuck by me reading every blog entry I write!  I love writing.  Blogging is a way for me to show everyone who I really am...a way for me to document my life.  So thank you to all of you who continue to read about my life as a Kindergarten teacher because I love sharing it with you. 

I Think It's Finally Here...

Fall is my most favorite season!

I love the smells.

I love how it feels in the air.

I think my twin sister is really missing fall.  This October will be one year since she moved away to paradise.

Fall and Florida just don't go together...although my Kindergarten students would tell you that they both start with the letter F, so in that sense they are the same.

When I walk to my car in the morning it brings back so many memories of when I was younger. I always walk a little slower so I can breathe in the air. It smells the exact same as it did way back when. 

Cool, crisp.  

I loved walking to school during this time of year.  We never knew if we should wear shorts or pants...it was so chilly in the morning, but then blazing hot in the afternoons.  I usually wore shorts when everyone else wore pants and pants when everyone else wore shorts...the story of my life.

I loved planning for our Halloween costumes that my mom sewed from scratch.

I loved that our piano teacher would let us start learning Christmas music even though it was usually only October. 

ahhh memories.

(Mmmm pumpkin spice cookies sure sound good right about now :)

A Little Obsession

Hello, my name is Jessica and I have an obsession with buying nail polish.

I may have 15+ bottles of nail polish ranging in varying shades of pink, red, and purple. 

Today I am sporting a very luscious red on my fingers hoping that the act of being a Kindergarten teacher won't destroy it too much.  It undoubtedly will--from washing tables and hands, tying shoes, cutting and gluing-- and I'll have to keep repainting them all week until I get tired of it and take it off. 

I should never go to the grocery store unsupervised because I almost always come home with a new pretty shade that I can't wait to try next. 

I guess there could be worse things to spend $3.00 on...

Checklist Sort of Day

Must be saturday...

Shhh Don't Say It

When you tell five year olds not to say something...they're probably going to say it. 

Everyday at 3:45 the buses pull up outside of our classroom window.  The first few times it was tolerable when you would hear, "OH WOW! LOOK! The buses are here! Does that mean we get to go home?! YEAH!"

Now... not so much.

I finally told my students that I did not want to hear any mention of the buses pulling up because I could hear when they arrived without 23 voices telling me. 

Today right on the nose...3:45

I could hear the idling engines and our classroom suddenly turned a shade of yellow from the reflection of the bus.  I was reading Where The Wild Things Are during our last few minutes together and had just gotten to the best part where Max calls for a "wild rumpus".

"Hey everyone, don't tell Mrs. Wolfe the buses are here, she just know it cause she's smart!"

(Well that's true)

"SHHHH we're not supposed to say the buses are here!"

"Don't say it!"

"Mrs. Wolfe doesn't want us to say the word bus."

"whisper...bus...shhhh...whisper whisper whisper."

"Guys! Stop sayin' it!"

 It was like a late night sleep over when the parent comes in to tell the children that it's lights out and they don't want to hear a "peep" from anyone.  

So what do the kids do?

"PEEP!"

I've got to find a new strategy.