Yes, we did.  We were presented with an opportunity and couldn’t pass it up.  Since we weren’t able to get to the Cincinnati Zoo and Newport Aquarium this summer like we had planned, we put that money saved into our Christmas fund, and Christmas came a little early this year.

Jayden was sooo excited.  Of course, he knew exactly what it was and exactly what to do since Papaw Mallory has one.  Hopefully, we’ll have a few pictures up soon.  There’s a couple that show his concentration face and a few that show him using his whole body to bowl.  It’s hilarious.

I’m on half days now.  Three days left!  I’m excited about it.  No wonder I don’t want a full time job.  It’s been a great experience and should get many letters of recommendation because of it.

Other than that, we’re just keeping up with housework and the kids.  Quite a chore, indeed.

Well, another week of school has come and gone.  It was a hot one.  The classroom I’m in is at the end of the hallway and aparently gets the hottest during the day.  I think it was Wednesday that the thermometer showed 93 degrees.  What work can you expect to get done in that kind of heat?  Thank goodness it cooled off on Friday, and we got caught up with my lesson plans.

It’s been quite an experience, and I’m glad I took the position because I’ve learned a lot so far.  Audi and I did decide that this will be my last long-term assignment.  I will sub sporactically the rest of the school year, but nothing consecutive.  Last week on Friday, Jayden faked a fever somehow, and I had to leave school at 11:30 to pick him up.  He was fine - meaning he was jumping off the couch with no trace of a fever - by 1 pm.  This Friday Josie managed to throw up as I was pulling onto the on-ramp of I-75.  I had to get on the highway just to turn around and take them back home.  It’s been tough on Audi because we had planned Fridays to be a catch up on homework day since I’d be at school and the kids would be at the sitters, and so far that hasn’t happened.  Because I won’t be subbing as much, I’ll start researching home schooling.  That’s the plan for Jayden next year due to the fact that his birthday is eleven days past the cut off for Kindergarten enrollment.  I might take him to Kindergarten Screening anyway just to see how he does with another teacher.

So anyway, life has been a little chaotic, and I’m looking forward to having dinner and hanging out at Gwen’s tonight.  We haven’t talked much since I started teaching so it will be nice to relax (and not cook dinner)!  I’ll be spending the weekend getting caught up on housework and typing up my lesson plans for next week from my outline.  Have a great one!

We had a great day today. We slept in (7:30am) and made pancakes for brunch. Then, we spent the day outside playing, drawing on the sidewalk with chalk, and running through the sprinkler. Audi spent the day in the car - literally. I took everything out of the Stratus yesterday so that we could vacuum and steam clean it. Jared let us borrow his steam cleaner. Audi took everything out of the Jeep to do the same since we turn it in on the 15th. He also put the Explorer back together and steam cleaned it as well. Over all it was a productive day. We even had tickets for chicken dinners given to us by Ferguson so I didn’t have to cook tonight! Back to school tomorrow, and the kids start at the new sitter.  I’ll let you know how it goes!