This year went way too fast.  Can it already be over?

I can't believe we had 8 kids gone on Friday.  I think parents are already ready for summer.  I hope everyone has a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.

Today I mowed the front lawn and swept off all the decks and sidewalks.  I pulled some weeds too.  I really should be planting my annuals but I'm not sure I'm up for that. The boys shoveled out the dog run and put down fresh bark chips.  They also helped John put up the screen porch and put al...

Mr. Kovacs and I got an e-mail from our adoption agency on Friday asking us if we could leave for Latvia on March 6th and be in time for a court date on March 8th.  We said, "Of course!"  We will be gone roughly 2 weeks and will get to bring Vlad home with us. 

Here's what that means for you.  I will be here through our short week next week and be here for conferences on Thursday and Friday.  Then on Saturday I will spend 15 hours flying to Latvia.  On Monday when you come to school there wil...

We hare having so much fun glogging and blogging.  Kudos to Jaide who already has the first two stanzas of her Troll poem on a glog page.  By the end of next week we will all have a Troll Glog page.  Anybody besides my husband have the video working yet?  If you haven't see his glog page, check it out.  He's such a techie guy and his page is cool.

The only homework is the math sheet 3-10 and getting your Troll poem finished and edited and ready for final copy and publishing on the web.  Of cou...

What an exciting day we had today.  Monday I learned about a cool glogster site where students can create pages that look like fun bulletin boards or scrapbook pages.  Way cool!  I went right home and handed the information over to my ever willing to learn new stuff IT guy who created a glogster site for me and my class.  Yesterday we looked at Jake's glog and my glog and Zach R. [who gets the reward for checking the blog the most often] was our test piolet who set up his own glog space in my...

It's finally here!!  Christmas Vacation.  So, is it all you had hoped for and more?  I love having a house full of kids and friends and family though it does get overwhelming and the occasional break is needed.  We are having a wonderful time of sledding, eating, skating, eating, gift opening, eating, playing games, eating, you get my point.  I will definitley need a workout program when this is all over.

I gave Vlad $10.00 and had Joe take him to the dollar store to buy gifts for everyone in ...

Vlad is going to be here on December 13.  It won't be long now!  We practiced having him around tonight.  I grabbed the ketchup out of Jake's hands at supper and said in a loud voice, "No no no ketchcup.  You no like tomatoes.  Ketchup many tomatoes.  You no.  No ketchup for Jake."  My husband chimed in, "Why why why you take ketchup.  You no like.  No tomatoes, no ketchup.  Why why why, Jake?"  Then I held the ketchup far away from Jake who rolled his eyes and said he didn't think this was s...

There really is no justice.  How is it Kennedy gets to be in sunny Florida and I'm stuck here in cold old Minnesota.  Oh that's right, I love the cold.  Now if we just had some snow.  Still, I love a vacation in Florida too.  Kennedy--wish I was there!

Hey everybody, let's all blog comment to Kennedy so she sees how much we miss her.  Miss you Kennedy.

Have a great night everyone.  I'm too pooped to pop so I'm planning on heading off to bed by 10:00.  I wonder if I'll make it.  I usually don't....

I just got done putting the homework on the site.  You should be good to go.  Better late than never, I always say. 

2 tickets to anyone who can tell me what the theme of last month's Marvin and Jessie play was.
2 tickets to anyone who can tell me what kind of animal is swimming behind the group of kids in the zoo photo (by the water, 
        a whole group of kids--not the bear and not the one with just Chance)

Have a great evening.  I'm going to veg out on the couch now.  This seems like it w...

It's time for the Book Fair!  Fun times.

I can't believe so many people knew that it was The Steve Miller Band that sang about time slipping into the future.  Rock on!  And thanks to the dad who reported this is a song from the 70's not the 80's.  Honestly, it's all a blur--it was 30+ years ago!  Wow, I must be a lot older than I feel (and look I'm sure you're thinking).

Gotta go. Oh, 5 tickets to anyone who comments on the blog tonight about how Tanya felt at the end of the Tanya's Reunion sto...

That's right boys and girls, tomorrow is the last day of school for you kiddies.  Of course the teachers have to work on Wednesday but come Thursday I will be sleeping in, just like you.  Well just like everyone but Zach R. who gets up way way too early at the crack of dawn!

1 ticket for blogging a note to Matt about his name being drawn on Friday for the ticket drawing.  Let him know he gets to pick a prize when he gets back.

1 ticket for blogging the name of the next classroom birthday kid.

Fi...

You are about to arrive at school but I won't be there to say Hi.  I am going to miss you.  No worries, though, I'm planning to be back tomorrow.  I hope you have a great day.  I left the sub some fun things to do with you and in the afternoon you get to work on your personal narrative some more and read Bin Books.  The only bummer is it looks like it will be an IN DAY.  If I was there we could watch last years class video.  I hope you just visit nicely, build things with the math cubes and m...

Welcome to 4th grade.  I just know we are going to have a great year.  We are going to have a Marvin and Jessie assembly on the very first day of school.  Fun!!  I get to play the part of the popular, very cool teacher.  That seems to fit, doesn't it?

You are going to be able to check this webpage every day to look for updates, homework, cool links, and more. Your mom and dad can check it too.  

See ya tomorrow!!


Mrs.K