Here are a few of my random smiles and frowns from the past week.
~A smile is little voices mispronouncing words. To the first graders I listened to read: You say catapidda, I say caterpillar. I think your version is cuter.
~A big smile is making a committment to join a health club. Oh, I didn’t join it for the equipment or the excercise, I joined it for the aqua-massage.
~A bigger smile is a little 4 year old chatter box in the class where I was subbing. I knew all about Chatty-Cathy’s family, friends, imaginary friends, family car, and even her mom’s age by the end of the afternoon. I’m glad she trusted me with such vital information.
~An even bigger smile is beginning to see that my students have been learning the academic lessons I have been teaching all year. It makes observation and assessment seem like a good thing, instead of a chore.
~A gigantic smile is when both of my classes understood that penguins have feathers, not fur.Yay me!
~A frown is realizing that your classroom is once again full of the creeping crud. Yes, I do believe I work in a Petri Dish. We sent a child home with a fever today. **sigh**
~A big frown is the cold winter weather. I’m tired and even my little students are tired of being stuck indoors! How long until spring?
~A bigger frown is watching your friend and assistant teacher wipe out in an icy parking lot and teach in pain all day. I told the children to be gentle with her, and I hope they were.
~An even bigger frown is realizing that Bumble has had some a whole lot of regression in the past two weeks. It seems that Bumble is back to behavior that I haven’t seen since October/November. Yikes… Hopefully Bumble will be back on track soon.
~A gigantic frown is having gourmet dreams on a mac-n-cheese budget. Darn economy.
Mrs. V
Don't put boogers in your neighbor's cereal... 
I love the smiles – Chatty Cathy sounds like fun 🙂
I hope the frowns get better soon.
Side note: Bloglines seemed to have cached the post with you having “champagne dreams” … so you have mac-n-cheese and generic soda-pop … I’ll send my kids!
I was trying to decide which one to use, and I liked mac-n-cheese one better, so I changed it. Ahhh, the power of being a blogger. 🙂
That you do what you do makes me smile.
These kids are lucky to have someone as caring as you and they don’t even know it.
“gourmet dreams on a mac-n-cheese budget”
Have you been snooping on me again?
😉
Rock on, MrsV
~m
Would you like a Lightning McQueen in your pocket? I find it adds to the smile factor. (So does seeing your toddler’s face when he realizes Mommy is playing the first song from “Cars” on the way to school. I downloaded “Real Gone” last night, and his smile when he heard the first chords – priceless!)
Sorry about your TA getting hurt! I hate, hate, hate the ice!!!
Good luck with Bumble!
I hope you turn those frowns upside down!
Me too – I’m trying to smile more than I frown, but some days, it’s harder than others.
Ever try a tan? – I steered clear of this until someone convinced me to try last winter and after the first go, I was amazed. You can always just get some light on your legs/arms only.
Daisy