work

first of all, I think there's some weird full moon tonight that made all of the middle-schoolers turn into werewolves today

second, this conversation was the best way to start the day

Me: Hey Miguel! How are you today?

Miguel: I'm good, dog!

to my friend

I don't know if you still read my blog, or if you even remember saying this (since I'm pretty sure you said it at about 3am), but I wonder if you will ever know how much it has helped me when you told me:

"The mirror never lies, it tells you exactly how it is, at face value. but the mirror doesn't tell you the whole truth... it doesn't tell you whats on the inside.. or what makes that person looking into it what he/she really is..."

Thanks for being my friend

employed!

I have a job!

For those of you who don't know, this last week was my first at Mount Logan Middle School, working as an aide in their special needs class room and I  LOVE IT!!

I honestly can't believe I'm getting paid to do something that I love so much! I only wish I could work for more than three hours a day.

Seriously. I'm in heaven.

My typical day goes a little like:

12:00- get to school

kids get back from lunch. Help them brush teeth. Read some books.

12:15- work with my main girl Isabel on something like counting money, calculator math, sorting, or telling time. One day this last week I spent this who hour in the speech room helping the teacher and about five different kids from the class.

1:00- take Isabel and Charlee (aka "my girls") to PE. Charlee can't walk without a walker and consequently hates to walk, so during PE she and I usually sit on the grass and collect sticks while Isabel goes and plays with the rest of the class

1:50- This hour kind of varies, depending on the day, but the majority of the time I go with another aide, Zach, and take his boys to keyboarding.

2:50- Get the kiddos ready to go and on the bus!

So that's pretty much how my days go! I completely love it :) I wish I could take some pictures of my girls to show you how beautiful they are, but that's against the rules :\ 

Isabel is in the 7th grade, but is a teeny thing and looks like she's about 9 or 10. She's a total little firecracker and makes me laugh all the time--and she's so stinking smart! She can't talk very well, but between signing and talking, we manage to talk and joke most of the day.

Also, she has trouble walking, but is mostly ok unless we have to go down stairs. Then I'm supposed to hold on to the back of her shirt, but she's FIERCELY independent and growls and tries to jerk away from me. Pretty much we're best friends unless we're going down a set of stairs or i'm trying to get her to do work.

so...that's my job and I love it!

ps: It's my secret goal to have Isabel like me better than any of the other aides. I'll keep you updated on that :)

Is it too soon to be love?

So I was watching the season premiere of Glee this morning.

There's a new character

His name is Sam, played by Chord Overstreet 

He has the face and vocal chords of a baby ANGEL. And those lips!

I saw him for the first time this morning...is it too soon to be love?

I couldn't figure out how to post the youtube video of him singing on Glee, but if you know what's good for you, you will click here and listen to his angelic voice.

Excuse me?

Someone please tell me where this baby went...

...and who this big girl is! I can't even believe how big Lexi is! She is so sweet and fun and I love her so much! She always keeps us smiling :)

I love this last picture especially :) I can't look at it without getting a huge grin on my face.

THE END

life through my lense

I'm learning/teaching myself how to use photoshop!

go me!

now I need to learn how to make a blog that will let me post bigger pictures...

that's next =]

my boyfriend Lee

If you've never seen the show Pushing Daisies, you need to go watch both seasons NOW!

NOW, I SAY!

Not only is it a fantastic show, its leading man, Lee Pace, is too adorable for words

Take a look...