My spring break is finally here! I have 2 whole weeks off of school. Plenty of time to rest, relax, and drive all the way to Louisiana!
My cousin is getting married next weekend, so we're driving down along with my parents for the big day. I can't wait to see everybody and I sure hope it's WARM!!!
Report cards were due a week ago- so that is always a stressful time. Making sure you say just the right thing in the comments, give the kids just the right grade that's appropriate for them and what they can do...always a hard time for teachers. Once that was over we moved right into conferences. Another stressful time. Trying to get everything together to show the parents, thinking about what you want to say- and more importantly- how to say it! How do I tell a parent that their child isn't quite as brilliant as they had led me to believe at the beginning of the year? How to tell them that he's actually just a really bright kid who is still challenged by things like subtracting with regrouping? Yet another reason being a teacher is one tough job! Even though, all of my conferences went well- the parents are happy with how things are going in 2nd grade. It's so nice to hear how the kids love coming to school and are so happy in my class. Love that!
I have big plans for the last quarter of school in terms of getting these kids ready for 3rd grade. We'll really be working on spelling those high frequency everyday words correctly in their writing, mastering those addition and subtraction facts, improving even more on their reading comprehension, and about 50 more things I want to accomplish! I can't believe the year is winding down so quickly. As I was looking at the calendar, the last day of school for the kids is June 4th but we have to be there through the 9th for meetings, getting things organized for the summer, etc. Since baby girl is due on June 13th... I better have everything ready by May 31st just in case!!! I really don't want to be scrambling at the end to get things wrapped up- or even have to come back later to finish things.
Jack still went to school today- no mommy guilt here! I deserve a day to myself to get the house cleaned, take a nap, take the dog for a long walk, and just take a mental break. I'll pick him up a little early so we can get his hair cut though. We've been taking him to a place that specializes in kid haircuts- but it's crazy expensive and the last haircut he had wasn't that great. This time I'm just going to try Supercuts or something. We'll see how that goes!
I'll have Brandon take a picture of the baby bump tonight- I'm suddenly huge! Even the teachers at school were like- "you've really popped out!" And there are still 13 weeks to go. Hmmmm....
She's really kicking and moving a ton- even Jack has felt her kick now. He loves to come over and bring baby sister his oh-bee-oh (that's what he calls yellow blankie and my mom- since she's the one who made yellow blankie) and his pacifier.
About that pacifier... anybody want to take care of him for a week so we can be out of town when the pacifier is taken away???!!!! I had thought we'd take it away at 2, but he still really actually uses it at bedtime. Maybe when he's closer to 3?
2 comments:
Can't wait for belly shots!!
As for the pacifier...if he truly only uses it in bed at night then I wouldn't sweat it too much. Start talking about how Baby Girl will need pacifiers and diapers so he can make the connection that he's a big boy. That seemed to help a lot in our house. The pacifier went away before Sister came and the diapers shortly after!
I'm not a mom, but with my little sister, my parents did a lot of talking about the difference between little and big kids, especially over the six months prior to her b-day. And emphasized how big kids didn't have pacifiers. Then on her third birthday, away it went. There were a few rough nights, but after that it was fine. No relapse. Maybe that will work for you? I don't know.
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