A super glue story

On Sunday morning, I was teasing Taylor relentlessly.

All in good fun, of course.

Even though he pretended to be sad (puppy face and all), we were both laughing.

Then, right as we were about to leave church, Taylor pointed to a bottle of super glue on the counter and asked, "Hey, will you pick that up for me?"

Me: "Why...?"

Taylor: "My hands are full."

His hands were full, but I was more inquiring what he wanted to use it for.

So, I picked it up for him.

He started to unbutton his dress shirt, and said, "Here...I just need some right here..."

I just looked at him with a sincerely confused face.

Then he pointed at his heart and said, "To put my broken heart together."

Haha! I still laugh just thinking about it.

I was laughing so hard, I had tears.

This boy is so dang clever.

He is always keeping me laughing.

At least now you know the cure to a broken hurt. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A post of the whole day will follow!

But here's a picture of me and my love on this special day.

This Thanksgiving is with the Gilb fam.

Happy turkey day!

today=my friday

Last day of school for the Thanksgiving break.

I'm excited for the long week!

I have lots of things planned.

And the best part is that TayRay gets the rest of the week off too!

I woke him up before I left this morning and sang to him: 

"Today is our Friday, Friday, Friday!

Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Then I tried to pull him out of bed.

I was just so excited.

He laughed, but didn't get out of bed.

Ha.

In approximately one hour I will be officially celebrating the start of this holiday!
Hooray for (fake) FRIDAY!

Incentive Trial

I tried something new with my students this term.

Instead of having "punishments" for bad behavior,

I have been using "incentive/rewards" for good behavior.

This is what I said at the beginning of term to my challenging classes:

"If we can get everything done that we need to and if we can stay on schedule, then the day before Thanksgiving break, I will allow you to watch a movie.

This means that if I have to stop every five seconds to tell you to be quiet...you've lost the movie day."

I was so surprised how well it worked!

All I had to say when they got riled up was:

"How much does your movie day mean to you?"

And then they would quieter faster than you could believe.

Today is their movie day.

And they SO earned it.

Which makes me not feel bad about losing a day.

Because we are AHEAD of schedule!

Whoo!

Incentives work!

I brought about six school-appropriate movies for them to vote on and choose to watch.

Why did I bring so many?

So I wouldn't be stuck watching the same movie four times today.

BUT, ironically, all three classes have voted on the same movie.

Blindside.

Ha.

Guess my plan didn't work too well after all... ;)

Oh well.

I'm happy.

They're happy.

It's a good day.

Our weekend.

Friday:

Night out on the town with the Gilb fam.

He's got creepy eyes. But man! He's a handsome man.

Oh, and then we ended the night with some funny faces:

 Saturday:
We went to our good friends' wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Oldham!
They were beautiful!
And it was a lovely sealing.

Then we got to eat this yummy food at the luncheon.

 This picture makes me laugh.
Tay was in deep conversation with his Mama.
But it kind of looks like he is posing. ha.

We had fun plans on Saturday night, but then I got sick. :(
So I fell asleep at 7pm and slept until 9 the next morning! Geesh...

Sunday:
I was still feeling a little nauseous, so we took it easy.
church, yummy dinner, and we got to see the lovely Kelsey Briggs.
More about her here.

Hey, guess what?
Only two days of work and then I get the rest of the week off!
Loving this holiday season!

today is...

Friday?

No.  THURSDAY.

But for some reason I keep thinking it's Friday.

And then I get slightly depressed that it's only Thursday.

C'mon week...give me my weekend!

This picture has nothing to do with anything, but I just saw it on my computer and thought I would include it.

Sometimes we are nerds together ;)

Courage.

Amidst the craziness of the world, I love when I come across something truly uplifting.

Lines from this poem have been running through my head all morning.

It takes courage
To refrain from gossip
When others delight in it,
To stand up for the absent person
Who is being abused.

It takes courage
To live honestly
Within your means,
And not dishonestly
On the means of others.

It takes courage
To be a REAL man or a TRUE woman,
To hold fast to your ideals
When it causes you
To be looked upon
As strange and peculiar.

It takes courage
To be talked about,
And remain silent,
When a word would justify you
In the eyes of others,
But which you dare not speak
Because it would injure another.

It takes courage
To refuse to do something
That is wrong
Although everyone else
May be doing it
With attitudes as carefree
As a summer song.

It takes courage
To live according
To your own convictions,
To deny yourself
What you cannot afford.
To love your neighbor
As yourself!
  

I absolutely love this.  I strive to emulate this kind of courage in my daily life. Spiritual enlightenment for the day!