Oh Happy Day! & My Daily Ramblings

I just want to share with you how much I love Saturdays!!! Especially lazy Saturdays!! Here's today's reason why!! I have the revolving door class this year. I started out the year with 19 students (9 girls and 10 boys). My population has changed. I now have 14 boys and 5 girls. Don't get me wrong, I love little boys and I hate to make generalizations as it is not true for everyone, but boy,oh boy! Do I have my hands full!! They are a bundle of energy and very precocious! I had to laugh as my long term sub from my maternity leave left me with a vivid analogy- some of them are like squirrels on speed. I love these little guys, but they take every ounce of patience!! I've had an highly unusual frequency of biting with my boys. I also have what I call a "mystery pooper". A poop accident happens, but I find little pooplings on the floor regularly (I think I figured out "whodunnit") The boys just cannot keep their hands to themself. I find myself having to be very creative this year with my classroom management. My class academically is an interesting mix. I have 10 reading (yeah!), I have 5 almost there (we are working on what to do with our sounds now that they know them), and 4 that are lost (three of them are my new boys) and have a learned helplessness. So what that means for me is that I'm either attending to the needs of the high as they are so fast with everything, or attending to the low students by constantly prodding them to finish any work and cheering them on that they can do it! They keep me on my toes, make me laugh, and at times, give me more gray hairs. So that is one reason I treasure and relish my Saturdays, a day off! It's also my day to spend with my kids (I miss them so much during the week), tinker away at the computer, and hang out in my jammies!!! Damian and the boys went fishing with Grandpa today. Jack caught a bug from I believe, the Dr.'s office. I took him in last week for a rash(exczema), a few days later he had a fever and croopy cough. Yet another reason to hate Kaiser, no well baby/child waiting rooms or exam rooms. I haven't taken Jack anywhere and no one else has what he has.ARghhh! Despite not feeling well and lack of sleep, we are both still in good spirits! I am finishing up my photoshop class this weekend. Here's a layout I made last night.I plan on creating a few more tonight. Have a happy Saturday!