Week 1...I am alive!

*A kind of blurry shot of my kids on our colored squares, waiting for time to go home :)*

Wooooo! I have survived week 1. I ALREADY love my kids, but I also am already dreading the end of the weekend! Getting used to real working, where you go every day, and it's all you (as opposed to student teaching or long-term subbing, where you're really not the only one responsible for the kids' learning...) is hard...I am SO TIRED!

Here are a few highlights of the week:

1. one of my kids called me "class" all the first day...I think he heard "Miss Shindelar's class" and only remembered the "class"
2. one kid told me all about his poop on the first day (he was late for recess because of this poop) and apparently it was "green and SO gross"
3. on TWO occasions they have asked me to read a story again, immediately after we have finished it
4. the principal came in (when I was having them "wiggle all over") and told me I was doing a good job
5. the same kid had an issue with the bathroom again and kept yelling that it was "stuck" and wouldn't come out!
6. my kids came back from PE on Friday and attacked me with hugs...it was like someone yelled "GROUP HUG!"
7. we had a fire drill and my kids were super stars

Last night, we went to Rascal Flatts, which was also a BIG highlight of the week...the great ending to a great week :)

AND, tonight Chelsea, Morgan, and myself saw The Nanny Diaries, which was good...not at good as the book, which is one of my favorites, but enjoyable :)

I will post some more pictures later on...for now...I am off to finish cutting out some laminated paper which will become a positive behavior system, and then to beddddd!

Thanks for all the prayers and support :)