October already. The first month of school has gone by in the blink of an eye. The first graders are slowly settling in. It didn't take me long to realize that first grade has to be the most difficult grade from K-5. The kids still need so much support but I only have a teaching assistant for the hour that I teach guided reading. It's frustrating. Thank God I've got a great mentor this year. Dawn is next door to me & has been my sanity over the last 8 weeks! It makes me feel better too see that after 20+ years of teaching, she's just as frustrated as I am most of the time. I've only been staying late at school until the latest 7PM. She's been known at times to leave after midnight! (like the night before parent orientation!) My goal this year is to get out of school earlier & keep my classroom more neat & organized (like every year! HA!) My website is fairly up to date already. I have to download the pics from Spirit week that I took of the kids this week and upload them to the site. From what I can tell, I'm the only teacher in the Primary School that's so up to date! Kudos to me!!! Needless to say, I'm definately looking forward to having Monday off for Columubus Day as our first day off since school started.
Jake & I celbrated Bailey's first birthday last weekend. I actually went to Wegman's and bought doggie ice cream for her. I had Jake take a pic of her wearing a party hat while I basically held it on her head. As soon as I let go of her she shook it off of course! - Crazy, I know, but she's our "baby" right now and will be for a while. - Let's say that getting pregnant hasn't been as easy as either Jake or I had thought. It's been 3 months now that we've been trying and so far - nothing. Hopefully it's just a matter of relaxing more and not stressing about it. I guess all we can do for now is wait & see.