November has come and gone and I didn't really write about what
happened during the month. This has been one of the craziest months of
my life thus far... I remember when I was teaching 3rd grade and
pregnant. I would come home exhausted and just plop down and do
nothing... Those days are gone! Now when I come home, I have Lanae to
worry about. She is going through a needy phase right now. She seems to
need constant attention these days. But as long as she is getting
attention, she is happy. When she's happy, we're happy!
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| stuck on a box |
Even
though it's been busy, I love teaching in November. I think kids these
days really benefit from focusing on gratitude. I probably benefit from
it, too. Lately, my kids have been more polite and thoughtful to
everyone around them, including me! There are also so many fun
activities to do with turkeys. The students wrote these really cute
persuasive letters to a farmer from the perspective of a turkey. They
were supposed to persuade the farmer not to eat them for Thanksgiving.
We also did a turkey disguise activity that turned out really cute.
Scott
has had an enormous amount of obligations this month: applications to
programs, thesis, work, plus papers, presentations, meetings, etc. for
school. We have needed a lot of help this month from neighbors and
friends. We still have a couple more weeks of this insane crazy before
things calm down to the normal crazy we deal with around here. Finals
are just around the corner. Yesterday, we were able to get Scott's first
application in for a PhD
program. Only 5 more to go! Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we
will be able to report that we have made even more progress!
Because
of the crazy, we have ended up eating out a couple of times this month,
which isn't something we do normally because it is so expensive. We
found that Lanae loves eating at places with a salad bar because there
is a huge variety of food that she can choose from and she likes all of
it: peas, olives, hard boiled eggs, beets, cheese, little crackers, etc.
Luckily, I received some teacher appreciation cards from work that gave
us a discount at a couple of places that we went.
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| the Brick Oven |
Some
other highlights of the month are that we were able to spend
Thanksgiving with Scott's family and my brother and sister. Lanae loved
seeing her Grandma and Grandpa and receiving even more attention over
the break. We also went to see the Savior of the World production, which
was such a wonderful, uplifting experience. I love that show! Right
after the break, we were able to visit with one of my best friends, Erica and her family, who was in town for the holiday. She has the most adorable
baby girl.
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| Savior of the World |
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| Lanae and Ava |
