An End and a Beginning

First... a check in on my little bet to myself:

Deserts: I'm doing really great with this actually. It gets harder and harder though. Now that I can select ONE desert to eat all week... I have to plan wisely, and every opportunity could be the one that I will break down for. I think giving myself the ticket makes it that much harder to say no... because technically I can say yes... if I want... it just opens the window just a crack.. and makes my resistance a bit harder. But it's really in the end good for me because I'm able to say NO and that is one of the things I really needed to work on! I kept thinking that I was losing out big time if I didn't have that one snack. Which turns out to be totally wrong (of course). So even though the weight isn't dropping off as I had planned... I feel better... I'm about 3 pounds down.. 2 to go (and 2 weeks to go).

No Snacking After Dinner: Now that I can't have sweets this one really isn't too bad!

Today was my last day working at Central. I worked there for one year as a Reading Assistant. It has been so nice working there. I have really enjoyed getting to know all the teachers there, and learning and getting ideas from them. The Central teachers are amazing teachers and wonderful women. I will miss them. I will miss talking with them and learning from them. I'm SOOO glad that I took this year off to get more time with Asher, and experience Wamego Public Schools, but now I'm ready to go back to one of my favorite things... teaching!

Next year I venture into the realm of K-1 teaching. I'm excited with TONS of ideas, but I'm also nervous. I'm really used to teaching the older kids. I'm used to writing things up on the board and them being able to read it and do what it says. Or them being able to tie their own shoes and NOT wet their pants! :) So this will be a new experience for me. I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time in my new classroom this summer. One things I am super excited for is that there are TONS of fun and cool things out there for k-1 teachers... This is not always true with middle school age kids. There are no cute things for them. So... I hope my husband is ready for us to live in a box... because I see me buying lots of this this summer that I just have to have.

Here is where you can pipe in with some fun activities you remember from your k-1 days. OR if you are a teacher of K-1 you can tell me what resources I should get/need. Or give me some of yours! :)