Finished

WOW!!!  It has been so long since I posted anything.  Alot has happened since January and thus I haven't been able to post.

In January I started my student teaching at Corprew Elementary.  I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to work under 2 really great teachers.  I learned so much from them and from the other teachers at the school.  I feel in love with the students and had a blast at all the events I attended and helped.  I am really going to miss them.

I took my test for the state teachers certification and received a passing grade.  So, I have passed the 2 test I needed to get certified.  I also just finished yesterday my last 2 classes in my program.  Right now I have a 4.0 GPA.  I am hoping that these last 2 classes will also be A's so that I can maintain that 4.0.

I still have not found a teaching job for next year but I know that God has a plan for me.  I just need to develop a skill called patience.  If I don't get a job for next year teaching I will continue subbing in the MPISD area.  I am sure that the schools will keep me busy.

I started working out in February with my BFF, Heather, and a group personal trainer named Robert.  Heather has challenged me and Robert puts us through a tough workout.  However, the result have been great.  I have lost 30 pounds and gone from a size 16 to a size 10.  I am hoping to be in a bikini by next summer.

Zachary will be going into the 6th grade next year.  He is really excited.  This summer he will be attending a camp in Dallas, TX.  In this camp he will be learning how to design video games like Super Mario Bro's.  While he is at camp Brooke and I will be doing some shopping and having fun.

Brooke will be attending Kinderlight's Kindergarten program in August.  She would be happy to start school now but she has to wait.  She is growing and catching up to her brother everyday.  Just a couple of days ago she wanted to spell the word "Mat".  She sounded out the word, wrote the letters and then drew a picture.  She did everything correctly.  She is on her way to reading.  Good going Brooke!

Mark is very very busy at his mortgage company.

Brooke's first day of Preschool / Drawing

Yesterday, Brooke started Preschool at Kindlelight. She is in the 3 year old classroom even through she is only 2.5 year old. She is as tall or if not taller than most in her classroom The teacher said she did very well. That she was the most outgoing of all the kids. She would go play in all the centers where the other kids would just stand and be still.

Brooke drew a picture of a little girl today.

Pictures from Brooke's 2nd birthday Party

Ok, here are some pictures of Brooke's 2nd birthday.















Doesn't really like the hat and the piggy tails poking out of it.




















Likes eating her pizza and cake. Her cake was a barbie doll cake.

















Oh, Mom can you help me reach that toy?



















Who, ME? It MY birthday I didn't do it!








My beautiful 2 year old girl. She looks so much older than 2 in this picture.

Birthdays...

Well, both of my children has had their birthdays. My little boy is no longer a little boy. On Nov. 30 he turned 8 years old. He is starting to cook somethings for himself that needs to be microwaved or in the toaster oven. He can even reach the top of the refrig. It seems that just a couple of years ago he was just a little thing. For his birthday he got a microscope that really cool. You connect it to the computer and view the images on the computer. He also got the 3rd book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

My baby girl is growing up also. On Dec. 16 Brooke turned 2 years old. After getting her into her birthday dress and fixing her hair she looked so much older. She got a big girl doll house (it is taller than her), some dolls. She is learning so fast also. She already knows her letters and all their sounds. What a huge accomplished to achieve before turning 2.

After looking at my blog header I am going to have to change the pics. They no longer look like that anymore. Those pic are a year old. WOW! how time flies.

A lot has happened

Well, I can't believe that it has been over a month since I blogged. Sorry guys! Well, this should be a long post.

Weight Lost Jorney:
Well, WW didn't work or I just wasn't into it. Then when school started up so did cub scouts and the ww meetings and cubscouts are on the same day at the same time. So, I couldn't go. Well, I am a huge Biggest Loser fan. I think I have only missed 1 season. Well, you know that thing they were on their arms, I have one. Yes, that is right I have one. So, if you see something on my arm it is called a bodyBugg. It is actually the coolest thing. I long onto my account and input my food for the day. It calculates how many calories I ate then I plug in my bodybugg and it calculates how many calories I burned for that day. If i am in a deficiet I am losing weight if I am in a surplus I am gaining weight. It will also tell me how much protein, fat, carbs, etc.. that I have eaten for that day.



3rd grade school: (Zachary)
Zachary is doing great. He loves the science even through he he way ahead of it. He is moving so fast in it that he will be finished probably by december. I have purchased an online program called www.Exploreelearning.com. It has both math and science. We will use it mainly for science. It goes from 3rd-12th grade for science. It is like doing all the hands-on experiments without actually buying all the materials to do them. He loves it and will actually do it on Saturdays.

He has completed all the math unit assessments but we skipped the lessons assessments and he is 37% finished with 3rd grade. I asked the teacher to move him up but she says he has to be 85% finished. UGH!!! So, we are blazing through the lessons assessments to get to 85% so that he can move up. He has only missed 5 or 6 questions total in 37%. Plus, if he can do the unit assessments then he understands the lessons assessments. I also think he will move fast with the 4th grade curriculum. With this program it looks as if mid-way through 5th is his actually level.
Zachary in Art class.Brooke in her brothers art class

Brooke:
Well, Brooke is growing leaps and bounds. Both physcially and mentally. She is in the 90% for her height. She is really verbal and loves to talk. She has also started potty training. She started when she was 20 months old. I say give her a couple more months and she will be potty traning. Wow!! It will be nice to have a child that is potty trained at 2 years old.

Sewing:

I have started sewing. I love making pillowcase dressing and skirts. Here is one that I made for a friend.

Update

Ok, there is a lot to update. The biggest update is that my big computer is dead. This is the computer that I downloded all the pictures I take. So, I can't add pictures right now and I have some interesting ones. So, no pictures till the big computer get fixed.

Guest
We had an interesting visitor the other day. Our dog was barking so we went outside to see who was at our house that early 7:00am. We got outside and discovered our dog had ran a racoon up to the roof of our shed. It was really interesting to see a racoon that close up. I took some really neat pictures of this visitor.

Brooke
Brooke has started standing up by herself without holding onto anything. We are thinking that she may be walking in the next 4 weeks.

Business
I have also closed down my company www.AbundantCrosses.com. The company that was hosting the website was charging me $30 a month and I wasn't bringing in enough money to cover that. I may bring the website back up later but with a different hosting company. Right now I am in the process of building a website for Titus County CARES. Once this is finished which I am hoping by tomorrow I will start on an old business of mine. I make flashcards and then sell them as .pdf files. I have partnered with www.CurrClick.com and they will sell my products along with my website. Right now you can preview and purchase at www.DiscountedMontessoriFlashcards.com but coming soon will be www.MontessoriCards.com.