Preparing for School and Preschool

Well we have just six days until we head back to the routine of educating our minds! I have spent the last week working in my classroom and psyching up Simon for preschool. He will be attending Calvary Baptist Preschool this year. It is hard to get him ready though. Meaning that he is a Mommy's boy and a home body. He doesn't want to go anywhere except to stay home with me or go to Aunt Sadie's house. We are trying though. We talk about everything they will do there at the school and how much fun he is going to have.

As far as me getting ready to go back, well I am in the process of working on some of my paper work...like the class syllabus, pacing guide and other numerous things to get ready for the year that I have failed to mention but will probably remember right before school starts. I have heard great things about this group of 9th graders that I will be getting, I just hope that I can do my best to continue their knowledge. I know that I am definitely looking forward to getting back to work. I love summer and the freedom, but I also love the beginning of school and getting back into a routine... guess I don't feel as lost or unorganized during the school year!

Until next time...God Bless!

Summer News

Well, guess I am not doing too well at keeping up the blog...but I am not giving it up yet! We returned from vacation last week. We spent 5 days in Branson and had a load of fun up there. The only show we saw was the Acrobats of China. It was a fabulous show! Simon still looks at the brochure and talks about it. He even tries to balance things like the acrobats! We are preparing to get Rosendo back to work. He begins again next week, then of course school will start. I should be preparing for school, but knowing me, my best work comes right at the deadline...
My sister and cousins are joining me to go to the Breaking Dawn premier at Books-A-Million on Friday. We are so excited for the new book to come out...we even had t-shirts made for the event. I have always wanted to go to the Harry Potter premiers, but never was able to attend. Wonder if there will be other adults there???
I have enjoyed card making and reading mostly this summer...seems those are my escapes from reality! Check out my summer reading list...next one on it will be Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer!

Cards made with love by Sharel...

One of my hobbies is making cards. I enjoy card creating because it a chance to make a card just to send to someone special...

I am also involved with Cards For Soldiers. This is a group on the Cricut Website that makes cards for soldiers overseas. Soldiers don't always have the greatest selection of cards, so we make blank ones for them to choose from and send home to loved ones. It is nice to be a part of something worthwhile.

Here are a few of my creations

First ever post to my blog!

Okay, I am giving this blog thing a try with just a little start. We have worked in the yard today and Simon followed his daddy while he mowed. He used to follow me, but I let Rosendo do the yard work today. Kind of a relief after doing it for a year by myself.

Simon seems to have a knack for catching butterflies, and today he caught one and put it into a bucket and told me to watch it to make sure it doesn't fly out! So sweet and inocent the mind of a three year old is! This picture is from a couple of weeks ago at my parent's pool. Simon was amazed that the butterfly kept coming back to his hand!