The Pentons

So last night we went and saw Bedtime stories. I loved it! Adam Sandler is a funny guy and he kept it really clean, its a very family friendly movie.

Another movie we saw was Valkyre. It was a good movie that talked about Nazi Germany, it was sad with a depressing ending, but I liked it becuase it let you see how Nazi Germany really operated and how Hitler really was. I've never seen any movies that reveal that much information about the Nazi's. I enjoyed it, probably wouldn't see it again.

Another Christmas has come and gone and we had a great one! It started when we went and picked out our very first Christmas tree. It looked a little like a Charlie Brown tree next to all the big ones but it fit perfectly in our small apartment. I had lots of fun decorating it!

For "Christmas eve" aka December 23 we went to the Miller's house and opened presents. We got lots of fun things including aprons, new kitchen bowls, and more pieces to our nativity set. We had a yummy ham dinner and enjoyed playing the new wii fit with the whole family.

That night when we went home we couldn't wait any longer and we opened our presents to each other. I got a sewing machine, a grill/griddle for the stove, new socks and a belt. Craig got Guitar hero world tour, a new coat and cologne.

Christmas day we went to the Yauney's house where we opened up lots of new DVD's, clothes and DDR for the wii! We had a yummy turkey dinner and also enjoyed playing wii fit with the family.

Thanks for the good memories this holiday season!

Wow has it really been this long since I blogged??!! Update from the past month:

Halloween- I was Miss Frizzle....I'm glad it's over,can we say 30 sugar packed kids, WOW who invented this holiday anyway?

We went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, tons of fun! The first part was kinda weird, it was the Christmas portion, but the second part they took famous classical songs and converted them into rock songs, it was right up my alley!

We also went to the "Savior of the world" program at the conference center. I also highly recommend that, if you can get the tickets, they run out pretty fast apparently.

The first grade at my school has been classified as the "worst grade of the school" about 5 first graders have been suspended....not pretty sometimes.

Next week I only have 2 days of school, Hooray for Thanksgiving!!

That's the update in less than 10 minutes.

Did you know that the new Christopher Paolini book came out!! I was shocked when I walked into Smiths today and found it. I'm letting Craig read it first, but I'm excited to get started on it after him!!

So I've heard that the first year you catch every illness known to man, this week felt like torture! Wednesday morning I woke up feeling miserable, fever, nausea, lightheadedness, the whole nine yards. So I was thinking, I can't teach feeling like this but then I thought, my goodness I can't get a sub either they wouldn't know where any of my plans are, etc. So I went to school and took naps during recess, library, before and after school. Thursday and Friday, I didn't feel much better but I still went in, so on Friday morning after not being able to swallow my breakfast because my throat was so swollon, I called the doctor. This morning I went in and I was diagnosed with strep :( So I got an antibiotic, and I am already feeling a lot better, I can eat, I can swallow, I don't have a fever. I love modern medicine!

All I have to say is Parent teacher conferences. I had conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. I was at school until about 6 pm on Wednesday and there until 8 on Thursday....I'm exhasted!

As far as the class goes, my kids are getting a lot better at listening, they still have ants in their pants quite a bit, but we are working on it. I have set some pretty strict rules of them and I'm really consistent with the consequences when they break the rules, and they seem to be catching on.

Next week we start our Clifford theme. Every week I have a theme for the week, I have a poem that we read everyday, books related to the theme that I read, art activities and literacy activities. I really like conformity so if I have just one idea during the week, it helps me organize things better.