Another Day in Paridise

 
Just getting under the wire for the Hodgepodge with Joyce From This Side of the Pond.

1. My daughter2 is graduating from university this month and plans to teach elementary school. What are three qualities you most want to see evidenced in a teacher?

 Passion for subject teaching.

Ability to share their passion with their student.

Love of learning.

2. You can tell a lot about a person by___the way they act.   I don't believe that you can judge a book by it's cover at all.   So I wait to see their actions before judging.

 

3.   What song makes you think spring?    U2 - It's a Beautiful Day

4. May 1st is Mother Goose Day...share your favorite nursery rhyme.

This is the House that Jack Built.    It was Big Guy's favorite book to read before bed and we must have read it more times than I can count.   He no longer needs me to read to him as he is off reading the likes of Hunger Games.   This always reminds me of the little boy he used to be.

 

5. What makes someone unforgettable?

The people that I remember most, even from long, long ago when I was a young child were the ones that showed me kindness.    I think an act of kindness is always remembered.   

 

6. Should music and/or art be part of a well rounded education?

Yes, Yes, Yes...... I think the problem with today's schools is if it isn't on the "test," they tend to think it's not important.    For many kids, the only exposure they will have to the arts/music is in school.   This is something that we should want our children to learn in addition to what is on "the test."

7. What social situations make you flustered or nervous? 

I think I might be a chameleon as I think I blend into any situation.   Maybe, I'm wrong, but I just go with the flow anyway:)

8. Insert your own random thought here.

It is a sad commentary on my life of late, that I was excited to get out to the grocery store today.   Yippee!    The reason I was so excited was because I've been housebound all week.   Remember previous trip to the doctors on Monday where I found out Little Guy has the croup.   It's been lovely around here.   Just lovely.   Then to take it up a notch, Middle Guy had a couple bad days.   We seem to be barely hanging on.   But it's all good, I left the house today!!!

It's a Pintrest Party

  

Joyce from This Side of The Pond turned me onto this fun little blog hop about Pintrest.
 I love, love, love pintrest!    
Do you know what Pintrest is?
I'm sure you do.
Who doesn't?
Well maybe my mother who still thinks pictures she views from her phone on Facebook are on her phone.    She often tells me to upload my pictures to her phone and not Facebook.    Not that I understand the mystical magical ways of the computer world either, but I do get that.

Anyway,   bag to the subject at hand.  Our Front Door is hosting this cute Blog Hop.    Basically, show how something you pinned on Pintrest turned out.    Easy Peasy.

To get started, here is the link to my Pintrest Boards.   I've got a collection of boards.   From recipies to   crafts and everything in between.   Told you I loved Pintrest.   
Today, I'm going to talk about my Valentine Pin.
  I pinned it from skiptomylou  

I bet she didn't think that something she posted in 2007 would be making the rounds in 2012!  

 Word to the wise I guess.  

 Word to the wise.

I saw this.  

Pinned it!  Tried it!

Loved it!

The boys all went to school with Valentine wishes from me.   Not knowing what I was planning.   Then they came home to this.

 Each boys hearts were different.  

Although, they did have a few the same. 

   Like

You are loved.

You are smart.

You are a good brother.

Then they had their individualized ones.  

 They loved it!  

 Then we did one for Daddy with each of us writing something on a heart to put on the closet door.   The best was that while I was making dinner, they "snuck" into my room and made a wall for me!!   It was adorable.   Some of mine said,

"You are good at your job and your job is taking care of us" 

(that acually took up two hearts)

"You are fun."

"You make good cakes"

This was a keeper and I could see doing it again.

Live, laugh, Love

and

Scrap it all!

Y and Z and now I know my ABC's

Y is for YUCK!!

We seem to be dealing with a lot of that lately.

We've have (and by we I mean the kids) have had some stomach bugs, colds, and today Little Guy was diagnosed with the croup.   Good times.   Good times.

 

So you will feel so Superior and better about your children, let me tell you how this all played out.   Little Guy has been fighting a cold.   Over the weekend it changed.   His nose stopped running (you would think that's a good thing, but not really).    It seemed to all settle in his chest.   He didn't have the barking cough of the croup, but was horse, lost his voice a little, and just not himself.    Here's how it happened (what show is that from?).

Me:   "Little Guy, we are going to have to go to the doctors today."
LG:   "I don't want to go to the doctors>"
Me:  " Don't worry, you aren't going to get a shot."
LG:  " How do you know?"
Me;  "  I know."
LG:   "I'm not going."

So I trick him into the car under the pretext of lunch.   We do go to lunch, but he has no appetite and doesn't eat his soup.   Then load back into the car and I again tell him it's time for the doctors.   See above for repeat conversation.   Upon arrival, he crosses his arms and informs me he's not going.   After peeling him from the car and locking the doors so he can't go back in, we play a game of hide and seek in the parking lot.   Finally, after 20 minutes we get inside for our appointment that we are now late for and they canceled on us.    There is still much crying, me carrying him over my shoulder, him holding on to arm chair for dear life.   It was lovely.   I wasn't the least bit embarrassed.   Thankfully, the office was empty but for one sympathetic mother who told me that I didn't need to apologize when I walked by her with my screaming child in my arms.   Thank you nice mother who is now much appreciative of her own well behaved child.   

Upon arrival to the furthest room down the hall (I wonder if they were trying to tell me something), Little Guy sits int he corner and cries some more.   Nurse who has seen him since he was a baby for some strange reason remembers my Little Guy out of her millions of patient.   Hmm, wonder why.   She is wonderful and patient.   We manage to trick him into getting weighed by me saying that I think he shrunk instead of got bigger.    He proved me wrong.    Doctor then comes in and is wonderful.    Manage to get out of their with no trauma other than getting through he door.    Now we just have to deal with croup.

Good times, my friends.   Good times.

This leads me to Z as in Zen as I need to find mine!

Live, Laugh, Love

and

Scrap it all!