Pics of table

So I knew I shouldn't put a time on when I would get pictures up because I am bad at that. And I didn't even take the pictures--I just got them off the IKEA website. The great thing about this table is we can fold it down, put one table top up, or have both up. It's great to fold it down when we have a guest at our house because we can still put our air bed in the dining room. One table top is perfect when it is just me and Brad, and the double tabletop made its maiden voyage when our friends Anne and Taylor came over for dinner. It's perfect for our ridiculously small apartment!

Here is a picture of our chairs, but they are robin-egg blue instead of white.

we have arrived!

It is official--Brad and I no longer own ANY DI furniture. Oh, and we now have a table AND chairs! I will post a picture of our sweet new addition later today!

7 year olds are hilarious!

Reasons 7-year olds are the best age to teach:

1. Fashion advice: So I never really pay too much attention to my shoes. I love cute socks, but my shoes do not get a whole lot of thought. I buy shoes I like, but when I put my shoes on in the morning (usually as I am running out the door) I just grab what matches the best. Yesterday I realized that I should put a little more thought into it. I was sitting on my chair and my students were sitting at the carpet. One student said: "Hey, you got new shoes!" It dawned on my that my shoes are actually the part of me my students see the most. They always play with them while sitting at the carpet. Just FYI, they were not new shoes. It was just the first time I had worn them post-pregnancy. All my students could tell me what shoes I wear to school and how often.
   
2. Improv singing: I've blogged about the Labor Day Song that my students were singing in December. Yesterday a student (actually, the same one that noticed my shoes) made up a song about crayons and proceeded to sing it to his crayons. He then walked around the room singing it to the other students' crayons. Let me tell you, it was pretty funny.
3. Melt-your-heart love: The other day I showed my students a video of Elinor laughing. They LOVED it! During writing that day, someone wrote a cinquain poem about her (that's funny, it was again that same student--my other students do funny things, too!). It was adorable. Yesterday, one of my students from last year came up to me. This is what he asked: "Mrs. Rowberry, how is Elinor doing?" It was so cute. I feel kind of bad for my last class. They had to deal with me throwing up multiple times a day for most of the year, but didn't get to see her after she was born! Lastly, I have a student that is going to be the death of me this year. He steals stuff from me, is never on task, and is constantly getting in trouble (not just from me). Well one day recently he got in A LOT of trouble. I had just had a pretty firm talk with him at the end of the day. He got his stuff together and was getting ready to leave. As he was leaving, he turned and said, "Have a great day, Mrs. Rowberry." I thought that was great. He still loves me even though I have to be pretty firm with him. Second graders ADORE their teachers!
4. I wish I could video my class everyday. They do so many hilarious things every single day that I can't even write them down. Brad asked me the other day that if I could do it all over, would I still be a teacher? My answer is a resounding YES! My class is really rough this year (did I mention I have 17 boys and 8 girls? Talk about rowdy!) and they tend not to listen at all! But I love them and would rather not be doing anything else. (Ask me on another day, though, and the answer may be different!).
   

Anyway, I completely recommend spending some quality time with 7 year olds. You will be impressed and uplifted!

I can't believe it

Nettie Rosenstein Vintage Coral Evening Bag at Bag Borrow or Steal™
Check out that link. That's right. It is a handbag rental service online. Yes, this bag is over $1100 PER MONTH to rent! Let's be honest people. If you are rich enough to rent a bag for $1100 a month, don't you think you'd just buy it? I don't know what the price is, but holy shnikies! I really do appreciate style and quality and design. I can understand a $150 pair of jeans. I understand a $1000 watch. The difference is you keep them. This bag is just to look amazing at a huge expense. Sad sad thing.

The Funniest Thing I've Ever Seen!

Who watched American Idol last night? I have never seen anything this funny in all my life. The best part is when he is talking about how Simon is everything. The background music and video effects are everything. The very last few seconds are the best. I can't stop laughing!

Welcome to the 21st Century!

So my old roomie Christy blogged about technology and how kids get technology so much younger than when we were younger. I mean, could you imagine Oregon Trail on a computer now? It wouldn't take nearly as long to die of dysentery or ford a river and the graphics would be more than choppy, basic graphics on the lovely green screen. This week I have been working with our laptop cart at school. It is crazy that 7 and 8 year olds can do as much as they can on computers. They can even use a laptop pretty nicely! I am pretty sure that laptops were not even a figment of the imagination when I was in second grade! Here is the real reason I am blogging about this: yesterday I was teaching a lesson and was rudely interrupted by a cell phone. That's right folks. A cell phone. And ready for this? A couple of the kids didn't know if it was there's or not. That means that a couple of the kids in my class have cell phones that they bring to school. Seriously? Really? I should not need to worry about cell phones when I teach second grade! Just like Christy, I wonder how much technology will be available for my little Elinor and her future siblings. I hope I'm never so out of touch with technology that my kids (or grandkids) have to teach me about it!

Woot : Fifteen Rejected Doughnut Varieties

Woot : Fifteen Rejected Doughnut Varieties

I thought some of these were hilarious. I don't get all of them though. Happy New Year everyone!