Survival of the Fittest

Well, I survived the field trip to the farm! I ended up having 12 parents come. I was able to divide my class among the parents so that I only had to deal with one child. This student was a HANDFUL. I needed to be able to watch only him.

The farm was a lot of fun. First we went to the petting zoo. It wasn't very big, but the kids enjoyed feeding and petting the animals. There was a calf, a piglet, horses, chickens, goats, turkeys, an ostrich, and a donkey.

After the petting zoo, the kids got to ride on a cut little train that was pulled by an ATV. The kids LOVED it.

After that we got to go pick some vegetables from the field. This part the kids didn't enjoy so much. There were alot of bugs flying around and they didn't like having to walk through the mud. The kids didn't know what any of the vegetables were. They picked white radishes, red radishes, and cucumber.

We then went through a corn maze and learned about all the uses of corn. I found out an interesting tidbit. It gets so hot here in Arizona that if you go to the outside edges of a corn field in the heat of the summer, you can hear a popping noise. It is the corn popping into popcorn. Out tour guide showed us some. She also said that if you take the dried indian corn that you decorate your house with, put it in a plastic bag, and microwave it, it will turn into popcorn!

Once we were out of the corn maze we were treated to some icecream sandwiches. The kids didn't know what to do with themselves. ICECREAM BEFORE LUNCH!

That was the end of the field trip to the farm. We headed over to a nearby park and ate lunch. It was a fun expeirence for the whole group. I think our next field trip is to Stuffington Bear Factory in the spring,

The Farm

Well, tomorrow our kindergarten group goes to the farm. I can't count how many fieldtrips I have been on but this is the first one where I am in charge. I am the one that has to make sure that no one gets hurt or lost. It is a HUGE responsibility and I am a little nervous about it. Luckily I have a ton of parents that are coming along. We'll see how it goes.

It is my FOREVER LONG DAY today. And yes, that is what I call it. I start out my day by waking up at 5:00. I get to work at 7:30 and stay there until 5:00. Then I go buy my dinner and take it over to Ottawa were I have class at 6:30. I don't get home until 9:00. I only have two more weeks of this until I am on winter break, but then in the spring I get to have two FOREVER LONG DAYS!!!! I will sure be happy when I am done. There is NO WAY I am going for my PH.d. After I get my masters, I AM DONE!!!!!!!!!

Time Flies

Today at lunch the girls were talking about how fast these next few months go by. I agree, they really do. Then this afternoon, after I wrote out my page long list of things I need to do by friday, I realized that this saying "time flies" is not true. It seems like it does because we are all so busy that we can't even think about what day it is. When we finally come up for a little air, it is a new month!
The girls were talking about how great November and December are because of all the holidays. I love these months and the holidays but I hate how much I have to do. Of course it doesn't help help the parents that are suppose to come in and help me don't show up. My plate is extremely full right now.
Even as I write, I should be working on my final paper for my Ottawa class. I guess I better get to it. (maybe)!!!!!

Tough Day

What a day I had today! I knew it would be bad when I was still tired when I woke up this morning. I did too much this weekend.

My bad day started when one of my little boys came to my class during library. He wasn't suppose to leave library and the librarian didn't notice that he left. I had to walk him back to library were he cried because he got in trouble. On my way back from taking the little one back to library I find two of my little girls wandering around the campus. They were given permission to go to the bathroom and decided to use every bathroom on campus.

Then after lunch the AC in my room went out! It wouldn't have been so bad if we had decent weather here in Phoenix, but it just has to be 95 degrees in NOVEMBER. I sure hope that it is fixed by tomorrow. On top of all of this I got a new student today.

I always have to end my whiny rantings with a positive. My new student is such a sweet heart and very smart.

Saturday Night

Kyle, Adam, Daina and I went out Saturday night. We went over to Tempe Marketplace to see if we could find a place to play pool. We found Dave and Busters! It is such a great place. There is a resturant and arcade, as well as pool tables. We played three games of pool. My team won a best out of three tournament! We are definetly going to have to go back again.

We also went to Lucilles for some food. It is a great place. A little pricey, but we just split an appetizer platter between the four of us so it wasn't bad. The food was amazing! We got a table in the bar area because a great little band was playing. It was a great experience.