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Sunday, August 17, 2008

My life is a movie

Well 3rd grade is off and running with a bang!  Well, I should say a few 1-2 punches!!  That's right...in the entire 10 days of school so far I have had one student punch 2 separate people, and another student just slap another girl in the face.  I'm thinking of inviting the Ultimate Fighting people to come and do a special in my classroom, because seriously, I think a few of these kids could qualify!  So, my life was immediately spiced up by "Kung Fu Panda" when he punched a kid on the 4th day of school...when asked what he could have done instead of punching him, he replied, "I could have hit him harder."  Noooooo, but good try!!  Since then Kung Fu Panda has punched one other kid, and my Diva In Training just straight-up slapped a kid in the lunchroom, and ripped off her necklace.  In addition to Kung Fu Panda and Diva In Training, I also have Junior Napoleon Dynomite in my class.  Imagine Napoleon as an 8 year old, same voice, and same random comments, and that's what I've got.  A couple of examples... "Mrs. Smith, sometimes, when I look in the mirror, I can see myself as a grown-up.  I have a goatee, and it's pointy, with a stripe down the middle."   Okayyyyyyyy.  Here's another one.... "Mrs. Smith, sometimes I have stress in me, and then I don't."  Riiiight.  I have no idea what to do with 99% of the stuff this kid says to me!!!  But, he makes me laugh, so that makes it all worth it!!  So, needless to say, 3rd grade is off to an interesting start!!

On a complete opposite note, Glenn is thouroughly enjoying his life as a house husband and Brooklyn and I are very glad to have him home for a while!!  With that being said, call us, we'd love to hang out!!  

That's it for now, and I will leave you with this....
Everybody was kung fu fighting.....those cats were fast as lightning.....

Sunday, August 10, 2008

time to take a break!





Okay, I realize our blog is entitled "Smith Family Adventures", but that title is misleading, at least right now...we are a very uneventful family right now, but sometimes that's nice.

Since it feels like EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WORLD is either pregnant or has a baby and has their pics posted on their blog, and we can't participate in that because we are in the 1% of people who have no baby, and no baby on the way, I have decided to post pictures of our puppy.  In my opinion Brooklyn is as cute as a baby anyway!!  :)  So, here she is...all 40 pounds of her!!!

Well, everyone should be happy to know that Glenn and the rest of the CWB have a month off!!!  YAY!!!  I, and the other wives are very excited, because we have missed our men!  The guys are excited because they all need a break.  Traveling and leading worship all over the country, while it's an amazing and rewarding job, is also an exhausting one, so they all need some naps and time at home!  

The 1st week of school is officially over!  It went pretty well, I have a lot of the same kids as last year, but I also have some new kids...and lets just say that a few of the new ones are making life interesting.  There was a lot of drama in my class this week, hopefully this is not a sign of things to come, but merely a rough spot in the settling in process.  :)  I am really happy with the way my classroom looks, the awesome team I have to work with, and how on the ball I have been so far!!  We'll see how long I can keep it up! 

So, as exciting as all of that was, there is nothing else to report.  We are tired, need naps, and are really looking forward to having some time together with Glenn being here, and not having to go to work at the UPS store.  It will be a fun month!