In honor of Queen Victoria

In honor of Queen Victoria and my day off I sewed. I made a maxi skirt and matching mini, 2 baby blankets (totally in love with the bird one), made a maxi dress. I will be putting away the sewing machine for a while so glad I finished some things sitting on the pile.

This makes me happy ;)

I found this old ikea footstool awhile back at used furniture store. I recovered it and then I goes a puppy who enjoyed chowing on it. It was starting to look a little dirty and needed to be refreshed. So I found some material when I went to Montana over spring break and it became this weekends project. The end result makes me happy and I love the end result. So here is the progression:

The life of a teacher;)

This last week of teaching was hard! But I think that's why I think the following moments were great, and boy did I need them. (Every morning my class has circle/ carpet where they get to each tell me one thing, thats when usually the best stuff comes)
Story 1- Student "I'm so excited today we get to have our choir party at lunch" me "is the music teacher feeding you?" (Thinking they were having pizza or something) student "no I'm feeding myself" (my thought: I'm glad a student in grade 3 can feed them self while only myself and a few students get the irony of her statement)

Story 2- student "Ms Easthope can you guess theme music from cartoons?" I ask for clarification "like if I hum it can you guess it?" He starts to hum the most random of notes. Me (while no other student even has a guess either) "sorry I don't know that one" student "it's pink panther" (thought... I would never have guess that but funny how kids think we have all the answers)

Story 3- student "Ms Easthope I got a new battery for my scooter, and its not the one that you stand on and push with your feet, it's like the ones that you sit on" after some clarifying questions I find out it is just like the ones older people ride with mobility issues. (Thought... I really want to see him riding around millwoods on that scooter, maybe he will let me go for a ride?)

Story 4- my students get really excited about the most random things. I come in from lunch and the excitement over one of my students getting new glasses is more than they can handle. I ask said student to put them on so I can see how smart they look. After noticing that the glasses are quite large for his face I ask who helped him to pick them out. He then tells me that they are not new they are his teenaged brothers old ones but don't worry they have the same prescription. (Thought...nothing wrong with being frugal)

Story 5- this one is a few weeks old but I don't want to forget it. As a student is walking into the classroom in the morning she tells me "I'm wearing my moms underwear today, and they kind of fit" (thought .... Students tell you everything)


My thought to end this post.... Only 6 more weeks, please provide me with some other great stories;)