Disney Ideas

Thursday, I'm back in the saddle at preschool. The regular teacher is at Disney and I thought we'd do some fun Disney stuff since she's off visiting Mickey and his friends. Kind of have our own Disney Day. I wonder how Mickey Mouse ears out of construction paper would turn out?! They could decorate them with glitter glue. And I could handwrite their names on the hatband. They can save them for when their teacher gets back as a surprise from their Disney Day. I can probably find some Disney stories in the preschool/church library, but I'd love other some other ideas if anyone has suggestions!

So who wants to hear about how today went?! I subbed in the young 2's - that means they're in the 2 to 2.5 range - the era of No I Don't Have To Go (when they really do). There was kind of a lack of basic instructions, such as who sleeps where, what routine we follow prior to eating lunch, etc. I was told which child was the best source of information - my go to gal, if you will. Mind you, this is a 2.5 yr old. Who delighted in tricking me. Whooo-weeee. That was fun. Do we say a prayer BEFORE we open our lunches? No. Yes, we do!! Haahahah, I tricked Ms. Chrissie! What prayer do you say? Blank stares, except for one gal kept saying the same thing over and over, but I have no idea what she said. I could understand everything else she said all day but that was a mystery. Then for some reason they started singing ABC's. I don't know a prayer song to bless lunch that goes with the ABC's do you? I ask them if that was their prayer song. My go to gal says YES! I gave her a skeptical look, and she goes, Hahahaha, I tricked Ms. Chrissie again! OK, that's getting a little old girlie. So I sang the lunch prayer song I knew and was told that was not it. I replied, "It is now! Everyone eat!"

Then there was naptime. Curiously, there was NO helpful information to be had from any of them to facilitate that. Where are your nap mats? Blank stares. Found the mats. They all ended up together which I know is not where they sleep! Luckily, a T.A. came in and helped me put the kids where they belonged for naptime. One kid ended up on the floor with no pillow, no blanket, no nap mat. I have no idea where his stuff was. 10 minutes into nap time he exclaimed that some other girl had his pillow. Hello?! Was I not asking endlessly what stuff was his?!

So, Thursday, I definitely need more structure and I will be my own Go To Gal, thank you!!

Pullin' a Stephanie

I'm pulling a stephanie with a multiple post blog tonight! I think she still has first place though.

Anyway, I'm off to bed, gotta get some sleep to keep up with eight 2 yr olds tomorrow. But, here are the other band photos from tonight's concert to take you thru some of the Percussion instruments Gib played. I realized you couldn't really see the new haircut in the caveman one so here's some others. Still no photos of me, gosh, what a bummer. Always the photographer never the model.

Camporee Photos

Mike and Gib went on a Scout Camporee weekend. They were supposed to leave Friday night, but due to a storm, the troop decided to head out early Saturday morning instead. Last year our troop won 1st place and they hoped for a repeat. Maybe they'll know by tomorrow night at the troop meeting.

The troop built a monkey bridge.

Gib's receiving instructions from

Mr. Green, the Troop Master.

The Monkey Bridge after it was assembled.

The Tents

The guys had a good time. Even though Gib's patrol had a little lunch mishap. Something about somebody not showing up with their food. Mike's not sure if "somebody" didn't just forget to plan adequately. But that is how the boys learn. The troop is scout run and scout led, with adults standing by to teach and extinguish fires (literally and figuratively). So there's a big learning curve going on at all times.

All the boys had was leftover eggs from breakfast. Now, mind you, the adults on these trips eat GREAT! And it just kills the hungry boys when their menu ends up, shall we say, skimpy or in this case, non-existent?! Now, Gib's patrol needed to borrow some butter to cook their eggs. And the adults made them all sing "I'm a Little Teapot" WITH actions for it!! Don't feel too bad for Gib though. I misunderstood him and packed a big lunch for him and Mike, but Mike didn't need one. So he ate the extra sub sandwich sack lunch while the rest of his patrol had eggs. I don't think that will bode well for him in the next Patrol Leader election - do you?!

Lyrics to "I Love This Ward"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q85rPq1u9sc


CHRISSIE'S LYRICS TO “I LOVE THIS WARD”
From TOBY KEITH'S "I LOVE THIS BAR"
(the irony alone makes me laugh)


WE GOT WINNERS
AIN'T NO LOSERS,
NO CHAIN SMOKERS OR BOOZERS
WE GOT SEMINARY
MISSIONARY BIKERS,
WE GOT THIRSTY BOY SCOUT HIKERS

AND THE YOUNG WOMEN, THEY DRESS UP LIKE MOVIE STARS
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD

WE GOT BAWLERS
WE GOT SCRIPTURE READERS
THE BEST INSPIRED LEADERS
WE’RE ALWAYS HUSTLIN’
TO GO HOME TEACHIN’
OFF AGAIN TO ANOTHER MEETIN’

AND THE HIGH PRIESTS TALK ABOUT THEIR NAPPIN' HOURS
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD

I LOVE THIS WARD
IT’S MY KIND OF PLACE
JUST WALKIN' THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS
PUTS A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
IT AIN'T TOO FAR, COME AS YOU ARE
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD

WE ALWAYS GO TO SONIC
AND WARD PICNICS
PRIMARY KIDS SINGING IN PHONICS
YOUNG MEN PLAYIN' HOOP BALL
AND LOTS OF LOOKERS
AND YOU ALWAYS SEE THOSE RELIEF SOCIETY WORKERS
AND WE LIKE TO DRINK OUR KOOL-AID FROM A MASON JAR
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD, YES I DO

I LIKE MY HOME TEACHERS (REPEAT)
I LIKE MY FAMILY (REPEAT)
I LIKE TO TAKE EM OUT TO DINNER
I LIKE A G - RATED MOVIE NOW & THEN

BUT I LOVE THIS WARD,
IT’ MY KIND OF PLACE,
JUST TROLLIN’ AROUND THE CULTURAL HALL
PUTS A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
NO COVER CHARGE, COME AS YOU ARE
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD
HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMM, HMMMM – I LOVE THIS WARD (fill in your ward name)

Caveman Band Night

Tonight the band director finally utilizied the true, untapped strengths of his percussion ensemble and let their inner cavemen come out to play (for one musical piece anyway).

Shiny Bright Halo

Usually it's a little tarnished, but my halo is shining ever so brightly these days. I've been doing so many good deeds I'm getting a little sick of myself. It all started with taking my friends mom to the dentist. The next day, another friend's daughter broke her arm at school, so I went to the hospital and helped out with their little girl, Amy Mei, who was turning 4 that day. We left to go get her birthday cake in a huge downpour and got soaking wet, visited two public restrooms, told everybody it was her birthday in our new conversational English, and scored a free teddy bear and a book! Then Scary Nick came over that afternoon and stayed for dinner. The next day I didn't do much but bask in my glorious reflection since Mike and Gib were at a scout camporee, but I did get some gardening done. Today I made cinnamin rolls from scratch for Indy's study til midnite session at school for the AP Calculus exam. In between risings, I went to the material store and got faux fur for a caveman outfit for Gib's band concert. And, this isn't really halo material - but it's gotta be saintly to make cinnamin rolls, a costume, AND mop and wax my wood floors all in one day!

By the end of the week my halo will probably be twisted, tarnished, and possibly trashed, since I have 2 days of subbing for the young 2's class at preschool, and helping set up and serve for the Mother Daughter's Activity Day thing on Wednesday.

But wait, there's one more shiny halo thing (oooh, and now that I think about it, it was accepting the new calling and agreeing to this right after sacrament that started the whole chain reaction!). So, I'm in a skit next Sunday for the Visiting Teaching conference. It wasn't like I could say no since I kinda wrote the darn thing. Oh well, one of my favorite's, Last Minute Lucy, was still up for grabs, so I'm her. I've gotta create a hat for my character who lives by the motto, "if it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done!". I hope the skit goes over as funny as it seemed to me when I put it together. It's always a little scary, because I am a great source of amusement to myself, but I find alot of people don't get my sense of humor at church. That reminds me, they didn't do my song at the talent show, but it was OK, because we had all sorts of changes of plans here and I ended up not going anyway. I'll put it up in case anyone wants to see it.

And in case anyone was wondering, if that was all it takes for this girl to think her halo is bright? The answer is: Yup! Pretty much. It's all downhill from here baby!!

New Scary Nick

Taryn and New Scary Nick

Poor Nick - I love that nickname (hahaha)!!

He's a very cool guy and has nice manners. I like him. They took the nature hike to find the bone pile today. Mariah went with them, but they couldn't find it. They did find several ticks though. Yuck.

Mike and Mariah off to the Daddy Daughter Luau
They won the wrap the Mummy in TP contest.

Mike was the Mummy!

Indy and Joe at the Award Ceremony

"Can you believe how stupid this is?!"