School is in session...

Well, I am back to work. Third grade is such a change from eighth grade!!! So far I am loving the change! The kids are so cute and lovable. They like to draw pictures for me and give me lots of hugs. :) I have a pretty good group of students...a few that are way too chatty and need to be reigned in, but over all a good group. I really think that I'm going to enjoy elementary school. It is a lot of work, but fun. The days at school pass by SO quickly because our schedule is unbelievably jam-packed. Our kids only get 15 minutes of recess per day. I feel for these kids...yikes!

I'm glad that I made the change to elementary school this year, but I do feel weird not knowing very many people at this new school. I don't feel like I fit in there yet. I work with one other third grade teacher, and she's nice, but she is best friends with the second grade teacher that she worked with last year and they are always together. They have their own little "clique". Apparently they needed to be separated because they were too dependent on each other, but the glue is still holding them together. I'm sure I'll get to know more people throughout the year, but for now it's just a little uncomfortable. But hey...without all of the socializing, I sure get lots of work done!

In other news, Landon is doing well. We've been playing a lot outside...going to the park, or jumping in puddles around our neighborhood if it rains. He loves to be outside! :) He's still not talking...but I keep running into people (like a couple of days ago in Safeway) that say their child is the same way when it comes to speech. I'm still ready for him to start talking though! One new thing that Landon learned to do recently is to climb up the slide at the park. He is also getting pretty good with his puzzles.

I've been doing some summer cleaning recently...trying to get rid of some things that I've had for forever and never use. My trash can is going to be full for a couple of weeks, but I'm getting a lot accomplished, which is great! I finally pushed my 400 pound TV out of the corner and got all the DVDs out that had fallen behind it! There were a lot back there...plus, I found my internet modem that had disappeared so long ago....that was a good hiding spot that Landon found!!!

Things are getting better everyday...I don't feel like crying all the time anymore. :) I did have a breakdown in Wal-Mart, which was super embarrassing though. Last week, I had taken Landon to Wal-Mart to buy groceries and things. He is usually pretty well behaved at the store...and he was this trip too, until check out time. He started throwing this huge tantrum and crying VERY loudly. Of course, at Wal-Mart in Nogales checking out takes like an hour so this went on for quite some time. After awhile of unsuccessfully being able to calm him down and having hundreds of people stare at me, I just started crying. It was SO embarrassing. But after loading everything up, the cashier told me that she would pray for me...and I was on my way. I think I'll drive up to Green Valley to see if they get you out of line faster so Landon will be happier in the future...I think that it would be worth the extra gas money. Ha ha