Happy Friday (the 13th), friends! Are you superstitious? I'm not necessarily, but I do think Friday the 13th in a school on the day of Valentine's day class parties is a bit much. Think of me today when you're out doing adult things...I might be going crazy at that exact moment. I have lots of favorites from the week, though!
From the interwebs:
I love each and every one of these images from Instagram this week! My favorite is the one that reminds us to look for the best in people. Nobody likes a mean girl, and nobody likes a Debbie Downer, either. I think smiles and kind words are life changing! This week at school, our focus has been on kindness. I adore our school counselors, and they've had some great things to say to the students on how they can carry this out each and everyday.
Teacher treat days from our PTA are always a favorite! Please note the homemade cheddar sourdough bagel I enjoyed. They had coffee, soft drinks, energy drinks, sweet treats from Nothing Bundt Cakes and from scratch, several types of homemade bread, Babybel cheese, a tomato/cheese/basil salad, fruits and veggies, chips, granola bars, and more for us on this particular day. The offerings are always a lot and everything is delicious each month. We get these days once a month! I brought home an extra bagel when I saw there were some leftover at the end of Wednesday.
Seeing the students again was a favorite this week. I've missed them so much! This sweet little one jumped into my arms when she saw me on Monday morning. I love getting to spend fifteen minutes with her each day, one on one. I'm so proud of her for how far she's come since August! I love getting to witness the spark in their little eyes as they learn to read and unscramble letters on a page. I would dare say it's one of the greatest joys I have in life!
I love a themed week at school! I've worn all the Valentine's day things this week. These are the infamous earrings that Abbey gave me last year on Valentine's day that I've talked about here recently.
It's a favorite seeing this banner displayed in our hallways at school! We were recently given this award of being one of the top ten schools in the state of Tennessee. Isn't that amazing?!
Wow! That school is a blessing as are you. I can feel your joy radiating off the screen! You make me want to teach :) So interesting to read about the sleepiness factor and I would definitely have to agree- have an amazing weekend friend!
ReplyDeleteThe school and staff/students are all a huge blessing to me! Thank you for saying that, though. I really do mean it when I say that I love my job. I thought that was interesting as well! It's like I can fully relax when he's around in a way that I haven't been able to do in a long time. I hope you have a great weekend as well!
DeleteLook at you crushing it at work! I bet you are tired in the best way. My twins have a joke about me falling asleep when we watched Gilmore Girls together. The ending music is super aggressive. I would fall asleep because they were both in the room with me and I was so peaceful and then wake up at that music! Tom also has a running joke that I fall asleep whenever we start a movie and asks if I want him to watch me sleep. We tired!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that! I totally get the falling to sleep early thing; I do it all the time now. I always hated that aggressive ending music! It didn't fit the show.
DeleteSo thankful you were listening when God put this school job in front of you. Congrats on your award and the schools— you are a good will ambassador for TN public education !
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am so grateful for how things turned out for me this school year.
DeleteI hope the school day was fun with the parties. I used to help out at my girls school with them I always came home frazzled with a headache. lol
ReplyDeleteGreat finds on Instagram! I totally agree, there's enough negativity in the world without people being mean too!
Ahh! I remember those earrings, they are fabulous and I didn't know that about feeling sleepy. I guess that's why when we're all home I always feel like I could nod off.
It was a fun day! I totally get that leaving with a headache part. Thanks for that, friend!
DeleteThat is so sweet that the PTA puts on teacher treat days once a month like that; I worked at our local school for a few years and we had--zero! Our PTA focused on things like providing a free field trip for each student each year and concrete things for the school/building but not really on the teachers. Congrats on your award!
ReplyDeleteIt really is such a sweet thing they do for us! Oh, wow. I know other schools that don't have as much parental involvement as we do; it's the best I've ever seen. Thank you for that!
DeleteI love that you received that award! Those memes are great and I like those about feeling sleepy with someone you trust too. Happy Saturday friend!
ReplyDeleteThank you, friend! I loved all of the memes I found this week. I thought the sleep one was so interesting!
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day, Jenn! I'm so glad you felt so much love coming from so many this past week! I remember how exhausted I was after our kindergarten Valentine's Day celebrations but it was always a good tired. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you, friend! It was a great week, and I was so glad to just be back at work after two weeks off. There's no tired like school related things tired! I hope you're enjoying the weekend, friend!
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