Scrappy Hearts

Just A Quiet Day At Home

There is a table set up in my family room that allows me to work at my computer and complete school work without sitting on the floor. When I glance over my right shoulder I see the shelf in our hallway where I placed the flowers that Mark bought me for Valentine’s Day. We are not big Valentine’s Day people. We don’t feel any need to make extensive plans for the day, so today we are home. On the agenda, maybe a quick movie if we ever get out of our jammies. Then later, take out Chinese food and perhaps we’ll catch up with the Downton Abbey episodes that we’ve missed. Or, maybe not. Sometimes a nice quiet day at home is enough.

Round Two

After working a bit late, food shopping, and cooking dinner, it was time to get back to the making of Valentines. This time I found a few white crayons to add to the mix. I do believe that different colors of crayons have different density. It is funny how the colors settle through the melting and the cooling process. All in all, I am happy with the results. And who am I kidding, they were fun to make!

They cooling process is really pretty quick. I was able to pop them out of the mold in about 15 minutes. While I was waiting for them to cool I found a little card to glue them to. Really, I love pinterest and my tri buddy Jackie for the cute ideas! Now, I may even have time to watch a movie with my hubby!

Valentine’s Day Craft

It all started with a pile of crayons. I ripped off the paper and broke the crayons into little bits. I placed the little bits of crayons into the silicone heart bake pan that I borrowed from my dear tri buddy, Jackie.

Into the oven it went. I was worried that I had not filled the hearts with enough crayon bits, oh well, let’s just see how this all works out.

After 20 minutes in the oven, this is what I had. They really do not look all that good. But I’m patient. Off to bookclub, I will deal with these once I am home.

After a couple of hours, I’d say they aren’t so bad. A few of them are a little too monochromatic, but the rest are pretty colorful. Well, I need to peel some more paper off of a few more crayons for the second batch. 

There’s no rush on the hearts. Tomorrow is the 100th day, I had better get to bed. There will be a lot of celebrating in second grade tomorrow!

Tuesday in Second Grade

This is a very busy week in second grade. We celebrate 2 very important days on the second grade calendar, Valentine’s Day and the 100th Day of School. Right in a row, one day after the other.

Unfortunately, I knew it was coming and I didn’t prepare properly. So tonight, I am looking at an empty silicone heart tray, without crayons. Yup, I left the crayons at school. Hopefully tomorrow I will remember them and be able to finish this little treat before Friday.

As for the 100th day, I am thinking that a trip to Lakeshore may be in my future. It probably should have been tonight but Tuesday in Second Grade is exhausting. I came home and promptly fell asleep for three hours. Oh well, tomorrow is another day! I will be in busy teacher mode trying to pull it all together. 

In Case You Were Wondering

A Sunday Without Football

Since there was no football today, I decided to venture outside for just a bit. It was truly a beautiful day! The temperatures warmed up and I was able to head outside and spend a bit of time exploring in our yard today.First on my agenda, finding pebbles for my students. I gathered enough pebbles for each of my students to select 3, I think. I am still not convinced that our 4 pebble meditation is helping classroom behavior, but I know that some of my students are benefitting from the practice and that is enough for me to continue.Since the weather was cooperating, I decided to spend a bit of time exploring the gardens. I love the colors of the plants that over winter. This plant, which is a beautiful bright green in the summer, takes on the glorious hues of the winter season and becomes a garden standout.The daffodils emerged a bit before Christmas and I noticed that they have added a bit of height since our last snow. It was a relaxing Sunday, perfect for spending a bit of time in the yard. Warm as it was, I was able to sport my new sandals as I frolicked in the yard. Yes, despite the fact that there was no football, it was a good day!

An Easy Going Saturday

Saturday is my sleep as late as I need to day. It is also one of the days I set aside to stay at home, if at all possible. Today, it is not possible. Trixie, my 10 year old Nissan, needed a checkup and that started our day at 8am this morning with the first diagnosis. Fortunately I was able to go back to sleep.

Once I was up, however, there were too many things to do to keep me at home. Pick up the car, go to the library, pick up ink and binders at Office Depot, Valentine’s Day cards at Hallmark, and a quick visit to the gas station. 

At home, the bed was made, for the first time in several days. The laundry from Wednesday finally got folded. School work and organizing is happening here at my little workspace and Mark is busy doing something in his office.Tonight will find us out of the house again. Our season tickets at The Ritz begin tonight with “The Opening”. While I am excited to go, I really get lazy when the weather is cold and I love a night to sit inside and sew. Sewing has not been happening enough lately. Perhaps I better get a few stitches in while I can!

Choosing To Be Brave

The brave thing to do would be to plan as if nothing stood in my way. Unfortunately, I am also a realist and I realize that, in fact, many things stand in my way.

The brave thing to do would be to move in a forward direction, one step at a time, until I am putting many steps together. So that’s what I will do. I have taken out the beautiful calendar that my dear friend Bunkey purchased for me and I am going to schedule in some “must-do’s.” I always feel better when I create a list and start attacking it. That will be my goal for this evening!

Snow Moon

Wouldn’t you know, I scheduled my observation for the day of the full moon! It is only in hindsight that I realize my foolishness. There are some classes where this really wouldn’t make a difference, unfortunately, my class this year seems to be highly sensitive to full moons, low pressure systems and a month of indoor recess. It was a recipe for disaster. Well, today wasn’t as bad and I am guessing that tomorrow may even be better. Note to self, check the calendar before scheduling my observation!

Tuesday in Second Grade, What Really Matters

Or shall we say, what is matter, really? Next week we start investigating matter. I have found matter songs, matter slides, matter powerpoints. I have found experiments with matter and investigations about matter. However, I think the best thing I found is the art project with the different states of matter made with Fruit Loops.  Next week is going to be fun in Second Grade!

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