to another school year. One full week 'under my belt' as they say. The above picture is of me and a girl named Ali, whom I have in class this year. We always have this "color alliance" competition on the first day of school, which is made up of a ton of initiative exercise/games/team building activities, etc. There was a scavenger hunt, and the kids had to find everything from 4 pound lobsters to a live black bear to a vanity licence plate to a Nomar bobblehead to LIVE earthworms, which is what Ali was digging for in the above picture. Good times....(I was wearing my Ireland soccer shirt cuz I am on the green team...doy!!)
But, the transition is very hard, and I think back to one of my favorite moments of the summer, this:
a picture I didnt even know existed...Maira sleeping on my shoulder for a couple of hours as we got ready to leave Peaks Kenney State Park from camping in August....there STILL is nothing quite like holding a sleeping child. Especially a daughter, I think....
I came home from my first day of school to a cute surprise from the kids (and Amanda..haha): Callum and Maira baked me a 'Back To School" cake! How awesome!! The first week of school was a doozie!! Working LONG days (almost like I had a real job...lol) and settling into coaching/practice/meets after school...AND having open house for the parents one night until about 730 or so. Very long week....
But all week I got to look forward to going to Seawall.......my favorite place on the planet....
....and I will write MUCH more about this tomorrow. But now, I need to go finish the fourth DIARY OF A WIMPY KID book....if you havent read any of these, as my friend Thaim would say, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. Who cares if it is a kid's book. It is UTTERLY laugh out loud hilarious. Do it.
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