Palm Sunday

It feel sacrilegious to post this on Easter... but the comic did make me laugh really hard, so I will use it to start off Holy Week.

Happy Palm Sunday.

 

These Two

Howard and Caroline have been very into dramatic play lately.  They make up a pretend scenario and assign roles to each other and then act out their activity.

This particular day, Caroline was the Mom and Howard was the Dad and they were loading up the cart to go grocery shopping... but Howard also had the horse and a gun that he needed to bring along.  Also, notice the three babies they are juggling.  It took them quite a while to work out their travel logistics to the three babies, the horse and the gun were all ready to go to the store.

 

10 On The 10th

10 picture taken on the 10h of the month... 

many in the car when you're a traveling vision teacher.

Post workout picture

In the care on the way to school 

Rain in the valley... snow in the mountains

The kid's dropped off and now driving and making work calls.

Long list

Many braillers...

Grading a braille assignment

Picked up kids.

Almost home

Bedtime.

 

One Month...

One Month from today will be a big day...

One month from today will be the culmination of something I began working on last January... something that literally started with one door being closed in my face and God opening a window for this idea.

This idea started in my head and has been my baby throughout the process.  I have one other teacher assisting me... but this is event is the culmination of my hard work and investment.

Here are the details:

I have a new student this year in 6th grade at a local middle school who is blind due to a brain tumor she has been fighting since she was 3 years old.  She is such an inspiration. 

Working with this student was my first exposure to the challenges of someone living with a brain tumor and from our working together this year came this idea for a Brain Tumor Awareness Event for our community.  We want my student to know there are other people in the valley suffering from brain tumors, and no one is alone in their fight.

We are partnering with some local schools creating a Brain Tumor Awareness Week during the week leading up to the race to really increase awareness in this area, especially with this studen's peers.

The event is a 1K Emoji Fun Run on Saturday May 11 at 10:00am in Silt.  We are partnering with the Silt Police Department and their annual Bike Safety Rodeo.  The race starts at one Park and ends at another Park where the Silt PD Bike Rodeo will be happening at the same time.  "Come for the Race!  Stay for the Rodeo!"

Race participants are encouraged to dress to support someone fighting a brain tumor... or dress like an emoji!

If participants register before April 18, they are guaranteed a race t-shirt.

We are hoping for a great family and youth turnout, so youth prices are available for kids ages 5-18.

All the proceeds go to the National Brain Tumor Society.

We have received monetary and in-kind donations from organizations up and down the valley and we have been thrilled by the community response thus far.

The race registration is available here:

https://gograyinmay1kemojifunrun.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=12006

Oh Yes...

What a Man

The other day, the kids wanted to play with the hose again.  So I got everyone in shorts and undershirts, and let them run around the yard with the hose.

At one point, Tracey was on top of the swing set, and she wanted Howard to hand her the hose.

Instead of just picking it up, he ended up dragging it around the other side... and these are the pictures I was able to snap. 

He just looks so gosh darn grown up and like such a hard little worker.

 

Adorable Until...

Lee Lee was so adorable the other day... she was scooping Lloyd's food out of his big food bin, and walking one tiny scoop over to his food bowl at a time.

Yes... 

It was very adorable...

Until she dumped out Lloyd's (very full) water dish all over the floor of our pantry -- where we keep all the cardboard boxes of food like mac and cheese, granola bars, boxes of cereal, and more...

It was adorable...