A lot of people believe an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. I'm one of the few who still believe it was texting and driving.-Steven Amiri #twitter
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Courtesy of my friend Tyler, for all you whipper snappers out there, this is how music can always be translated.
"What kind of music do you guys have here?"
"Oh we have both kinds. Country and Western"
-The Blues Brothers
Put a Ring on it
Also, since the weather has been wonderful, we have had lots of crickets, spiders, and grasshoppers to entertain my little one around the farm. My little one being Hugo, who brought in a friend on his way back from our walk...
Hugo and the Grasshopper
I've been watching Anne of Green Gables and crafting when I get home and reading Marley and Me right before I go to bed. I've been researching stuff for my kiddos on my lunch and preparing for our workshops.
Bright Haven has offered me a bit of an advancement in teaching and I would be assisitant teaching in one room instead of two rooms. Just a bit of moving up. Going to be praying about it and thinking about it and seeing if this is the path HE wants me on :)
I sooooooo want to make one of these. I love strapless dresses and hopefully you've been following this awesome blog!
Continue to pray for my coworker that had her miscarriage this past week, my dad in his week long recovery from his surgery, and now my bestbest. Ashtin has strep throat :(
Going to Fort Smith tonight with some friends to see #GirlTalk!!! So excited!
Love you all so much.
~Amber
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
My sakes are fine thanks- Pete
Ok so Dad's surgery went well. They ended up taking out a bunch of scar tissue from when he had colon cancer in 1998 and took care of a hernia on one of his bowels. That made the surgery take longer than the original 4 hours and he has to stay another night-tonight. Today they started him on solid foods and getting up and walking around. He's been very compliant about getting up on the edge of the bed and trying to move around. If he can keep food down and none of his numbers change, he should be able to go home tomorrow (Thursday). I will post on my facebook status when he will be released. Bless Robert's heart, he's stayed the night with Dad last night and tonight. And he's going to class. I have had to be at work at 6:45 yesterday and this morning. One of the teachers I work with has had a miscarriage and so she is taking the rest of the week to heal and collect her thoughts. Please keep her in your prayers. The other teacher I work with has family and her parents in upstate New York where hurricane Irene and now hurricane Jill is affecting and they have evacuated twice (last week) then came home to repair the ruins and have now evacuated for rain through Friday. Such a sad devastating week on both ends, and I've been stressed to the max as well. So please keep my friends Alison and Amanda in your prayers as well as a smooth recovery for Dad.
Work has been a good distraction other than I yawn more than I yell :P
During the mornings I have had the little ones (all 8) by myself and part of our day, we do art and it's supposed to last 40 MINUTES!!! That's so long! Since the color of the week was blue and the shape of the week was rectangle, and the body part of the week was hand, I thought- WHY NOT FINGER PAINT!?!
BAAAAD IDEA on Ms Amber's behalf.
We had blue paint everywhere! On shirt's on chairs on tables, legs, arm, hair, floor, paper, friend's hair. Sooo bad. Have you ever tried to wash 8 children's hands at once? And keep them from sticking things in the toilet and trying to drink out of the toilet (yes, you read that right). It's hilarious. Later when I tell my mom about my day that is. I'm sure that the parents and grandparents watching the nanny cam from home or work are having a good laugh all day. Sitting back with their popcorn watching me try to entertain children.
So today, we did finger painting again, but they only got to paint with ONE finger (not ten) and I had them trapped to where when they were done, I immediately wet wiped their hand off and then they went under my left leg to go throw their wipey away and I lifted my right calf to let the next child in to do their paper of finger painting and put the wet papers in the play pen to dry. It was a lot like corralling cattle for shots and ear tags. Probably a lot more messy and loud and fun. You get the picture. We made awesome paintings that I later cut out and am going to make some sort of flower shape out of tomorrow during their nap/my teacher thought time.
My children are hilarious and sweet. I love my job. Have I told you that?
So tomorrow I have another teacher's class mandated by the state of Arkansas via nwacc and then Friday is hopefully a day of rest (after work of course) and then Saturday night I'm going to Fort Smith with Markette to see Girl Talk!!! (And some other bands)
I'm excited.
I hope this was entertaining in words as it was in my head.
I'm off to bed.
Love you all very much
~Amber
Work has been a good distraction other than I yawn more than I yell :P
During the mornings I have had the little ones (all 8) by myself and part of our day, we do art and it's supposed to last 40 MINUTES!!! That's so long! Since the color of the week was blue and the shape of the week was rectangle, and the body part of the week was hand, I thought- WHY NOT FINGER PAINT!?!
BAAAAD IDEA on Ms Amber's behalf.
We had blue paint everywhere! On shirt's on chairs on tables, legs, arm, hair, floor, paper, friend's hair. Sooo bad. Have you ever tried to wash 8 children's hands at once? And keep them from sticking things in the toilet and trying to drink out of the toilet (yes, you read that right). It's hilarious. Later when I tell my mom about my day that is. I'm sure that the parents and grandparents watching the nanny cam from home or work are having a good laugh all day. Sitting back with their popcorn watching me try to entertain children.
So today, we did finger painting again, but they only got to paint with ONE finger (not ten) and I had them trapped to where when they were done, I immediately wet wiped their hand off and then they went under my left leg to go throw their wipey away and I lifted my right calf to let the next child in to do their paper of finger painting and put the wet papers in the play pen to dry. It was a lot like corralling cattle for shots and ear tags. Probably a lot more messy and loud and fun. You get the picture. We made awesome paintings that I later cut out and am going to make some sort of flower shape out of tomorrow during their nap/my teacher thought time.
My children are hilarious and sweet. I love my job. Have I told you that?
So tomorrow I have another teacher's class mandated by the state of Arkansas via nwacc and then Friday is hopefully a day of rest (after work of course) and then Saturday night I'm going to Fort Smith with Markette to see Girl Talk!!! (And some other bands)
I'm excited.
I hope this was entertaining in words as it was in my head.
I'm off to bed.
Love you all very much
~Amber
Rawr
I hope everyone is having a Happy Labor Day.
I am in a pit of ridiculousness. I think every single area of my life is just not where it needs to be. I'm happy with most aspects of my life and what I'm doing, but I just don't feel like this is exactly what God wants me to do. Just need some tweaking. I'm working on it. I have tons of plans and when i say i have plans, they are not goals or dreams, they are plans.
SO back to the rawr.
Last Tuesday was Tyler's 22nd birthday. His girlfriend Islaya made him this three layer chocolate cake with cream cheese icing. From scratch. She was up til 2am baking this thing. It was delicious and she decorated it with dinosaurs and fossils of dinosaurs. It was the neatest thing. We had an awesome night. If you've never been to open mic night, you should go. It's now on Tuesdays at the Rowdy Beaver behind Chipotle on Dickson.
Also, we got a new dinosaur mask for our dramatic play area in the VOYAGERS room and so I had to take pictures and therefore have to share. My kiddos are the greatest things alive.
Every tear I have shed over the last two years has been covered with the laughs and smiles and kisses I get from these darlings. Until it's like naptime or after playground time bc then they become heathensbutilovethemanyways.
Hope this made you smile. Let's count it as the juggling and the good.
Good when the juggling is good eh?
Love
Amber
I am in a pit of ridiculousness. I think every single area of my life is just not where it needs to be. I'm happy with most aspects of my life and what I'm doing, but I just don't feel like this is exactly what God wants me to do. Just need some tweaking. I'm working on it. I have tons of plans and when i say i have plans, they are not goals or dreams, they are plans.
SO back to the rawr.
Last Tuesday was Tyler's 22nd birthday. His girlfriend Islaya made him this three layer chocolate cake with cream cheese icing. From scratch. She was up til 2am baking this thing. It was delicious and she decorated it with dinosaurs and fossils of dinosaurs. It was the neatest thing. We had an awesome night. If you've never been to open mic night, you should go. It's now on Tuesdays at the Rowdy Beaver behind Chipotle on Dickson.
Also, we got a new dinosaur mask for our dramatic play area in the VOYAGERS room and so I had to take pictures and therefore have to share. My kiddos are the greatest things alive.
Every tear I have shed over the last two years has been covered with the laughs and smiles and kisses I get from these darlings. Until it's like naptime or after playground time bc then they become heathensbutilovethemanyways.
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| Ryan |
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| Lexi |
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| Alice the Dinosaur |
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| Abby the Dinosaur |
Hope this made you smile. Let's count it as the juggling and the good.
Good when the juggling is good eh?
Love
Amber
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