We've started the third week of school and it has been really good. I find that each day has it's own beauty. Yesterday, Tyron was doing super star and he brought all of his motor bike gear. He walked into the classroom complete with huge helmet and heavy biker boots. He had plastic armor under his jersey and special heavy pants. The kids were stunned and in awe! I had to run down stairs to make a quick copy and when I came in they were all collected on the carpet and so intrigued. They were using such great manners and so of course we earned a cooperation jewel. :)

For the past couple of weeks we've not had a steward and it's been hard. Cooking daily meals, doing 2 loads of laundry and tackling those every invasive dust bunnies was overwhelming. We worked it out with Tim and got Lawrence back for two days! Yipppeeeee! He is currently in the kitchen. The pans banging the dryer humming and the local hip hop blasting is all music to my ears!

Today Bookie pooped bright red seeds all over our carpet. Our whole classroom is tile except for two places of throw rugs. In our library there are two small rugs that our parents have brought in to make the space more cozy. This is where we found the surprises. Of all places! However, I love the fact that we have Bookie to learn responsibility so it was the Pet Pals job to clean it up. I wish you could have seen their twisted and goofy faces as they walked back and forth from the trash can with crumbled up napkins. The funny thing is this all happened two minutes before lunch and our first student council meeting. So, the 1st and 2nd grade reps and new 1st grade teacher were greeted with excited exclamations of "Bookie pooped!" It's always an adventure in our class. Oh, not to mention the bizzerk fire alarm next to our room was blaring as well. It's been malfunctioning and frazzling my nerves since school started.