Monday, September 10, 2018

9.10.18


Thankful for a new week
I love Mondays & the freshness we have after a great weekend!

Thankful that Hudson is totally healthy again!

Thankful for Open Houses! It made our evenings crazy last week, but I ADORE meeting the village that is so awesome in the educational journey of our kids.
I also love the projects that are on display.



 I love that she writes herself happy locker notes
Thankful for my students LOVING snuggle buggles and building Stamina during SSR




 Thankful for Grandpa Ray's visit! A big shout out to my mom and ray for their endless Dutch Blitz games with Hannah & handling all three H's from the crack of dawn!

 

 Thankful for fun STEM projects and dress down Fridays for Matt!

Thankful for staying connected with this family during our Hawaii year, and now my dear Karla is in 2nd grade but I have her baby sister Nay Nay & could bring these smiling cuties home for the night.

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Thankful for cute pics throughout the day in school!

Thankful for Soccer Saturdays






I love this goalie of ours and her determination. It made my momma heart sad when a few of her teammates told her she was annoying because she didn't stop all the balls... maybe she isn't as aggressive as some nor competitive ( at all!), and she was down on herself... all those voices... they are always around aren't they? It's so sad that at 8, in a just for fun league, there are already negative comments... but I was so thankful for the mom daughter chat we could have because of those comments... Genesis 50:20.... what was meant for harm was used for good... and at 8 she is a little bit wiser and understands the harm and value of words... and we just pray that she will empower others to use their words wisely too & always try new things ( like being goalie) with a "Can Do" attitude! Get it girl!




Thankful for Bob Goff just nailing it.

Thankful for Matt's encouragement to just get to the gym on our gloomy, tired Saturday... I felt so good after... and FINALLY after like a month of the weight loss challenge, there is finally a leaderboard! Aloha Ali ( me) made it!! Here's for moving on up to 1st by Oct 6!!



Thankful to have finally met Matt and Hannah's friend Jay! And hang out with these adorable love birds.



 Hooray for Mr Heberts attendance!!
 Thankful for incredible school leadership.... in this picture are a bunch of really important people from IL  and the Netherlands.
 And then there's us... Sann me and the garden queen


Thankful for Hampton's Missionary Conference being online! I look forward to my commutes now! 
Link below to listen!

Also Psalm 118 for the Monday encouragement today! 
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Monday, September 3, 2018

9.3.18

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I'm ready for you Fall!
Thankful for a new fave tune: Ceasefire by King & Country
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-l0awKd8k

Thankful for an exhausting, yet incredible week of prepping and planning! Matt has 33 6th graders and I have 17 ( we all know that number will nearly double by end of the 1st week, but here's to dreaming!)

Thankful for this on the go lunch!


 Thankful for Home Depot's on the way to school location! Mr Hebert got fully stocked with a mini forest!
 Thankful for my awesome co-workers.
I love doing "Snuggle Buggle" time during silent reading, and each kiddo needs their own snuggle guy. Buying 35 snuggle guys gets pricey, with the other bazillion items needed, but ask and you shall receive! Walked in one morning to find this! Thank you Mrs Hernandez!
 Thankful for this adorable idea sent to me from my old partner in crime. Here's to hoping I get some sort of mention in the cash prizes! #competitivemuch
 Thankful for our kiddo's help this week... Matt felt the pressure, as he just gained access to his room Tuesday, had all day meetings all day but Friday. So that one day, on the top floor, made his day busy and hectic. I kid you not, those steps are deadly! Good fit for him, tho! He's crazy and excited by the daily workout? Only Matt. πŸ˜πŸ˜…And the teacher before him, bless her sweet heart, but did hand written labels everywhere. I just couldn't.

 The reward for our hard work Friday night.... Nancy's!!

 Saturday, they let him back in, thank you lord. We could do a few more hours of sorting and getting things just right...  I learned that he is a neat freak ( already kinda knew this, but his precision to bulletin boards had me just looking the other way and smh! Just deal with the crinkles love! ) πŸ˜‚

 We love that his school follows CHAMPS. we loved using it in Hawaii!

 
In the middle of those 2 cool plants is the neon glow fish tank! 
I have always wanted one, but Matt gets it 1st and if the fish live, I will get one too! 
 His school is ALL about the cute stuff. The bulletin boards are all burlap and adorable.



 Thankful for the amazing recommendation of the most authentic Mexican food yet! Matt's school is the perfect diverse blend of Hispanic and African American, and he loves trying out his Espanol on the secretaries.




 Thankful for Mimi buying our kids our kinda dog. Hannah has been wanting and dreaming and talking alot about getting a dog... none of us want one nor will ever get one... for a long time at least... but these stuffed dogs did the trick! Lilly and Max πŸ™Œ

Thankful that we had bailed on our fun Iowa trip, although we really wanted to go, we knew a weekend at home could be really useful. 
We had no idea that Matt would need til 8pm on Friday in his class nor the whole morning there Saturday. 
We also had no idea that Hudson's respiratory stuff would flare up!
 At the exact point of complete exhaustion... our Friday night fun once kids go to bed, was listening to Hudsie and keeping a watchful eye on his breathing. 
10:30 rolled around, and it was the take him in or not decision as Urgent Care closes at midnight... he then puked, took a long bath and I just sat and held him. 
His breathing wasn't as labored, so we made the decision to wait until morning. The night was hard and tiring and made us really appreciate his normally healthy self. 
Sunday was hard, because he was getting worse, but meds couldn't come til 10am. Thankfully it all worked out and we saved the doctors visit.
 Longs Drug in Hawaii is connected to CVS and provided us a nebulizer and steroids. Finally around 5pm he was talking again. 
And now today, he is literally back to square one of healthy and happy with some raspiness. 
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 Soaking in Mimi's awesome tub was fun!
 Hannah and her gem butterfly!
 Mom Daughter Nail Date!

 Thankful for some fast Amazon shipping and a few hours of freedom to prep for fun mornings!
My mom has the great 😜😍 responsibility to get all three kids off to the bus each morning.
 Harrison and Hannah are pretty self sufficient, so that's easy.
Hudson is a whole other ball o wax. He has 35 minutes solo before he gets on the bus, so here we go! Mimi and Me mini stations.
 The first week he gets to just open each "item" ranging from Magnatiles and Pop the Pig game, and play with Mimi.
The next week I hope he can get into the dice part- roll a dice and get that bin. Trial and error baby, here we go!



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