This week has been really cold--so snow books seemed to fit perfectly.

First Grade listened to me read Jan Brett's Three Snow Bears.  Then we took the AR test together to practice test taking skills.  We finished by watching a video from Jan Brett's website.  I love the way she talks to the students about why and how she writes a book.  We didn't watch all of this but got to see the real polar bears, her trip to the Arctic Circle, and the beginning of her drawing a baby polar bear.




Kindergarten Students enjoyed listening to Snow by Uri Shulevitz, and then All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle.  I told them I wanted them to be prepared if it ever snowed in Tyler.  We finished library by creating our own snowmen.  

January Currently

I really love college football. This is fun time with my husband

My daughter was home from her job in NYC, my son home from Texas A&M. We spent lots of time with my brother and his family and our friends.  Christmas was relaxed and fun.

My life isn't perfect-- but I can see God's hand in it.

I love decorating the house--- but hate taking it down.

I really need to spend time in my closet--maybe that can be my summer job.

My family has always eaten homemade tamales for Christmas Eve.  This year Matt got us some from a little Mexican shack under a railroad bridge-- he swears they have a current health department inspection.  These were the best tamales ever--they were wrapped in banana leaves not corn husks!