i made this blog myself

phineas is quickly becoming my favorite student. here are some jems from this week:

: we started math center rotations (they are all in fixed groups). the next day, they rotated to a new center (still in the same fixed group of kids). after centers ended, phineas comes over and says
"hey! it was the old gang back together again! all the same kids were in my group - it was great!"

: today was phineas' birthday and he brought store-bought cupcakes. as they're eating, he says to the kid next to him
"do you like the circle sprinkles? yeah, i made these myself."

bahahahahahhaha! he is KILLING me. i hope my kid is as hilarious as phineas.

i'm totally bringing back the half-pony tail. no clips, no pieces falling out, nothing fancy. just the good old pony tail holder, holding up half my hair. bam

this is literally the best picture of the front. i took a bajillion photos and i look stupid in all of them. bonus: my shirt is belted into my pants!

of course, that will not stop me from posting them on the interwebs for your enjoyment.

is there seriously anyone in the world who doesn't love lolcats?

firstly, HELLO to my new reader Rania! I like to publicly shout out to people who tell me they read this thing. Did everyone know that Rania's name is awesome to pronounce/shout, has an awesome Georgia accent, AND is an awesome teacher? well, it is, she does, and she is.

secondly, i wanted to record for my own reference that i had a great day! it was the first day this year that i actually enjoyed spending time with my students. i didn't loose my shit at all. my shit stayed firmly in its place! hooray! so here's an actual Shit My Students Say from this year:

Me: "So, literally the poem mentioned a pond and we drew a pond. We need to write 'pond' under 'Literal'."
*Phineas [clearly pleased with himself]: "Um, do we need to ponder that? Get it? Pond. Ponder."
Me [busting up]: "Oh yes, let's ponder the pond for a moment!"

So, when i was looking for "lolcat happy" and google suggested "lolcat harry potter". obviously i searched for that and here is what i got:


for my thoughts on this, please refer to the post title.

now i'm off - to spend time with the husband and cook up something special for this lady:
*for anyone new or who doesn't remember, i like to create nicknames for my students. this kid reminds me of Phineas from Phineas & Ferb:

so, he's got that going for him