my pink life, mi vida rosada

This sweet baby of mine.... she's pretty pink for Halloween. Her Grandmary loves flamingos, so we surprised her at the fall festival with her very own little flamingo. I made the costume -- I told myself over and over not to be a perfectionist -- because if anyone looks closely, they will see a lot of shortcuts! My sweet girl even kept the flamingo hat on without complaining or pulling at it.

I'm waiting a few more minutes, then will have to make a phone call.  I hate talking on the phone, but I need a few answers.... I'll be starting my new job soon, soon, and must respond to a parent email about the textbook she needs to purchase for her daughter.  I didn't choose the textbook, and it turns out that it is ridiculously expensive. The parent wants to know whether she can buy it used, or must purchase it new with an access code to the textbook's website.  So I must call, and talk to the veteran teacher, who doesn't like to respond to questions via email, to find out how closely I am expected to follow the book and use the online resources, then respond to the parent about whether we will be using all of the fancy audio and video resources online or not. I'm on the fence about it -- following the textbook and using all of the resources is much less personally interesting for students.  On the other hand, it sure does make planning easier for me if ...

I'm procrastinating...so in the meantime...I'll do a little pros and cons list of possible future employment opportunities that are staring me in the face, demanding that I find and rewrite my educational philosophy and update my CV. As I detailed here, not too long ago, I was not very happy with the way that things were handled by the principal of the school I teach at as she decided to move me from teaching 3rd grade to 2nd, at the same time I was very pregnant and planning to miss the first twelve weeks of school. Being back at school, teaching a new grade level, in another language, with limited resources and limited time to devote to the job, I have become interested in pursuing other options. And the options are available, if I can get my act together and make a move, rather than simply procrastinating. So here we go with the pros and cons! Stay at the same school, but loop to 3rd grade with the same bunch of students I have this year: pros: 1. I know the kids al...

Oh, the cuteness!

What a whirlwind! We spent the holidays in Chile, visiting sweet hubby's family. The peanut met her abuelitos and spent a whole lot of time with them -- no tummy time for two whole weeks! They don't believe in putting babies on the floor. She was a rock star on the flights (there and back, even overnight!. She learned to sleep without being swaddled. She convinced a few people that babies don't ALWAYS need to have socks on. We returned home on Saturday, and I returned to work this morning. I'm hopeful that by the time students return to school on Wednesday that I'll actually be ready to teach them, and not feel so far behind all the time. Sweet hubby took Peanut to her 4 month check up. Her doctor says she moves like a 6 month old. Goodness gracious. And that she needs to do a whole lot more tummy time, since she's getting a bald spot on the back of her head. Here are just a few cell phone pictures from our trip!