Teaching Kindergarten Keeps You Young!

Well I had a something funny happen to me this week.  Adam and I had our pictures taken by the wonderful Carrie Ann Smith a few weeks ago.  I have one of the photos in a frame in my classroom.  Here is the picture:

On Wednesday when we walked into the room from lunch, one of my kids looked over and said "Is that your dad?".  hahahhah....it made me feel OH SO GOOD.  Sorry babe, but I couldn't keep this cute story to myself ;)  Well the day just kept getting better!  As we were walking to the bus loading zone, I saw one of my students from last year.  Keep in mind, this student is 8.  Ofcourse I stop and say hello and give her a big hug....then the same student from earlier looks at me (and my little 8 year old former student)  and says "is that your sister?"  hahahahha.  I LOVE TEACHING KINDERGARTEN!!  Clearly this young precious one of mine has NO concept of age...but I'm just going to pretend that he does, and thank God for moments like this that make your heart smile.  Well I definately learned one thing for sure....teaching kindergarten may not always keep you young, but it sure does make you feel it! 

Sometimes we just need to eat a little bit of cake...

Well I've actually turned into one of those bloggers....this could get very interesting :)  I have gone through a lot of changes in the past few years.  I started dating someone right after college and he was so completely wonderful that I married him.  He is oh so very patient (which you will see) and I love him so very much! I started teaching and although it had some bumps and challenges on the way, without a doubt I know that God has me right where he wants me.  I was put on a budget (thank you Dave Ramsey) and it has completely changed our life.  We are debt free and living on envelopes.  You know you're on a budget when you get excited about going on a date to Sonic!  Did someone say brown bag special?  ;)  I don't think my life has any crazy interesting things going on...but I wouldn't change any of it for the world.  So get ready because you are about to get all sorts of stories (and most of them will be completely random)....from stories about love, friendship, envelopes (yes, I said envelopes), to who knows what else...I hope you like geting a taste of me and my crazy but simple life...for there is one thing I have definately learned....sometimes we just need to eat a little bit of cake (more to what that means later).