Funny in the Classroom

Teaching keeps me very busy and sometimes worn out. But it is moments like these that keep me going.

On Friday I was doing a character development lesson. I was teaching the students that it is okay to feel emotions, but it is the choices we make when we feel those emotions that are important.

I taught them the sign for “smart” and “foolish” in sign language. I would describe an emotion, then say a choice someone could make when they feel that emotion. The students had to show me if they thought that was smart or foolish in sign language. I then gave them an opportunity to think of some choices. I said “What is a foolish choice you could make if you were feeling happy” One boy raised his hand and said “If you build your house on sand”.

Sometimes people ask me how I teach Kindergarten. I really can’t imagine teaching any other grade. 5 and 6 year olds are the best!

Our First Married Christmas December 2011

We had a fantastic Christmas break. One of the benefits of marrying a young man still in school is that we get two whole weeks, plus some, to enjoy a wondering Christmas vacation.

Our vacation started out with a drive to Oregon with the Packers. We were fortunate enough to borrow our parents’ (Pinder’s) car so that we could all fit in one vehicle. The Packer boys did pretty well…including Nate, so all in all the drive wasn’t bad.

Bennett with some sweet shades, enjoying a bit of a break from sitting while playing ball with Bryce

We got to spend a week in Ashland with the entire Morris clan. It was crazy fun with 10-12 adults and 7 little kids. Mom did a great job of planning some fun things for us to do, as well as give us down time to enjoy just being together.

Highlights include but are not limited to:  the temple, downtown Ashland, dodgeball, kickball, the Ashland cabaret, bowling, eating at a delicious Mexican restaurant, Jessica’s birthday including a dollar party, Nativity with the little ones as the star roles, opening presents all day long on Christmas, playing tennis with the whole family and of course just being together.

After Oregon we got to spend another relaxing week in Utah which included dinner and a movie (mission impossible iv…sooo good) with the Pinder Parents and Scott and Pauline (Bryce’s aunt and uncle), Dinner on New Year’s Eve and good times at the Pinder home, lunch with Bryce’s friends in Salt Lake (I got lost in Fashion place mall because Bryce was trying to avoid someone and I forgot I didn’t have my phone so we got separated. Being lost, even at age 25, is not fun).

For more pictures and details of the good times in Oregon see the following posts:

http://wearethepackers.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-in-ashland-part-i.html

http://jacobandstacey.blogspot.com/?zx=1147c264090e96e2

http://daveandlizmorris.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-2011.html

http://sjmalan.blogspot.com/2012/01/preschool-bowling-and-more-treasure.html

Here are some pictures of the good times.

 

        

            

Enjoying some nephew time with baby Ryan and little James

Playing a little dodgeball at the church.

    

Jumping on the trampoline. Poor little Ethan just hung on for dear life and kept saying “wo…wo…woooo!”

Waiting our turns for bowling and later finding “santa”…we found him on every page, even all the items in the book. We are that good.

Christmas Day Craziness

In true Morris fashion, some good ol’ tennis.

 

The whole Morris clan.