Winding up to wind down

I have 6 1/2 days left of school :) 1 is a field trip to the park and another is a field day put on by PFA, so really it's less than that. I'm very excited to get to sleep in and be "unstressed" for a while. I don't really notice stress with my day to day activities but my attitude at school is different when I'm stressed. I have to remind myself to smile sometimes (my poor class).
Paul brought home the stone from Upper Valley Stone, or something like that, to create a legit. front porch and back deck. I'm very excited. It means we're 1/16 closer to grass!!

Brittney graduates college next weekend, so we're going to my parents house for Memorial Weekend. My grandparents will be there too, so it will be a full house. We're going to take Jack :) That'll make for an interesting 2 hour drive, especially since we don't have a kennel for him. Don't worry, we bought puppy training pads for the car floor mats but he usually barks when he needs to go. Hope he keeps that up!

Notes from my students

Like I mentioned, today was write your teacher a note day. I got Reeses from one girl, because they know they're my favorite! This was a poem written for me by Keelie:
Mrs. Stanger

She is my teacher

And a wonderful creature

It was her first year,

and she jumped into it just like a pool

And taught us many great tools

Mrs. Stanger, she's way cool

She's always enthusiastic

I think it's fantastic

Mrs. Stanger has a great attitude

And I would like to show my gratitude

How cute is that!? I got some cute cards and sweet notes about how I was the best teacher one girl had ever had (that's such a compliment!) I got lots of notes saying they wish I could be their teacher again next year :)
One of my students who struggles made a cute card using the foam letters. It says: Mrs. Stanger You are a cool teacher. I was surprised to get one from him!

Teacher Appreciation Week

This week is teacher appreciation week at my school. Monday was sign up to give teacher's treats at their faculty meeting day. I have to say I had the best peanut butter and chocolate bars EVER. Today was bring your teacher flowers day. I have quite the boquet. Some students picked them from their garden, some students picked them from a bush, one even cut a branch off a tree at her house (it was a pretty smelling flowered branch). I also got roses, tulips, carnations, and lilies. It's pretty. One student brought 6 roses and as I was letting them into the class she was giving one to another student :) So she gave me 5 and the other girl gave me the other 1, I thought that was kinda funny. Friday they're supposed to write notes and things. I'll be sure to add any good ones!