Happy Easter! I love bunnies! My sister and I had a couple bunnies as pets when we were kids. One of the bunny’s played with our dog. They would chase each other around the yard and play together. It was the funniest thing to watch! After we got married, I bought Mike a bunny for his birthday. Ironically, that is also how I found out that he was deathly allergic to rabbits so I had to return it! Anyway, we spent this morning eating bunny shaped pancakes and scrambled eggs. I am really lucky my kids are such good sports (although they refused to take pictures) lol! We will be going next door to my parents for a BBQ later this afternoon.
Spring break has come and gone. For as little as I did, it sure went by fast! I did have a follow up appointment with my primary care doctor in regards to my leg. My muscle is still torn, but it is attached to the bone so he doesn’t think I’ll need surgery. Yay me! He said to keep an eye on it and take it easy for the next couple of months. I have taken the next three Mondays off in order to get some extra rest and use up my personal days 🙂
As for school, the countdown to the end is on! The countdown in my head of course. Kindergartners can’t handle a countdown. They’ll either cry about it everyday or lose their ever loving minds and I don’t have it in me to deal with either, so I’m keeping the countdown in my head. I’m also beginning to realize how much I have to do to prepare to move rooms. Again. This year, I will be moving from a huge kindergarten classroom to a small office. I am excited, nervous and exhausted just thinking about it!
Next week, we will be conducting our standardized state testing. We will also begin our butterfly/insect unit. My grade level ordered butterflies from Insect Lore again this year and they are being delivered sometime between Wednesday and Thursday. We will each receive one cup containing 5 caterpillars each. This is such an exciting time of year! The kids go absolutely nuts during the caterpillar to butterfly transformation. I tell them that at the beginning of kindergarten, they were like the little caterpillars (whiny, crying, snot-filled caterpillars) and now each of them has completed their own transformation into beautiful independent butterflies. We will be completing many science standards next week as we record our observations and learn about the life cycle and habitat of butterflies and other insects. We will also be hard core practicing for our end of the year program which will be in just three and a half weeks. I want this to be the best program yet since it will be my last one. Mackenzie and I worked on making some props over spring break. The kids are going to be so excited!
Click on the link below to see my plans for next week.