Ultrasound Pictures

And yes it has taken me four and a half years of marriage to change the last name on my health card. Bad timing I know.

Willy Wonka Party

I've been reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to the students in my class during their snack-time. They got really into the story (they actually erupted into cheers when Charlie found the golden ticket) so I thought it would be fun to have a class Willy Wonka party. They had to earn their golden ticket by setting a goal and meeting it at least six out of ten school days. We did a Willy Wonka activity each day building up to our party and on Friday the students came into the classroom to find a Wonka bar containing a golden ticket on their desk (everyone that is except for my Mr. Chatterbox and Little Miss Lazy who didn't earn a golden ticket to the movie part of the party, but I suspect it might have a good lesson for them). Now I only have four weeks of teaching left! That's only one more classroom party to plan! Here are some pictures from the week:

Perception

In the midst of my report card marking I got some brief humorous relief today in the form of my students' perceptions of me on September 17, when they made brainstorm webs about school. Here are a few of my favorite lines:

"She loves her kids." I'm sure I would love my kids... if I had them at present.

"She teaches Grade Three." This from my very literally minded Mr. Moody.

"She is really good at gym." Hey if this is what the best athlete in my class has to say I think I have represented myself well.

"She is nice because she never hurts us." Apparently the only criterion for being a nice teacher is to restrain oneself from inflicting physical pain?

"She has nice hair." This from a little boy in my class who likes to say "Good-bye most bootifullest teacher" at the end of some school days. You can't help but love a kid who can pay compliments like that.

"She rings a bell a lot." Fact: I only ring that bell about twice a week to get the class's attention when they are doing group work or workstations.

"My teacher is about 28 years old." Hey she was a lot closer than the kid who guessed that I was turning 42 on my birthday.

I love teaching these funny kids.

Opening day = Powder day?

I finally picked up my new snowboard! It took about 20 phone calls to DHL and I admit some of them got a little heated. I got it just in time for Sunshine's opening day on Nov.11, where I was able to meet up with my brother Bri and my cousin Dal. We knew we were in for a good day when there was alot of snow at the highway since there is usually 3 times as much at sunshine village. The first run of the day was amazing and I haven't been in powder like that since before my mission. Usually on opening day there are rocks everywhere and there is only a tiny bit of snow but it was the opposite. We had a great time and I can't wait until my next powder day. You never know when the next one will be.

Matty

Update

I just had another ultrasound at the Perinatal Center on Tuesday and the doctor told me the baby looks perfectly healthy. He is 24 weeks and weighs 1 pound 4 ounces right now. He looked so cute and relaxed laying on his back with his arms and legs stretched out. He's not always so mellow though, I could swear that little monkey was jumping in my tummy the other day. The ultrasound technician also showed me how much room there is left in the womb. She said it like it was a lot but let me tell you it doesn't feel like there is a whole lot of room for the baby to grow. This tummy is getting big. Sometimes at school the belt with my headset will spontaneously burst and the equipment will go flying. I thought it was funny the first few times but it gets increasingly less funny each time it happens, which is quite regularly now. I'll post ultrasound pictures as soon as the Royal Alexandra mails them to us.