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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Halloween Learning







Wednesday I woke up with dread in my heart. Halloween...26 kids...report-card writing hangover...all spells bad news in the middle of the week. But my little monsters made me proud. They moved through Halloween-themed learning centres all morning and had a great time! The favourite was the pumpkin decorating centre. A Kinder Grandma had donated 12 pumpkins to the class so we painted and collaged to our heart's content. They turned out great! They just love to learn. I love that about this age group.

So now report cards are written and Halloween is done, all I have left is 26 parent-teacher interviews to do. I've never been this tired by October before. My soap opera life always keeps me on the go. We are still waiting for a long-term care bed for my husband and in the meantime it is a struggle to keep us with his needs. We have a sewer problem right now and an ice dam over the door because of the foot and a half of snow that dumped in one 24 hour period 2 weeks ago. But my sister and niece are here and we are learning how to work as a family. It is so nice not to be alone in this drama. Once we all recover from the flu and are healthy again then I think we will find a rhythm of life that works for us.