A Very Busy School Week

Two posts in one day . . . I've been saving up!

This school week absolutely flew by – the week before an entire week off (an Irish mid-term break) definitely caused the kids (and teachers I might add) to be just a bit crazy! Anyways, on Wednesday my cooperating teacher was actually out for the day, so I was the substitute teacher! I had the kids all day completely on my own and it was great! They were well-behaved and I really enjoyed being “the adult” in the room. My principal came in a couple times - I’m pretty sure that he thought the kids might have me crying in the back corner – as they have apparently done with 1 or 2 other substitutes! But by the end of the day, he was actually offering me a job! I simply just tried to make the day as normal as possible – I even somehow managed to teach an Irish lesson (even though I don’t know a bit of Irish/Gaelic)!

On Friday we let the kids dress up in costumes seeing as though they will all be on break for Halloween. Let me tell you, it was hilarious! Everybody picked a fairly normal thing to be, examples: cheerleader, hippie, butcher, etc. BUT then they all put a gory spin on it, examples: dead cheerleader, decapitated hippie, murdering butcher. Heck, I even had a dead Tooth Fairy! They're a bit bloodthirsty at that age apparently, and all really just wanted to add blood to their costumes and get their faces painted! Also, "Star Wars" is huge with kids over here, so you will notice both Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper in my pictures! I simply put on a witch hat for the day (insert witty comment here)! We played traditional Irish Halloween games (like "snap-apple" - don't ask!) and read scary stories pretty much all day. Not a lot of learning happening, but definitely a lot of fun!

On the horizon . . . Megan will be arriving bright and early tomorrow morning . . . so stayed tuned to see how much trouble the Ruf girls can get into in Ireland. Did I mention we're renting a car?!?!?!?!