i've been bitten.

by the baby bug! It's seriously on my mind all the time, and I feel like I'm close to ready for this new adventure.

Hubs and I have talked at length about starting to try for a little bean, but I have my worries. We're at a very good place in our lives; we own our home, have steady jobs (for the moment), and we're comfortable financially. Ideally, we planned to start trying late this summer, but I have 2 half marathons coming up this fall (September and October). I'm afraid that if I get pregnant before the races, I won't be able to complete them. So this has made me decide to wait a little longer. Tim and I also have a cruise scheduled for before the holidays, and I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to get on a ship with morning sickness either.

I know that there's never going to be a "perfect" time to have a child, and I know it's not something I can plan. I have sooo many doubts on whether or not I am truly ready. I feel almost selfish for thinking of myself so much...but I guess I just want to make sure I'm truly ready.

To any mommies out there: when did you realize you were ready for a little bean??

for trisha

As I mentioned before, I'm run/walking the Nike Women's Half Marathon this October in San Fran. It's going to be a great race, and I'm so excited to be doing it with my awesome walking and teaching friend! I've decided to begin raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for this event in honor of my sister-in-law, Trisha.

She passed away in May 2005 from AML (acute myeloid leukemia. Because of this, anything to help LLS is ok in my book. I'm running this race for her this year...and I'm going to give it my all. :) Check out my fundraising page!!

running for a cause, just because

Yesterday, a few of my teacher friends and I did a 5k race benefiting the local WEAVE organization. It was for a great cause and we all had a great time!! This was supposed to be the race where I ran the entire thing, but with my hip (IT band) outta whack for the last month, I was only able to run 2 miles of the 3.1. I still finished at 40 minutes, which is what I hoped for. Yay for meeting goals!!

Here are a few pics of the girls and me. I think we may have had more fun taking all these pics than we did running the race! LOL

We all finished with great times this day...go us!

My favorite picture of the day...man, look how high I jumped!

Because

He's just so cute. I heart him!

For Good

Ok, not really...but I am WICKED in LOVE with this musical!! (not the proper use of the word, but oh well!) If you haven't seen it, you are seriously missing out. I'm a huge musical theater fan, and Tim and I went last fall to see this show when it was in SF. AMAZING. PERIOD.

I have the soundtrack in my car at all times, and lately, I've been stuck on one song. Maybe it's because it's nearing the end of the school year and I'm getting all sentimental, but I love this song and all it's meaning.

Teaching Moment Tuesday: Monkey See, Monkey Do!

I'm not a parent yet, but I like to think that the children who come into my classroom are my "children". I know that my job is the teach them how to read, write, and do math, but I try and model respectable behavior and character traits also. I know this is something that EVERY mother says, but it's seriously amazing how much these kids pick up from just observation!!

It's coming close to the end of the year, and this is always the time when my kiddos go a little wild. This year, I have a great groups of kids, but even so, there have been a few more arguments, fights, and a LOT of tattling. It gets me crazy when I have to deal with tattling, and I'm sure a lost my cool a few times last week in the midst of recess drama. So today, I decided to lay low.

I was Miss Mellow-head today, making sure to keep my voice low and calm and not make a big deal out of things. My kids have become a bit more bossy lately, so today I've been reminding to not do so by saying, "kind words, kind voice." I can't stand when they argue with each other and say things in a rude manner!

So my Audrey was in charge of calendar jobs today; and man, she's a trip! But that's a whole different story. Anyway, she was going through all the calendar activities: singing the days of the week and months of the year, etc, and when she got to the place value chart, she chose a friend to help her. When Karla came up to write on the board, she made a mistake. Adam (who has been crazy bossy lately!) began yelling, "That is NOT right!! You don't know what you're doing!" And before I could even open my mouth, Audrey bends down right in front of Adam and very calmly says, "Adam, remember, kind words and kind voices!"

Oh how I love little ones!!