7.07.2010

last published post May 19, 2010 | eek

The list of excuses I have for my Zolirew negligence are long and uninteresting - but I'll share a few: with the middle of May came the end of spring term and marked the end of one year of graduate school (with only one left to go). And with the end of spring term came the dreaded 85+ page work sample... a crazy insane document that really (most likely) will be read by no one. Just another hoop to jump through, so I jump. Then there was the end of the school year which always comes with last minute field trips, field day, 5th grade graduation, assemblies...you name it. For a time, I felt like I lived at the elementary school and not at home. What other grand excuses can I muster? Let's see... Steve's summer job, repainting bedrooms, camping on beaches, the list goes on.

With Zolirew - all I can do is pick up where I left off and go from there.

Forgive my late posts.

Here are Zoey and Livy on their last day of school with their teachers (who may well kill me for posting these). I want to thank Livy's teacher for being so patient, kind, sweet, and caring toward Livy all year long. For nurturing her creative spirit, waiting for her to find her way in line, and comforting her when she felt the world had wronged her...and of course for furthering her knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic! She had "the best yeawr evewr!"



And, as for Zoey's teacher(s) - where to begin... Zoey had the incredible fortune of having not one teacher, but two teachers! The frequent volunteer in her third grade classroom is not only the wife of her regular teacher, but a certified teacher herself. The benefits were indescribable. I think every classroom should have two teachers! Thank you to this husband/wife team for encouraging Zoey to reach higher, try harder, and expect nothing but the best of herself. She truly loved third grade and still talks about the things she learned within those classroom walls. I'm ashamed to admit, she even teaches us a thing or two on a fairly regular basis.



More to come soon... I mean it this time!