Yesterday, my Kindergarten class had Pajama Day with Cocoa and Mustache cookies!!! I found these amazing cookie cutters and just knew that 5 and 6 year-olds would appreciate them.
Over this last week, I have been just watching and listening about the comments from others on Facebook, the radio, and Twitter all about the tragedy in CT. I did not say anything because I just did not know what to say. I just wanted to to take time to reflect and pray about it. It was like watching a nightmare that I could not turn off, I just had to know more about it so that I could make sense of it. I was pestering my husband about the gun laws in Georgia. I could not believe how easy it is to buy a gun and license to carry. It really shocked me all of the places that you can legally carry a gun if you have a license. I told my husband that maybe I need to learn how to use one. Not to buy of course, but to educate myself on how to use one and also in how to protect myself/others. It made me think about how I would handle that situation or other situations that require you to think fast and make life saving choices. I don't think that for me it is about learning so that I can survive, it is more about doing all that I can do to keep myself and others safe. I just want a "fighting chance", I want to feel prepared. I look at it like learning self-defense, which is probably also something I should seriously consider. I took more time to slow down and give the attention to my students. I put my computer away and all of the daily paperwork and welcomed each student with a hug. This will be my New Year's resolution, to say "no" to always starting things early so I can "get ahead", and slow down to in the moment. I will put more time and effort into the important side of school which is the children.
I had to share this picture below. My cat Tacky who just loves to explore, decided that she is obsessed with presents. It took a while to get her out of there.
