Lists, Lists, Lists

Lists are my thing. So here's what I did today.

1.  Visited with my second grade class from last semester.  They were so surprised to see me because I hadn't been back in a couple of weeks.  I got to read to them, listen to their funny conversations, play outside with them, and walk them to class.  But the best part happened in a subtle gesture.  My cooperating teacher decided to make girl/boy lines and make it a quiet contest on the way to music.  One of my favorite kids, Emma, said "Miss Garwood, you're in the boy line" and quietly laughed at me.  She then took my hand and pulled me into the right line.  We held hands the entire way to music and she squeezed my hand the whole time.  I love my class :)

2.  Shadowed a bus driver.  Since I have to drive a bus on on the Rez in SoDak, my mom hooked me up with a bus driver from her school.  It was fun to watch and interact with the kids. This school district is special.  They are a huge farm community and at each stop seriously four kids from the family get off.  It's great to see that kind of a community. Maybe one day when I come back to Indiana and my mom retires then I'll take her place as the newest kindergarten teacher :)

3.  Stole a bunch of stuff from my mom's closet at school.  I'm now the proud owner of numerous name plates, pocket charts, birthday/color/month charts, student of the week activities and even a huge 3 layer container of craft items.  The teacher torch has officially been passed down, finally.

4.  Had dinner at Dynasty with my high school best friend, Cassie.  It's our favorite place to eat together and always will be.  We caught up on each other's lives and made inappropriate dinner convo.  I just like seeing the people's reactions around us hehe.  I love how we may not see each other in awhile but it's like we're still seniors in high school just chilling at the beach.  Since she didn't bring her toddler with her, we even managed to fit in some speeding along the way :)

5.  Started packing for camp!  I decoupaged my drawers and am super duper excited about it!  Expect more pictures soon. Also that I seriously have ten different lists going for different things I need to get or accomplish before Saturday.  Let the rush begin!