05/18/09

Here are three reptilian animals.... The big flat one (last one) is a Chuckwala (I hope I spelled that correctly) and I am not sure of the other two. The one in the middle was shedding his skin. Pretty neat! Again, you may want to click on them to view the detail larger. :)


I have a few moments before we leave for Wesley's baseball game.

I have to say how proud I am of my kids. I normally don't say much about what they do in school. I don't like to be one of those parents who is always going on and on about what their child (children) does. I just have to talk about them today, though.

They both had to do a Geography Project that was assigned to my class, not their own. I expected it out of them simply because they are my kids and I wanted them to do what my class was doing. I did not hear whining and complaining from them over having to do a project that was not assigned by their own teacher. They had to have a "crash course" in Geography in the process of writing this report, making a flag and drawing a map of their countries! What I have taught my other kids all year they had to learn a lot of in 2 weeks. lol They worked very hard and gave their best.

I also made them come in and present their country in front of my class. Now, if it were in front of their own class doing a project assigned in there it wouldn't be that big of a deal but this was in front of fellow peers they have not shared a class with this year. I held the same expectations for them that I did my other students and did not give in simply because they were my own children. They EARNED their grade I gave them... not that it counts for anything in their grades except that they learned something new and a job well done. That alone is priceless. They were nervous a bit today, and rightly so, but I was just beaming inside as a Mommy as I had to be "tough" on the outside as the teacher.

Thank you for giving me a few minutes to "brag." I am just quite proud of their attitude most of all, as well as what they learned. :)