I am in charge of lunch duty for our Pre-K 3 class.  With little hands and fingers, much help is needed.  Parents pack the children's lunch but it still needs to be opened and straws inserted into juice boxes.  I hear choruses of Miss Debbie from the whole group of children at once.  Each one needs help and ...they want that help NOW! I've had to stop at times and ask them "How many Miss Debbie's are there?".  They laugh and shout ONE Miss Debbie!  So I ask them to raise a quiet hand.  I tell them they need to learn to be patient.  …

Life can become busy at times.  And no, I've not been hiding.  I've been moving ...still. There are only two weeks left in the school year so it's a very busy time.  I've missed blogging and visiting my blogging friends. But there have been many blessings to share. My niece Kristin and her husband had a baby girl named Kenzie.  She is my great niece and she's adorable. Have I mentioned that I love babies?  I can't wait to hold her.  These are the times when I wish I didn't live so far away. My Aunt Ruth celebrated her 75th…

The caterpillars arrived in our Pre-K 3 classroom.  It was so exciting!  The children had fun looking at them and hearing a story about " The Crawly Caterpillar ". Each day the kids had the opportunity to observe.  Heidi and I reminded them that we see with our eyes and not our hands. They watched the caterpillars.  They began to form a chrysalis and the children learned all about this process.  It seemed like nothing was happening.  But all of the action was going on inside.  The old parts of the caterpillar were undergoing a transformation ca…