dear summer, please hurry!

multiple absurd things happened in my classroom this week. sometimes i wish i had a video recording... not so much to watch myself teach (ick!) but to have some record of the absolutely out-of-control behavior that takes place. here are a few snippets:

1. i gave glow bracelets to 3 kids as a reward for good behavior. one set it on his desk and 2 minutes later said, "mrs. alberts, somebody took my bracelet." i gave him another, walked my class outside, and soon noticed another student wearing the bracelet. he HAD NOT received one. he blatantly stole it and then stupidly wore it on his freaking wrist. when i confronted him he said, "oh, i just found this." (!!!!!!!!! WHAT?! are you kidding me right now?!?!?!?!? !!!!!!!)

2. a boy said, "you're just mean," when i told him he lost a point on his spelling test due to repeated talking during the test.

3. a girl utterly refused to complete a math problem. she put her head down and ignored the fact that i told her she'd get lunch detention. then later in the day she yelled repeatedly, "i have to peeeeeeeeeeee. i'm going to pee myself" while laughing hysterically.

4. three girls stayed in the bathroom for over 8 minutes today. i scolded them severely and threatened consequences if it ever happened again. THEN i caught them passing a note about how they'd been so loud in the bathroom that another teacher came in and took down their names to give to the principal. seriously, ladies, you're all 10 years old. give me a break.

5. recently a parent threw an absolute fit about her daughter getting a 78 in social studies due to not completing a project. b/c of extenuating circumstances not compelling enough to outline here, her daughter got a chance to make up the grade with a different project. to avoid any more nonsense, i gave the girl almost a month to complete a super easy assignment. she turned it in yesterday right after i overheard her telling another girl, "i did it all last night". (holy cow make me want to spit in your face, why don't you?)

seriously, is it june 10th yet? i kinda don't want to see most of these faces again for a very very long time.

spring vacation 2011

spring break was not nearly long enough. plus the weather was utterly awful. howeverrrrrrr, i did have some quality time with some quality friends. i spent a lot of hours traveling & even more hours talking and laughing and catching up. (didn't take nearly as many photos as i wanted. darn)
NYC stores can be soooooo wacky!
ann-chan & i were finally reunited!
(katz's deli was where harry met sally. who knew?!)

buffalo has beautiful botanical gardens...

i hung out with my 3 favorite curly haired friends:

& fan made me an awesome print using collodium...

oh spring dresses,,,,

oh vey, spring dresses torture my soul. i wandered into a store called "brooklyn industries" with ann yesterday and fell in love with two darling dresses.

if i had 59 dollars to spend (since that's the sale price), i'd buy this one:
and if i won the lottery and had 99 dollars to spend on one dress, i'd buy this one:

[i may or may not have spent part of the train ride home brainstorming if there are any special occasions coming up that i could use as an excuse to ask for this dress. my half birthday maybe? ;)]

change? not so much

i just tried red for my blog background for less than 24 hours.

just can't do it. i'm a gray kind of girl.

next up: DIY crayon roll

today i'm dragging my friend liz to joann fabrics. (she doesn't know it yet, because i only mentioned the idea of going to the mall. but the fabric store is soooooo close. and i have a 50% off coupon.)

here's what i'm looking to make next:
so my goal at joanns is to find some darling fabric. i plan to make these for all my little kid friendlies this spring/summer.

2:30 am conversation

me: you ok, babe?
J: what? yeah. i just woke up all sweaty.
me: wanna move to the guest bed?
J: no. my alarm is set.
me: well, i can set my phone and bring it in there w/ us.
J: well, ok.

(we grabbed our pillows, walked down the hall 10 steps, and crashed in our nicely made-up guest bed. this morning we woke up and J said to me, "that blanket is a lot cooler than ours!")

follow up: braided bracelets

spring break officially started at 3pm on friday & my sore throat became the worst it had been all week. J. and i got all gussied up to go to the prom, but i came home at 9pm and went to bed. we both slept terribly & woke up before 7, then stocked up on decongestant, nasal spray, and hydrogen peroxide at CVS. we went back to sleep for most of the morning & i ended up canceling my trip to baltimore to visit mandy. the day was cold and it poured rain, so i was miserable.

we both woke up today feeling significantly better, plus it's SUNNY outside (always good for my spirits!). i've spent a little time making bracelets using that tutorial i posted last week...

my husband the hoarder went through his t-shirt drawer and generously donated a few oldies to my project pile. the colors are basic, but still great.