This weekend was Halloween in Cedarburg. On Friday the faculty at Webster was able to wear costumes to school. Some of them were incredibly creative. I seem to usually put off thinking of a costume until the night before and have to settle for something easy... so in this traditional fashion I was a soccer coach. Having a soccer coach as a husband helped me have all the clothes for that costume! And the whistle came in handy when my students wanted to sleep during class. :) It made the day so much more enjoyable having all the faculty in costumes. The social studies teacher was "Tinky Winky", the purple teletubby. The special ed teacher was Ms. Frizzle, and the art teacher was the Mad Hatter. I think it was really fun for the kids to see a more goofy side of the teachers as well. I knew trick or treating was Saturday here, so we went out and got candy for possible trick or treaters since we live in a townhouse. As the hours passed, Alex had to break it to me we were not getting any visitors. I had a hard time giving up on the idea and still today on our walk brought up the idea, "maybe yesterday wasn't the day for trick or treating after all"..... Sadly, I think Alex is right.
I am still looking into combined Teacher Education Programs/ MAT progams. The biggest challenge for us right now is figuring out WHERE we go. Some days we want to seek adventure and take the opportunity to go somewhere completely different. And other days I feel like I want to be closer to family. We wish we had more people up here to talk with through these decisions. I am currently signed up to take the Praxis PPST in a few weeks, which is required for the education programs. I will also have to sign up to take the GRE asap for the Master's program admissions. It's feeling a bit rushed, so I am trying to not get stressed and just do what I can. I actually think being a para in 8th grade classes has really helped me in studying for the exams though. Who knew you learn so many important things in the eighth grade?! Comm Arts has been reminding me of what parallel structure is, while Pre-Algebra is reminding me of PEMDAS (the order of operations). All of those things I haven't thought about in years that will try to sneak up on me on the exam. Take THAT GRE, I'm in the eighth grade! :)
In all seriousness, it has been a good weekend. I came down with a cold on Friday and we had to stay in rather than going to our friends' home. I think in the long run it was good I got some much needed rest, and I'm feeling about 75% now. Yesterday, Alex made Chili while I made S'mores bars. Anyone who knows me knows how much I absolutely LOVE S'mores. So, when I saw a recipe for S'mores bars I knew I needed to try them. They are DELICIOUS.
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I studied most of the day for my exams, and Alex went on a run. Speaking of Alex running... he is crazy athletic. Last weekend our dear Alex decided on a whim he felt like going for a run (mind you he had not run in MONTHS). A half hour passed, then an hour (definitely my limit), and another half hour...at this point I am getting a bit nervous about where my husband has run off to. I also am feeling quite aware that wherever he is... he is WELL out of my running range. After an hour and forty five minutes a sweaty, grinning boy walks in our townhouse and announces, "I just ran a half marathon!". There you have it folks, Alex ran 13.1 miles for fun last Saturday after ZERO training... on a whim. Man, if only we were all capable of things like that!
Today we had the first snow flakes of the Wisconsin winter season. They were brief, and very hard to see... but they were there nonetheless! It was an exciting moment, and immediately sent me into thinking about which Christmas movie I want to watch first. We went to church, which was a really great service on love. Our church is doing a series on "life together" based on Timothy Keller's book "The Meaning of Marriage". Our small group is working off of this same series, and it has been really fruitful. After Church we came home and bundled up to walk downtown to read at Alex's favorite coffee shop, Cedarburg Roastery. I finished the third book in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series entitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. There were parts in this book I felt were perfectly written. In fact, I will likely end up dedicating an entire post to some of my favorite sections of the book.
All in all it was a weekend full of relaxation and laughter. We are looking forward to quality time with family and friends during the upcoming holiday season.
With love,
Shannon
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