May 23...

...a week away from June and Sunday night we were sitting around doing this in long sleeve shirts and sweaters. At least we didn't get snowed on like Salt Lake!!

I told everyone to look really cold for the picture. I guess the guys weren't on board for that one...thanks Stacey!

I was in charge of the dessert for Sunday dinner this week. I decided I would make a double layer chocolate cake. Instead I got the leaning tower of Pisa. It sill tatsed good. I love cooking, but I am still working on my presentation.

I love how there is chocolate on Tori's face even before we cut into it...

Knott's Berry Farm

This past weekend Ryan and I helped chaperone Manion Middle School's band choir and orchastra trip to Knott's Berry Farm. My dad used to work at the school and still helps chaperone someof the trips. This time Ryan and I tagged along. The whole weekend I kept wondering my I took a day off of work from my 6th graders to spend it with kids. All in all it was a fun trip. We left Friday morning. Spent the night at the Knott's Berry Farm hotel and then spent Saturday at the park. Here are a few pics from the trip.

This was by far the WORST ride. We waited in line for 2 HOURS to go on a 1 minute ride. We were sitting in the very front. I closed my eyes the entire ride down.

Thank goodness for cell phones to keep us entertained during the long waits

Did you know??

Knott's berry farm stated out as an actual berry farm. The family opened a restaurant and eventually added rides. It is America's first theme park!! They are famous for the boysenberry

21st Century Communication

Kids these days have communication options that many of us didn't get to have. They have Facebook, Myspace, cell phones, texting, the Internet...the list goes on and on. Today in my reading class we were reading a story about kids who live in the year 2157. Their teacher is a computer who teaches them at home. They read books electronically. The two main characters in the story find an actual book, made out of paper. Something the world doesn't use anymore. The characters are so in awe over this book that wasn't electronic. Anyway, I was having a discussion with my kids and tyring to relate this situation to them. I was trying to explain how everything is relative -these characters didn't know any different. I ask the students to raise their hand if they had their own cell phone. All but 2 or 3 of the kids said they had their own phone. I wasn't surprised. I know there are first graders out there with their own phones. I told them that me, your parents, other teachers didn't grow up carrying a cell phone everywhere we went. I got a cell phone when I went to college and felt like that was a big deal. I went on to explain we didn't have Facebook, Myspace and blogging. We didn't even text!! The kids are looking at me like I am crazy!! One girl raises her hand and asks in complete confusion, "How did you communicate?!" My response....We actually TALKED to each other!!! We called up our friends on their land lines...we didn't text...we went out and played with each other instead of instant messaging each other on the computer! We didn't have cell phones taken away in class, our parents couldn't get in touch with us by the click of a button. There was no such thing as "cyber bullying". We couldn't post a status update to let our Facebook friends know the details of our daily lives. So, what do you think? Has the advancement of technology been a blessing or a curse?!