tomorrow a new point of view...

happy new year! easy night with the ashdowns...pizza and wine. maybe next year...we will be "exciting."

hope you are all well...and safe!

Posted by aca at 11:33 PM | Permalink | Comments

man what a tough 3 weeks...

is that how long it's been since thanksgiving? 4 weeks maybe? it's seems like i am continuing to say..."if i can only get through this...then it will be fine..." but there are too many thises.

know what i mean?

so i have developed another saying from this precious student of mine...when i need further clarification on something, i say "whats you say?" i know its wrong...but i can't stop saying it.

"what's you say?"

today i had a grandmother come into our class to talk about Hanukkah. it was so awesome. she brought in homemade latkas (a potato cake) with applesauce. yummy. then we played with the dreidel. i found out the the origin of the dreidel is not clear, but the traditional story that goes back to the time when the Syrians wouldn't let the Jews study the Torah or their language. One day the children had a toy and the toy, a spinning top, became their school, teaching them their language and their history.

pretty cool.

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sorry jasen i love you but...but actually i did think ok go was fun and a little inventive. The had these cameras on the microphones that showed their faces close up on the screen behind them...it was fun. he jumped down into the crowd and jumped off the amps...

plus they did the little choreographed dance from the above picture. they had slow motion ninga moves and everything.

anyway...i thought they were fun (have i said fun enough? which actually ironic because i tell my kids it's an over used word...and they have to replace it with a better, more sophsticated one...anyway i digress)

...and their music was good too.

death cab was fab...as usual...new post up at our story continues.... check it out for the sweet pics jasen took.

Posted by aca at 4:44 PM | Permalink | Comments