Is going really well. My kids are doing so much better! They crack me up everyday! I feel good that at least I have a job where laughing takes up a majority of my day. So the other day some of my boys were having a hard time sitting still on the carpet. I was doing some word blending, I would say /f/ /irst/...and they would say "first"...words like that. I started doing words that were about them like their "name" and then /n/ /eeds/, /t//oo/ , /s/ /it/, /d/ /own/...like that...I had them roaring laughing so I said, after I did a good one, "oh, Mrs. Dizon is on fire" ...I meant like on a roll...They wanted to do one for me...so I did /m/ /ises/ /d//izons/ ....and two boys call out "on fire!!!" ...all day I heard "Mrs. Dizon's on fire!"....then the next morning, I let them do their own journal entry in their journals and one boy wrote, MSDIZONESNFYER, and drew a picture that was of me on grass on fire! Good thing I have a good sense of humor! Then....we are writing and we are doing a thank you note to someone in our family. I modeled one first and did mine to my brother, Clay. So I showed them by writing "Dear Clay,". When they were finally ready to do it on their own I put up on the board, Dear______, and they copied it, each putting in the person who they were writing to, "mom", "dad", "ante", etc. Then I wrote "Thank you for _________.
Love, ___________". When we were finished I went back in and wrote my letter to Clay. After I did this I went around to approve their final copy so they could decorate it. I was surprised to see about half the class had "Dear Mom Clay," "Dear NT Clay," and some had even erased their writing and then wrote "Dear Clay," it was hilarious. I had to have everyone freeze and tell them, if you wrote "Clay", please erase it, you don't have a brother named Clay! hahah
2012! A new year, a new you!
Wow, that sounds so cliche'! Then again why not, don't we always deserve a fresh start. Why do we wait until New Year's to make goals and resolutions, most of which have already been broken or thrown out by now? Everyday is the first day of your next year. And everyday you can choose to be the best version of you and choose to honor your goal for that year! I absolutely love that new commercial, I believe it is for a restaurant, and the woman says something along the lines of "...this year I am going to treat myself & have it all...". I thought to myself, what a great resolution! While I do not recommend having all the dessert you want if you want to lose weight, I do think we need to change our goals to be positive. Don't limit yourself, or say, I will not do this or that. Change the wording and make it happen. Instead of saying I will not do this or not eat that, say "I vow to live healthier this year". Then each morning repeat it to yourself. Each night see if you made some choices that helped you make those changes! Trust me, using positive language and revisiting your goal everyday will have a tremendous impact on your life!!
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