Smooth Jazz

Chuck and I love ourselves some smooth jazz. We fell in love with it when we lived in Salt Lake City. They had the greatest Smooth Jazz radio station of all time. We used to listen to it online, but they quit offering it. I recently found a way for us to get our smooth jazz fix and the kids love it just as much as we do. I am not sure where these dancing techniques were learned, but I am sure you will laugh at least once!

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Two new wreaths

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Svajgl Family Picnic

Sunday was the annual Svajgl Family picnic. It was such fun to get together with everyone. We usually see everyone at various times of the year, but mostly when it is cold outside. It was such a joy to see all of the kiddos out there playing on the playground equipment, running around, and feeding the ducks!

Paint it red baby!

We are Husker fans around here. We aren't crazy lunatic fans, but we like ourselves a good Husker game. We like it even better when they win! Skyler, Lily and I always wear our Husker gear on game days and this was the first game of the season and the first day to wear our new Husker outfits. Thanks Grandma! We were so happy they won too!

Becoming a 5 Star General

Skyler's teacher sent a note home about a book they had read at school, Five Star General. The note said that they wanted everyone to have a chance to become a 'Five Star General' at school. They listed five tasks that each student needs to complete to become a general. The list was simple, all except one thing. They had to count to 20, know their birthday, know their shapes, know their colors, and tie their shoes. All of those things are so easy for Skyler, he's known them for years; except tieing the shoes. I stopped buying tie shoes for Skyler a long time ago. He did find an old pair in his shoe bin, and somehow put got them on. He was bound and determined to learn how to tie his shoes yesterday. I spent some time with him in the morning and he was doing pretty well, but he still didn't have it. I told him if he really wanted to learn how to tie his shoes, we would have to buy him a pair a shoes that actually fit. We went to Kohl's and he picked some out and when we got home he kept trying and trying. I was a little frustrated with the fact that he just wouldn't take a break from it! And then, as we were watching a movie, he came over to me and showed me that he had finally done it, all by himself! He had, he had tied his own shoe! He was so proud of himself and we were so proud of him; buying new shoes was a great reward for him too, he loves them!

What does this mean?

Today I was substitute teaching at the same school that Skyler goes to. I subbed in the 2nd grade and will be there again tomorrow. I like subbing and I don't like subbing. I like it because I still get to be around the kids and try to inspire them to love learning and hopefully actually teach them something. I don't like subbing because I have to get up so freaking early, get a sitter for Lily and wonder, hmmm, I wonder what Lily is doing now, and the major thing is that I haven't really got any control while I am in that room. I can't implement any type of discipline system for the one or two days that I am going to be there; I just have to get by. Anyway, while I was subbing today I got a phone call from the school district that I was subbing for. This is strange, because they never call you if you are subbing for them, because they know that you are working. So, when I had a break I listened to my voicemail and I was in shock. They wanted to interview me for an elementary position! Wow! I was surprised because I never applied for an elementary job, only to sub. I called them back and asked if it was a full time job, they said yes. I said no. They asked why and I said because I have a little adorable 2 year old at home that I couldn't leave everyday! So, she asked if I would ever be interested and I said yes, in two years. She said ok and that she would keep my information in the open applicants pile. This seems so strange that all of this happened. I wonder if I would really like a teaching job for this district, they seem to push their teachers soooo hard, would I ever be home? I don't know, but I have a few years to think about it and pray about it. I guess we'll see what God has to say about it.

19 miles!!!!

Chuck took the day off today and we decided to go on a bike ride. Skyler was in school, so we just had Lily. We knew we needed to head some place where there was a park and a place to picnic before we turned back home. We decided to take the 9.5 mile trip to Hayworth Park and back, for a total of 19 miles. Chuck rides his bike to work about twice a week, 26 miles round trip. I've ridden my bike like two times this whole summer probably for a combined total of 10 miles. We made it to the park with no problems. My body was screaming and Chuck's hamstrings were screaming; he's not used to pulling a 70 pound trailer! We had a nice lunch and Lily played at the park. On our way back, we were attacked by grasshoppers! They were everywhere! A couple even got inside Lily's trailer, which is zippered shut, mind you! She freaked out. I mean freaked out!!! We had to stop and take her out and that's a picture of Chuck loving on Lily and telling her that grasshoppers can't hurt you!!! We finally made it home with about 5 minutes to spare before Skyler's bus came home! It was a great ride and a great time. Chuck and I got some good talking in, Jesus and I got some good talking in and the weather was spectacular!