Kidd's Ring

My friend, Joanna, bought cranberries and on the back of the bag there was a recipe for making cranberry sauce .... so I got the job of making it. It turned out really, really good!! Never knew it could be so easy to make!!

This is a conversation I had with one of my second graders this week: Max: Can I tell you something? Me: Yes. (what else would I say?) Max: I have three girlfriends - Sarah, Mary, and Jane. **The names have been changed to save the "innocent".**

I came home quite a bit later than normal, but if I hadn't I would never have had my noteworthy experience in the elevator. I entered our appartment complex right behind an elderly Jewish man (FYI we live in a Jewish neighborhood, so quite often we see Jewish people).  This man was very friendly, he smiled at me and motioned me to enter the elevator before him.  While we were in the elevator in very broken German, he asked if this was home and then after my reply pinched my cheek and then kissed his fingers that had just touched my cheek and said something I could not understand - maybe Hebrew?! It was soo funny.  I just about died laughting!  Of course, I didn't until he left the elevator!  

Last week in second grade, we were talking about the word huge.  One of my students was like: "Oh yea, like you know, Apple Top...it is huge!"  Would you have any idea what Apple Top is??  Well, neither did I...so I double checked and asked what he talking about.  His response was the same.  Later on, during tutoring he asked his sister what Apple Top wasin English.  He asked in Korean and just said Apple Top w/ a Korean accent.  It was soo funny!  Finally, his sister was like oh yea and then they asked if they could draw it for me - this was the result: (Who would have thought?!  Eiffel Tower = Apple Top!  WOW!) Later on, I said thank you in Korean and he and his said said that I had good sound when speaking Korean!  This made me feel quite proud of my 5 months in Korea!  After a long day of school, this is how Petra (the German teacher) and I feel!  FYI, we were waiting on our kids and took a super brief power nap while standing!

Tuesday night I did something I have never done before! I ran in a race ... not a very long one, but hey, it was still a race and I ran it all!! Thousands of people and I ran through the downtown area of Vienna. It was soo awesome! Here are some pictures of the event! The loot for being in the race The trusty feet that would carry us through the race! The Rathaus (city hall) where the race began and ended The Opera Haus The Finish Line

If the election goes down the tubes, it isn't because I didn't vote!! I was soo excited when it finally came in the mail ... tomorrow it will travel with a couple going back to the States and then hopefully land in Bedford, VA!

In 3rd grade, we learned about farms and there were some random songs at the end of our chapter. Some of them I knew and others I did not. I told my students we could make up a song and then Frank decided HE wanted to make up HIS OWN song ... so here ya go! It makes me laugh soo much!! Frank is from Holland and I teach his two sisters as well. Hope this brightens your day! My favorite part is when he gets super high at the end! What a silly kid!