The week of February 26-29 I put up and ran a book fair for the middle school. It was busy between classes and at lunch with students (who mostly wanted trinkets - aka junk). Tuesday and Wednesday was parent teacher conferences. The middle school does not typically have a great turnout for conferences so while I had some traffic in the book fair, it was so small compared to what I'm used to from Stricker. I talked to more of Kendal's teacher's than Pete's but both are doing well and getting good grades this quarter. I also found out that week that I was February's wordle champion in the middle school. (I'll have to take a picture of my trophy and add it later.) Each Wednesday the staff has a specific word to start wordle with and we try to beat each other with the least amount of tries. I ended up winning for February and will gladly enjoy my top spot for a month. I still try to beat Casey every day. It' honestly pretty split about who wins between the two of us each day.
(this is the book fair broken down - wish I would've remembered a picture when it was set up.)
Because of conferences we had Friday, March 1 off of school. Peter got to go hang out with friends and make a movie in the rain. I caught up on cleaning the house since I had neglected it all week because I was at parent teacher conferences past 8 the two previous nights. Kendal got to go to a friend's birthday party Friday night.
Saturday night I went on a friend's mini trip. We grabbed food and headed out to Miracle Hot Springs. It was a nice little break for the evening. Kendal and Casey went to a Stake Dance that Casey had to help decorate / chaperone / clean up. Kendal danced with a hand full of boys and had a fun time hanging out with friends.
This past week Kendal and Peter got to go to the temple Tuesday night with the youth. Kendal wants to go more this year, and hopefully we can find more opportunities to get her there.
Kendal got to go to Boise Wednesday on a field trip to an Art Museum. She enjoyed the museum and got to make a little creation of her own to bring home. She had a good time overall, but wasn't thrilled being stuck in a bus for over 4 hours that day.
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Casey also left early Wednesday morning to a PBIS conference that was held in Chicago. He got to explore the city a bit each evening and hit some cool places to eat around the area - getting a bit turned around with the different "levels" that Chicago has above and below ground.
On Wednesday he flew from Boise with 5 other teachers. After a stop in Salt Lake, they got to Chicago where they got on a train to get them to close to their hotel. Their first night in Chicago meant deep dish pizza. It was delicious.
Thursday morning they started the conference going to meetings till 5:00. Lunch was at a pancake shop and dinner was at a South African place called Nandos. Some exploring took them to Ghiradelli's for some ice cream and a different view of the city. Who knew Chicago had 2 layers of roads beneath the main level??
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Friday morning meant breakfast at Yolk and more meetings. It rained a lot so lunch meant getting wet on the way to Billy Goat Tavern (and getting lost on the way), a neat historical place with connections to SNL and the Curse of the Cubs. After finishing the conference, dinner was at Brown Bag Seafood Company. A quick self guided tour of the city visiting the Bean (it was fenced off) and Lake Michigan, as well as some different views, finished the day.
In order to catch a plane, Saturday morning began at 3 am. An early morning walk, another train rides, security lines at the airport, and a quick walk to the right gate meant making it with 2 minutes to spare. A stop in Minneapolis and a couple hour layover meant lunch and some rest before the final flight to Boise and the drive home, exhausted and glad to be home.
The kids and I got by, and went to work and school. I took them to Pizza Pie Cafe Friday evening for dinner. Kendal and Pete had gotten free kid's buffets from their basketball camp that they got to every Monday and Thursday. They have this week left in their camp and will start track next Monday (18th).
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