Archive for September, 2008

Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Renae  |  3 Comments »

Rejoice Evermore

Pastor Davidson preached an amazing message this evening on always rejoicing. ¬†It made me think, “Am I rejoicing all the time?” ¬†I mean am I really rejoicing for the trial that I am going through or am I only pretending to rejoice because I don’t want others to think less of my walk with the [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Renae  |  4 Comments »

More K-4 Art Projects

So when I was at work on Monday we did 2 art projects in the K-4 class! ¬†The first one was really easy. ¬†All they had to do was cut on the thick black line that went down the center of the page and then I taped the two¬†pieces¬†together. ¬†It was the poem “One, two, [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Renae  |  Comments Off

Sick and bored

So on Monday night i went to bed with a really bad sore throat.  It was so bad that I could hardly swallow!  ON Tuesday morning I took James to school and told them I would not be working and came home and went to bed!  Around 10:00 am I called my Allergist to see [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Renae  |  3 Comments »

More K-4 Fun

So today after I got the K-4 kids up from their nap time we started to get ready to go outside for recess. ¬†As we were waiting to line up one of the kids told me I was pretty. ¬†I said, “Really?” ¬†And they all answered, “Yes” ¬†I was touched. ¬†then one of the boys [...]

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Renae  |  2 Comments »

Mr. vs Mrs. Ashton

So this is going to be a little interesting. ¬†Because most of the K-4 children are Asian they have a hard time with English sometimes. ¬†They know that I am Mrs. Ashton but getting them to say that is sometimes very¬†difficult. ¬†They have a tendency to say Mr. Ashton. ¬†So I ask them “What is [...]

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Renae  |  1 Comment »

Art Projects!

So I think that art projects should be pre-prepped for k-4 kids!  Today they were supposed to cut out 3 pink circles.  1 of them had a face on it, 1 of them looked like a pig snout, and the last one was plain pink.  The object was to cut them out, glue the medium [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2008 by Renae  |  2 Comments »

Giants/Padres

Sooo, James and I drove down to San Diego to watch the Giants play the Padres.  It was a lot of fun!  The Giants shut out the Padres 7-0.  It was an awesome game.  The Giants led it off with 2 runs in the first inning.  They ended the game with 3 runs in the [...]

Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Renae  |  3 Comments »

K-4 Randomness!

So life as a K-4 teacher is great!  I have been having fun working with the kids every day!  I will post pics as soon as I take some.  Let me try to introduce you to my class through words!  I have 11 kids (sometimes 12) from 1:30-3:30.  Jason has to be one of the [...]

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Renae  |  6 Comments »

First Day of School

Well, James and I have survived the first day of school!  It was a good day.  I am working with K-4.  They are really cute.  I only have 12 kids so it is not too much work!  James enjoyed his first day.  We are both tired but happy with the accomplishments  of the day!