A Very Potter Musical

After being introduced to "A Very Potter Musical" by Devon, I have been a little obsessed with watching it on YouTube. Fortunately, now the soundtrack is available on the StarKids website. It's free (donations are welcomed) and it is hilarious. If you enjoy "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog" and other humorous musicals, I recommend checking out the show.

Butterfly Hero

Spencer rescued a butterfly during recess this past week. He had it when I picked him up to go to an appointment and wanted us to find it a safe home. Luckily, Anna lives close and she generously allowed the use of her lemon tree for our butterfly recovery program.

Night at the Park

Last weekend we went to a wedding reception for one of Steen's coworker in Julia Davis Park. It was a nice evening and we had a lot of fun. The video below is a clip of the couple as they sang together.

I am Spencer, hear me roar!

Spencer has been playing in the fall season for Nampa Kids Soccer, and he is loving it. Most of his teammates are the same ones that he had this past spring and all of them have improved. One of the things Spencer has been working on is being aggressive and going after the ball. At his game today, we saw the difference. He went after most of the balls and at the end of the game, he got in his opponent's face and growled (that is what he is doing in the picture above). Seriously, the kid he did it to is like a little mini D.B. who is far more advanced in skill development than the kids he plays against. Steen was beaming, I was laughing, and Spencer felt like a hero in that moment.

Friday Nights

It is 5:06 pm on Friday and I just got home. I cleaned my classroom and put together a packet for the sub I will have on Monday and now it is time to relax... just as soon as I:

• do the dishes
• take out the trash
• get some groceries
• email my mom some info.
• read with Spencer
• help him with homework
• go to the home football game

How is it that our to-do lists never seem to get any smaller, no matter how many items we check off?

Woot woot Bulldogs, nice comeback!! (9/26)

Santa's Crush

One of my all-time favorite professors was/is Gaymon Bennet. I always thought his jovial personality and optimistic outlook were reminiscent of an intellectual Santa Clause. Little quirks, such as the fact that he totally had a crush on Anne Bradstreet (if you don't know who this is... google it, and seriously, read a little poetry now and then) made his class highly enjoyable. When he would read her poetry, his eyes would get a little twinkle, his grin was contagious, and he always seemed to go "somewhere else" as he spoke.

This little trip down memory lane was inspired by the fact that I am currently having my juniors read Upon The Burning of Our House, a poem by Anne Bradstreet. It is such a beautiful poem and, while I am not keen on all Puritan ideals, her faith and resiliency is something to admire. A colleague found the above film clip. Enjoy!

Scary

I was thinking about the way images stay with us and the way nightmares don't discriminate between adults and children. These are the images that have starred in my adult nightmares.

Hmm... I wonder if this is a result of my fascination with darker themes and Utopian/Dystopian literature.