Kindergarten

Well, for those of you who didn't know, I've been doing a little substitute teaching here and there when I have a chance. A good change of pace every once in a while, and it's only at St. Philip's so it's very relaxed there. Today I had my first go at the kindergarten - very interesting. My feet hurt so bad right now. I was on them all day going between desks - cutting, pasting, coloring. Wow - what a day! I watched one girl pick her boogers and eat them (right before lunch). I thought I would puke right there. Yet the most hilarious thing that happened today was this morning while the kids were doing their morning prayers. If the kids want to pray for anything in particular, they raise their hand and say their petition and we all pray. One little girl had her tonsils taken out a few weeks ago, but she's back at school now. One of her friends raised her hand and said, "I want to pray for Delilah because she had her tonsils taken out and I just really hope she gets them back." Hahahaha!!!! It was too cute- probably cuter to be there. But, I couldn't resist. Kids really do say the darnest things. Although it was fun to be in Bryn's class room all day, I think I'll stick to 4th and 5th grade - much more my speed.

Oh - and I had a lot of my dancers, so when the other teacher introduced me as Mrs. Zabodyn - all of the girls are like, "Who? What? That's Mrs. Jenna, not Mrs. Zabodyn". So I went by my first name all day - nice... One of them even asked me at the end of the day - "Mrs. Jenna, is "Zabodyn" a bad word?" No - It's my last name for cripes sake - come on now, who could mistake a name like that for a bad word...

Dayton Steals Some Onion Rings...

This one is also from the other night while we were eating out. He was stealing the onion rings right off my plate - little piggy!!! You should've seen his hands - they were so greasy. He never really liked to put it in his mouth, just squeeze on them w/ his fingers...

Another Video...

Okay, I'm really into these videos now. They just take forever to download, but I know they're much more fun to look at than my boring blogs...

Enjoy!

This is the other night while we were eating out at Saltgrass Steakhouse in Sugar Land.

Test...

Testing out the video aspect of this whole blogging thing...

Dayton opening his St. Nick gift at DeDe and Papa's house.

December is Here~

Well, it's officially December now - how exciting!!! Santa Claus is just around the corner! Brandon and I shopped on Saturday in the Woodlands. I love that mall - everyone should go there atleast once a year just for fun.

I remember shopping last year - big, fat and pregnant. I was so miserable and unlike me. This year it's back to fun times - I was loving the hustle and bustle and all the lights and Christmas music at the mall! We knocked out quite a few gifts so I'm feeling pretty good about where we stand right now.

I'm afraid to wrap anything and put it under the tree. I don't know what Dayton will do, but I do believe it will involve atleast some ripping of the papers and/or bows. St. Nick comes Thursday night, so I can't wait to see what Dayton gets!?!?! I'm so like a little kid - hahaha! I'll send pictures - you know me! It's gonna be a good warm up for Christmas.

The Christmas parade is Thursday night and we'll be watching it from the studio again. Anyone who wants to come by for some chili - feel free!!! I hope Dayton enjoys his first parade. Only thing I'm worried about is the loud sirens. I hope he does okay w/ that. Again - I'll send out pictures.

I've gotta figure out the whole camera/video thing. I'd love to post some on here sometime. We are asking Santa for a new video camera for Christmas so hopefully we've been nice enough to get one that hooks up to the computer and is easily downloaded on to this website :)

Not much new w/ Baby Date - still cutting those teeth. His Christmas pics are going to be crazy looking this year - he's got his two front bottom middle teeth and then he's got his left top side tooth (one off from the middle) and the next one following is the right middle tooth - oh my goodness, what a little redneck!

We put up Christmas lights today so Dayton loved being outside watching. He loves the cold weather for some reason. I didn't get any pics, but Dayton and Lucy were both in the play pen at one time - hilarious. Dayton thought it was the greatest thing. He could actually pull and bite (yes, I said bite) on her and she had no where to run or hide. Poor Lucy... Dayton's definently giving her gray hair!

Not any big plans coming up this week. I've gotta get dance costumes ordered real soon and this week is parent watch week at dancing, so I've survived one day, one more to go! I think I may be going to the Nutcracker on Sunday w/ Amy and Bryn. Amy called and asked, and I could never pass up a chance to go to the Nutcracker! I can't wait to see Bryn's face - she is going to love it. I told Brandon that when Dayton is old enough, we are going to take him. Imagine Brandon's reaction to that, but I explained that since I am employed in the "arts", Dayton needs to learn to appreciate it. Don't get me wrong, I never want to see my kid in tights and ballet shoes, I just want him to realize that is his mom's passion and he can respect the talent of it all.

We had an awesome time at the bank Christmas party (thanks for those of you who asked). It was so much fun! The SugarLand Marriott is very nice, I recommend it to anyone. It would be a great place for a girl's night out/bachelorette type party. On Saturday, we went out w/ some of Brandon's work people and had such a great time. We went to Amici's for appetizers and pre-dinner drinks, then Perry's for dinner, then PF Chang's for after-dinner drinks - yummy!!! And the greatest thing was that we were in walking distance of it all. We just walked (or should I say staggered) back to the room when we were done. Fun times!

Okay, I'm soooo rambling, but I'm enjoying having a little free time on the computer. Usually I'm being burdened w/ a time restraint called Dayton's nap time. But, he is sound asleep on this Daddy's chest, so I'm getting some free time! (I should be cleaning the house or working on dance costumes, but what's the fun in that?)

Peace out - JZ