Quick Catchup (and not the kind you eat)

I feel as though it's been ages since I've posted anything noteworthy on here.  I've had a busy last couple of weeks with bunco, book club, a jewelry party, three long but great day of classes, and reading an excellent book.  Oh, and also trying to find time to spend at my school to get ready for this next year.  I had to switch classrooms at the end of last year.  It was a pain, but I was excited to move to a classroom that was twice the size of my previous room.  I taught in a closet last year with 24 kindergarteners.  (it wasn't really a closet, but it was teeny)  So I've upgraded for the moment.  Only now I am threatened by the fact that we might hire another full time kindergarten teacher, so poor little half-time kindergarten teacher me just might have to move classrooms again.  But I'm crossing my fingers that we will have to hire a full-time kindergarten teacher (so our class sizes can be smaller) and that I can stay in my classroom.  Fat chance of both of them happening, but I'm hoping!  And in the meantime, I'm setting up my classroom with the hopes that I will be there to stay.

On Saturday, Sammy and I took Savy to the fireworks show in American Fork with my family.

I must say it was the best fireworks show I've seen for awhile. American Fork certainly knows how to but on a great show.  There was blaring music during the whole thing, and I got to sing along to my all-time favorite patriotic song "I'm Proud to be an American."  (and I only teared up for a second.) Savana zonked out a little bit before the fireworks show started, and she slept like an angel in the arms of her Grandma while the music was blaring and the fireworks were booming.  It was a great night and I certainly enjoyed hanging out with my family.

But I realized something that day...my baby is no longer a baby. It seems as though she's grown up sooo much in the last month.  She's walking and running around and saying all sorts of things.  Here are some of her favorite things to say...

Ball
Shoe
Where is it? (and she'll hide something behind her back) There! (as she pulls it out and shows it to you)
Mommy
Dada
Mallory (it's surprising, but she can say Mallory's name quite well)
Baba (for Brynn, Grandma, and Bompa)
One, two, three! (and she loves to do this while we're walking so I can toss her into the air.)

She also loves to play peek-a-boo, talk on the phone, dance to music, point out planes in the sky, read books, run away from anyone or anything coming towards her (she always thinks Sammy is chasing here), and follow her mommy around anywhere I go.  Oh, and she's really good at making a huge mess in EVERY room.

I've loved being able to hang out with her so much all day long, and it's going to be hard to leave her when it's time for school to start.  At least I only have to be away from her a few hours each day!

Well, it's certainly turned into a much longer post than I was planning on.  But, oh well!