116/365 No More Snow

It is April 26th and we woke up to snow AGAIN! No more snow PLEASE!

115/365 Pillow Fight

The kids had a good-ole Sunday afternoon pillow fight! I think big sister won.

114/365 Let the sun shine!!!

After the crazy April weather we had the last two days (rain, snow, cold) I think the flowers look very happy to see the sun again! I sure am happy too!

113/365 Art Show

Our daughter has some of her Great Great Grandmother's artistic talents. She is only in 3rd grade and has had her art shown in four art shows so far!

112/365 Earth Day

Happy Earth Day! Today Mother Earth has been watering herself. It was wonderful to wake up to the smell of rain and everything looking so GREEN!

PS - I'm finally caught up with my photos!!!

111/365 Grandparents

It was fun to see our kids enjoying their grandparents this week. My daughter snuggled up with her grandma at the baseball game.

110/365 Ustream

I totally love Ustream! I was able to listen in on the 140 Conference in NY! Check it out: http://www.ustream.tv/nyc140conf

109/365 Coach Pitch Baseball

My son seems to be a natural! He is totally loving his YMCA baseball experience. I'm predicting that I'll be attending a lot of baseball games in the future.

108/365 Old/New Technology

I found some unopened Leap Pad books and my son was super excited. We went to school to pick up the Pad and I was surprised how engaged he was (as he is very proficient with the DS, Wii and my iPod Touch. Funny how this older technology seems new to him.

107/365 Stress Relief

I'm hoping for some stress relief during this busy time (end of the school year).

106/365 Read-A-Thon

I LOVE our annual Read-A-Thon at school!!

105/365 Crazy Hair Day

It has been Spirit Week @ school! Today was Crazy Hair Day and I joined in the fun. Here I am with my own kids. Many people at work had to take a double take to realize that it was ME. My long flowing black hair was FUN!

104/365 Taz - Our Old Man

Taz will be 18 years old next month. He spends a lot of time curled up in the sunshine.

103/365 First Swing

Our son has started his baseball career!

102/365 Yellow Flower

101/365 Poetry Month

This month is National Poetry Month and I'm so proud of my own poet (my daughter). Here is her first poetry collection.

100/365 Wow! One-hundred!!

I can't believe I've made it to 100 photos!! I'm so excited! So to celebrate I took some photos of the flowers I bought. They have bloomed beautifully!

99/365 Thinking Sheets

I've been pushing my students to take their thinking deeper. Not just using their reading strategies - but to then take their thinking further. This simple sheet is helping all of us (me included) take our thinking deeper.

98/365 Sun Sparkle

This morning I stepped out during my morning planning time to pick up a Panera breakfast treat. Driving back to school I saw the sun sparkling on the water. I love that!!

97/365 Late Night

It was quiet and calm as I drove home late last night.

96/365 Colorado Sunsets

95/365 Baseball Season 2010

Not only did the Colorado Rockies start their season.... so did Evan!

94/365 Mountain Trees

Trees on the tops of mountains are amazing. I love how the sunlight filters through them.

93/365 All Hands on EGGS

Our nephew came over today - so we enjoyed coloring eggs together.

92/365 Cave of the Winds

The kids are just the right height for a visit to Cave of the Winds!

91/365 Olympic Training Center

We took a mini vacation to Colorado Springs and our first stop was the Olympic Training Center. It was impressive but it got me thinking about the learning centers "schools" in the US and around the world. How can we make our training centers the best learning environment? Why do some of our schools look more like a jail than an office or training center? I do know that what you have around you can inspire you or deflate you. There were many inspirational things throughout the Olympic Training Center. Now I challenge my teacher friends, and myself, to add some inspiration to their training center.