My kids are working hard today. 2nd period was great and that rarely happens. 🙂 The juniors are writing an in class essay (I decided this late last night when I realized I didn’t want to teach today) and working very hard and taking it very seriously.

And 4th period I was called to sub for another teacher. Usually I turn this down, but I have little to do today, so what the heck. I had *fun*. It was a Spanish 1 class and the teacher has a backup copy of Pinocchio in Spanish for them. They watched the ending but then we had half an hour of nothing to do… uhm… Hey! How about if I tell you the real story of Pinocchio! Oh shit… that didn’t take that long… Want to hear about Beauty and the Beast? How about The Little Mermaid? Cinderella?

I had a blast telling them the original versions of the stories and they were really attentive and interested and great. yay!

And my babies are cheerfully signing up to bring me food tomorrow for eating as we watch cartoons. 🙂 Skating till vacation rocks.

Not to mention that my 2nd period aide got all teary-eyed because I gave her nice bath stuff (she’s exceptionally girly). And my 3rd period flamer aide is so happy about the feather boa. And 5th period bounced like a 4 year old when he saw his legos. He’s playing with them right now. 🙂