Deep breaths

Monday was good! The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, there was a rainbow and I found $50 on the sidewalk! Okay the last 2 were a lie....but it was good. My kids were good! I felt accomplished. That never happens on Mondays.....usually....BUT HEY! Ill take it! Smiles all around!

Then Tuesday hit.
Doom
Darkness....
My head was in a fog. My kids were out of their minds. All of them. Except maybe 2. At one point a teacher came into my room to grab a student to test them on their reading level....I was standing next to my computer while 2 kids literally stood on their desks stomping their little feet and another laid on the floor squiggling around like a crazy worm. How does that even happen?!?!?! What is going through your mind as a child that makes you think "Probably the best choice I could make right now is to crawl on top of my desk and the repeatedly stomp my feet. I bet my teacher will love it." It makes me a little sad for them. Then it makes me angry. But mostly it makes me tired. Really tired.

Cue Wednesday.
On the up and up. What I have noticed is that my class goes in waves. We have an AMAZING DAY! Then the next day, rock bottom, and from there we build up to another amazing day! I just have to remember to wear stretchy pants on the days that should be rock bottom....to be safe ill just wear stretchy pants every day. I can't risk it. Anyways. Both of my really tough boys stayed in my room today ALL DAY! That doesn't happen a lot. So its exciting.
Here is my proud teacher moment of the day: My students had lost 10 minutes of their recess that they get after lunch for wasting my time with talking while I tired to teach. Our vice principal takes the 1st grade classes from lunch out to the playground and then we meet them outside. They are usually outside for a little bit before we get out there so even though I told my class they lost time at lunch they will probably get to play because I'm not out there to enforce it. We walk outside and low and behold who is sitting on the line watching the other classes play? My whole class. Sitting like little perfect children. The first thing that went through my head was "crap. they got in trouble at lunch" So I got to my kids and asked one why they were sitting "Miss Philips you told us we owed you 10 minutes! So we sat" SCORE! THEY WERE HONEST AND FOLLOWED MY DIRECTION ON THEIR OWN! So I let them go play.....haha

Here is to hoping that Thursday is a good day!

This rough little boy seems to hate everything, except holding my hand.