Oh February

February flew right by. The first week of February, had 2 half days and normal wednesday 1/2 dayish where the kids get out at 12:30. On Thursday and Friday they got out at 11:30. I met with all my parents that showed up to have conferences. The week after was Love of Reading Week. We had at least one guest reader every day, and on Friday we had many guest readers. The week after we continue our love of reading by having a school-wide DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read). It went over really well in our classroom. I thoroughly enjoyed it because it wasn't just the students who got to participate, the teachers, staff, etc. all participated. So I got to bring a book and read for enjoyment as well. It went over so well that as a school, I believe we are going to incorporate it as a 2 times a week thing and after AIMS, I think it will become a 4-day a week thing again. I really liked it and so did the kids. It got them reading

I went hiking many Sundays with Becca at Tumamoc Hill...all incline! It's tough but pretty awesome. The last time we went, we saw a pack of 5 or 6 adult javelinas and a baby. We kept our distance, but it was pretty cool to see. Went out to the moon one night with Kim, Steph, and Shannon. We had a pretty good time. I found 5 quarters on the ground, so I picked them up. Quarters are some good change. They were laughing at me though, because one second I was near them and the next I was over picking up quarters. I wasn't going to pass them up! :) Here are a couple pictures from one of our hikes.

We always have a good time climbing this thing! :)