Five for Friday {Last Friday in June!?!}

Oh my.  It's the last Friday in June.  Where is this summer GOING???  It wouldn't be a big deal except we go back July 31st so....yeah.  I haven't gotten nearly as much done as I had hoped!  I better get to rockin' that to-do list!!  :O)

We are linking up with Kacey for:

My husband has been chaperoning my daughter at camp for the last two weeks.  Why him and not me?  Well, it's a camp he went to as a child and it has to do with music, so it's a better fit for him than me.  I mean, I love listening to music, but I can't read it, play it, or sing it, so I leave that to them!  Anyway, our 13 year anniversary was Monday and he drove down an hour and a half to surprise me and wish me a happy anniversary!  He could only stay for lunch and then make the drive back, so it was super sweet for him to do all of that!!  :O)

(Have you played with the app called PIP Camera?  It's super fun!)

Since my daughter has been gone, we've spent a good bit of time at the pool.  My littlest is 2 and just finally started jumping in on his own.  Check out this video!  He says, "I jump!" as he jumps and then my 4 year old says, "We did it!" (this was their first time trying to jump together) and so my 2 year old says, "We did it!"  Soooo cute!  (I'm videoing and that is my mom in the pool.)

My 4 year old will not swim without a belt that keeps him afloat.  I've done everything I know.  Any suggestions?  He could do it if he'd try!  He's just terrified of "sinking".

 Stacia and I went to a staff development on writing Wednesday.  It was all day.  It was a lot of sit and get.  We heard the guy who's in charge of the department that grades our state's writing tests explain how to teach kids writing.  We saw him take kids through how to write a paragraph.  Basically, I got out of it that kids need a lot of modeling and questioning in order to add the kind of details they need in their writing.  I mean, it was helpful but really looooooooooooooooong.  I wish I had more to share with you about it...

 Then, yesterday, Stacia and I met up at school with the brand new, fresh out of college, teacher that will be teaching 4th with us next year to help her get an idea of what to start with.  I think all it did for me was throw me in a tailspin realizing how much we have to do right out of the gates and how much I have NOT done as far as planning.  I'm pretty sure the new teacher is wondering why I am in charge of our grade level...thank goodness Stacia kept a level head and went through everything without terrifying her (because I was so busy worrying and terrifying MYSELF).  Thanks Stacia!

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Have a great weekend!
Amanda