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Life Lately

A few things worth noting have happened lately.

First, Mataya got a hair cut and she loves it!


 It is still long enough for pony tails and braids, but it is much more manageable and less tangley which make us both happy!
Second, it was Storybook Character day this week at school. We went the Robert Munsch route this year, which was nice a simple. Joash made a cookie of play dough and was Christopher from Mmm...Cookies! And Mataya rocked the side pony tail as Stephanie from Stephanie's Ponytail.


We did some pumpkin carving. Mataya was going for silly and Joash was going for frightening!

And finally, I headed back to the classroom and started teaching again last week. I am teaching the 9/10 English class at ICS. I teach three class periods a week, last period of the day on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I asked to teach in the afternoon because then Gideon can stay with Wilbert and we don't have to worry about who is taking care of him. It has been great to get back at it and it will hopefully be a great year with these kids.

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