Happy November! Halloween was a crazy--but awesome--event in third grade, and here at the Grover household. I dressed up as a mad scientist--complete with lab coat, bow tie, argyle vest and socks, mustache, and geeky glasses. I sprayed my hair straight up with white hairspray. (the hairspray/mustache combo was reminiscent of my "fat old man" costume circa my snowview #4 days in rexburg. good times, laura!) It was all worth it because my students loved it. What they loved even more was making dry ice bubbles, glow in the dark worms, and blue slime in class. Good times. That night we ate chili and cornbread with our best friends, watched a good ol' Hitchcock, and watched dry-ice make our rootbeer bubble. It was awesome.
Now it's November. I feel good about November for the following reasons:
- Thanksgiving
- Pie
- Coats
- Sweaters
- Fires in our fireplace
- Beginning of ski season
I feel nervous about November for the following reasons:
- End of the first trimester. Which means...
- Parent-Teacher Conferences + report cards + school is 1/3 over
- Snow on my windshield
- Handling the "holidays with 2 families" situation
Good thing the pros outweigh the cons.
Last night we had our annual Bowthorpe family Gratitude Dinner. I love this tradition. My amazing mom makes a delicious meal, we get together and talk about all of the things we are grateful for, then we eat pie. A couple of things that topped my list this year are:
- family
- teaching
- the beauty of the earth
- the gospel
- good food
- Samuel
- slippers
- good health
- weekends.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
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