Well, I'm waiting for it to snow. As a kid I never thought teachers were really PRO-snow day. I kind of pictured them sitting at home watching the snow come down, scowling. "Foiled again!" they would say. Some of my colleagues are ANTI-snow day. "We'll have to make it up at the end of the year when the weather is nice," they say. I guess I'm just one of those live-for-the-moment people who thinks that snow IS nice weather. Paul and I got a super-duper sled for Christmas and we are looking forward to testing it out on the hill behind our house. Today we were two hours late, but that's just because there was ice. Hope you're having a happy winter!!!

I always tell the kids that "if I didn't love them" I would let them do whatever they wanted. For exapmle, if someone is not following directions sometimes I say, "If I didn't love you, I might let you get away with that," or, "Aren't you glad I love you too much to let you do that?"
Today I overheard a conversation between two kids:

"If teacher didn't love us, well, that would be a lot of fun."

My Mom came into my classroom to deliver me something.

KINDERGARTENER: How embarassing.
ME: What do you mean?
KINDERGARTENER: I mean, if my mom came to my class I would be so embarassed.