The Busy Giffs

October 5, 2012

Anti-Halloween


I'm not usually anti-Halloween but I think this year, I'm skipping most of it.


Hear me out.

We just moved.
We're not even unpacked yet, never mind unpacked and decorated.
Plus, it looks like David will be working Friday and Saturday nights so I don't see us going out and celebrating.
I have no desire to cut up jack-o-lanterns or string fake cobwebs across the porch...

We have a half day/in service at school that day so I'm sure we'll still be out early enough to dress Emmalee up and take her out.
Since David will be at work, it doesn't look like anyone will even be home to pass out candy!

Does this make me the Scrooge of Halloween? 
Or just unmotivated?

Thoughts?
Keeping Up With The Giffords

September 19, 2012

15 Months!


So I'm a few days late... whatevs.
She just had her 15 month check up today!
She's a whopping 24 pounds and 34 inches long!
My little bug is just growing way way too fast. I feel like she's this short little person now and not just my baby.


You are still wearing 12 month onesies but are up to18 month pants! Long legs little girl! You are wearing mostly size 5 shoes now! You still fit in your size 4 pink old navy jellies but not for much longer!

Your hair has gotten so long, you ask for "babow" and point at the bows on your wall until we put one in your hair, sometimes you demand more than one!

You eat everything. And lots of everything. French fries are a favorite but we try and limit them to once a week. You still love your fruits and veggies and eat them first.  It doesn't matter what's on your plate, you always want whats on mine or daddy's, even if its the same exact thing! You  have to have a fork or spoon while eating and you prefer mine and daddy's real silverware to your plastic ones.


You love climbing, especially onto the couch or into your little green car. And you have no fear about getting back down, you usually just go face first.

You have a new temper tantrum, feet stopping backwards walking thing you do when you're upset. It's actually hilarious to watch so I can't really get mad at you for it. You burst into tears if we say NO to you, and yell if we're not doing things you want.


You really play with your toys now, things we didn't really use before are fulltime toys now. Your stuffed Elmo is one of your favorite toys, and you still say hi to him whenever you see him anywhere. Even on the juice bottles at the grocery store. You also enjoy any type of toy where you put a ball in a hole and it pops out somewhere else. You giggle lick crazy with these toys.

It's amazing how much you're growing every day!

Keeping Up With The Giffords

September 17, 2012

Again.




It's the first day of school. Again.

I work in a vocational school that does a 2 week academic and shop rotation.
So for two weeks, freshman and juniors have a double dose of academics while the sophomores and seniors are in shop classes.
That's right, 2 classes of English, 2 classes of Math, a Science, A History, gym and for many, an academic support class. That's a lot! but they do get a 2 week break in between!

So even though they all started school on the 4th, today will be the first day of academics with the sophomores and seniors! It's like the first day all over again with the syllabi, the class expectations, learning new names, and of course, the mountain of IEP's and who belongs to what.

I'll be excited to see if this 2 week rotation makes it easier, or more complicated, for me as an educator!

Keeping Up With The Giffords


Home Update - 1 year in!

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