Ethan sticking his little tongue out at Auntie Stephanie!
Bath time is definitely the best time of the day!
He's adorable and he knows it!
Sitting up all by himself!
Ahhhh - if only he slept like this all the time!!SO, I had a wonderful visit with my brother's new family. Ethan is adorable, though baby-sitting a kid toward the end of getting to know him would probably be more helpful than baby-sitting him three hours after you met him. I had no idea how to make him stop crying on Friday!!!! But, by Sunday afternoon, I knew what was up!
I came home and two days later (in all day faculty meetings) got some horrific cold/flu (?) that involved horrible congestion and even more horrible coughing. Since it was the first few days of class, I had no choice by to go to work (despite prompting from my chair to stay home). I had to audition for the Freshmen Show (entitled This is a Test) because it opens on September 18th. So, really, there was nothing I could do but figure it out! I have a cast of 22, which is huge for us!! They are really great. I canceled all the rehearsals for Labor Day weekend and gave it to them off because they were so ahead of schedule!!
I really so far love my classes. Normally, the make-up of one class, even as soon as the first week makes me know, "oh - this one is going to be my least favorite class!" or "this class this semester is going to drag." But, no so far - I really like all of the groups of students as a whole. I'm sure part of that is also me. I am getting better and better at knowing what to expect, how to bring my own energy and how to make really fabulous lesson plans.
So, now that I am finally better, I went blackberry and peach picking with Ali today! Ali is an old friend from graduate school whose moved back here (her home town) for a while (her parents were the wonderful people who let me live with them for two weeks when I first moved here and didn't have an apartment (I couldn't move in until Sept. 1st and school started August 18th)). Anyway, we had a great time (though it was admittedly a little bit warm!). And, we went a little crazy with the camera, because why not??
Blackberry picking . . .
Peach picking . . .
Peach thief !!
Greedy peach picker . . .
The end and time to go home . . .
And alas, that's it for today! But, I should have no more "good reasons" for not blogging a little more often now that school is back in session!
I came home and two days later (in all day faculty meetings) got some horrific cold/flu (?) that involved horrible congestion and even more horrible coughing. Since it was the first few days of class, I had no choice by to go to work (despite prompting from my chair to stay home). I had to audition for the Freshmen Show (entitled This is a Test) because it opens on September 18th. So, really, there was nothing I could do but figure it out! I have a cast of 22, which is huge for us!! They are really great. I canceled all the rehearsals for Labor Day weekend and gave it to them off because they were so ahead of schedule!!
I really so far love my classes. Normally, the make-up of one class, even as soon as the first week makes me know, "oh - this one is going to be my least favorite class!" or "this class this semester is going to drag." But, no so far - I really like all of the groups of students as a whole. I'm sure part of that is also me. I am getting better and better at knowing what to expect, how to bring my own energy and how to make really fabulous lesson plans.
So, now that I am finally better, I went blackberry and peach picking with Ali today! Ali is an old friend from graduate school whose moved back here (her home town) for a while (her parents were the wonderful people who let me live with them for two weeks when I first moved here and didn't have an apartment (I couldn't move in until Sept. 1st and school started August 18th)). Anyway, we had a great time (though it was admittedly a little bit warm!). And, we went a little crazy with the camera, because why not??
Blackberry picking . . .
Peach picking . . .
Peach thief !!
Greedy peach picker . . .
The end and time to go home . . .
1 comment:
You are right! He's adorable! I'm looking forward to hopefully meeting him when you are out here in October! Glad we got to talk the other night! XO
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