Happy Birthday, Chickadoodle!,

Our favorite Chickadoodle celebrates her birthday this week! Let's give her a great big shout out! Love you, Chickadoodle!!

Ashley's BORED!

By the way, in case you were wondering,
this ISN'T Ashley.

You know things have to be rough if ASHLEY'S BORED! I ask you, WHY is she bored??? She doesn't know why she's bored, she's just bored! Hmmmm.... what do you think we should do about that? She sent me a picture of her cute dog lying around yesterday. They were BOTH bored! I wanted to know why they weren't chasing each other around the house like my dog and I do! She never answered. I guess she was bored!

Have you ever been bored? When? Why?
How can we help Ashley to not be bored? Should we help Ashley to be unbored? Is that even a word?

TIMIA CHICKADOODLE!!!!Get Better FAST!!!

This is my very sad and worried
face while reading
Timia Chickadoodle's email.

OH NO!!!! My Timia Chickadoodle's under the weather! I just got an email from her telling me that she'll be out of commission for SIX WEEKS!!!!! She wrote and told me she had to have surgery and won't be able to start the school year off with us! She's stuck inside and not allowed to walk around! Of course I had to call her right away to talk to her! She sounded really good and cheerful. (Have we ever known her NOT to be chipper and upbeat?) It was super great speaking with her!

So everybody, let's all get together and send out a great big giant humongous HURRY UP AND RECOVER message!!! I know she'll be looking to see what's up!

Recover quickly because I miss you already, Timia!

Time FLIES!

WOW! I can't believe I haven't posted since March! In that time, we made 2 fantastic podcasts... make sure you see them on iTunes or  Rowen's page on the School District's site.

So anyhow, it's summer, and thank goodness for ASHLEY writing to meeee : )  We've been in touch on and off via email. I would love to hear from you all!

I've been hanging out most of the summer, but I did manage to visit my daughter in Chicago. It was super to see her. She planned our entire visit- where to go, what to see, how to get there, and what to eat! (YUM) While we were in Chicago, my husband's sister and her family volunteered to take care of Jizo. Here's a fun little video I made of Jizo's vacation. (Yes, you know me! I'm a true techie through and through!)

Let me know what you think and how you're doing! xxoo yours truly.

Tell Us What You Think!

Rowen Roars When We Soar!

Hi Everyone! The Friday Friends are in the process of working on 2 podcasts about our school! We could use your input on one of them. As you know, each morning our principal ends our morning announcements with our slogan and motto. Tell us what the quote means to you... "Education is not a mere means to life... Education IS Life!" and we may even quote you!

Tips for the PSSA!

Here's a power point that Zoe made several years ago! Go Zoe! Anyhow, a lot of you have been asking me for some pointers... Hope this helps!

And Jizo Was His Name-O!

     I know the song is supposed to be "I knew a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o", but... we just adopted a rescue dog and we're going to name him Jizo! He's about one and a half years old, was found wandering the alleys in Northeast Philadelphia/ Bensalem, and was rescued by the Women's Humane Society! Now he'll be ours... in just 3 days! : )
     Guess what ASHLEY,  he's a Shih-Tzu mix! Isn't your dog a Shih Tzu??? You'll have to give me pointers on what to do!
     So everyone, it's been a long time since I had a young dog... Have any advice? Oh, and what do you think of the name? 
    P.S. The video is of Jizo at the shelter. I don't know why my sister-in-law is feeding him her finger! Yuck! (The video will come out sideways... so tilt your head. That's the way it streams from TeacherTube!)