Master's class exemplar! Please help out!

Hey!
Again, I don't know if anyone is still readin this, but I'll just put it out there. I'm taking grad classes to get my Master's degree and I need to come up with an example of a lesson I would do in my class using technology. If you could please help me out with some postings, I would very much appreciate it (and for some reason, I am having trouble posting on my own blog site. Anyway, here's the site. Enjoy!


http://classycommunity.blogspot.com/

BLOGGING!!!

So... since the emergence of my facebook account, I have not blogged at all. I'm glad to see that others are keeping the course. I'm currently taking a grad school course that is trying to revolutionize school teaching by incorporating technology. I figure blogging is a great way to increase social networking, creative writing, and professional discussion. Anyways... we'll see how things go. And I curious to see if I can keep two things up at once. See ya!

Happy Birthday, Haddi Jo!!!

Well, we made it! One year down. Whoot! I wanted to make sure that Haddi's first birthday was something awesome. We had spagetti, bubbles, balloons, bounce houses and bub-bub-bub-bub's (I still don't know what that is, but that's what Haddi says). I'm finding that my daughter is quite fearless. She was running about the bounce house with the big kids and getting launched every which way. She also figured out how to crawl out onto the slide on her own and go down head first. She just assumed someone would be there to catch her.

It was a great turn out! The Cooke babies (as Krista calls them) made their wild appearance. Brenan has a huge fan in Haddi. The Spokely's came with Aria beautifully dressed in her party gown. And Carla and Jo-jo galavanted around.



Haddi INSISTED on riding on the scooter train. She actually rode pretty good on her own.

The two one-year-olds having a "ball."

Mmmmm... birthday spagetti!

It's my party, I can be nude if I want to!

Haddy's photo shoot!

Alright, so I'm realizing I may just very well have one of the cutest children in all the world (spoken like a true parent, right?). But just look at her!

Carla asked if she could do a photo session with Haddy for some advertising. Rick and was very excited, so he coordinated all of her outfits, we grabbed some SUPER huge chai teas from Refiner's Roast and headed out.

I had no idea how much work it was for Mommy and Daddy, but it was great! We had a lot of fun and Haddy did such a great job! I was amazed that she didn't really fuss too much, even though she was getting pretty tired. A lot of pictures were taken, but these are the ones that Carla thought were the best. Yay!

Bible hero Christmas party!

Today was the last day of school before Christmas break and we were allowed to dress up as "Heroes of the Bible." They kids actually did a really great job (I'm so proud!). Here's some of what occurred:

This was one of my favorites. Douglas was Samson. He always really gets into his characters.

Sarah looking very sweet as Moses' mom. She kept trying to send the baby up the river to Savannah's desk. (Savannah was supposed to be Pharoah's daughter. You can't really see her tiara).

I was Deborah. I held court under "The Tree of Deborah," as you can see. I kind of like it. Maybe I'll keep the tree there, although I think Pastor Mike might start wondering were the it went.

Brian (missing his hat) as the Vizier of Egypt, Joseph, with his mulit-colored T-shirt. He's sporting a nice hot chocolate mustache. Mrs. Henrick treated us to hot chocolate and peppermint ice cream. She's so grand!

EAT SAMSON JERKY! (It'll put hair on your chest!)

The kids opening up presents from their "secret santas." I use the term Santa because we later watched Veggie Tales "Saint Nicholas" which explains where St. Nick came from and how we should give because God first gave to us. It's really good. Check it out.

Sarah parenting classes. Learn to keep your kids afloat.

DAY TWO: Green beans

Haddy is practicing. Warming up for a new solid: Green beans. Mmmm. Mommy insist on her eating all the gross stuff first before we move on to fruits and... well, the good stuff.

Oh yeah... ug,... I really *cough cough*... love green beans.

How long before I get ice cream? Mommy says it's an adult food-- like McDonald's (whatever that is).

Girls just wanna have lunch.

At EXACTLY six months I gave Haddy her first taste of solids. It was a rather monumental moment. It was my goal to nurse Haddy for at least 6 months. I pretty much made it. I had to suppliment formula because my time at work affected my ability to produce milk. But, we made it. It was a bittersweet time. I was sad at my lack of ability to produce the nutrition that my daughter needed, especially at flu season. But now that I have not been nursing for over a month, I'm quite relieved to have a bit of my life back.

When we gave her her first meal of rice cereal (mmmm) we knew this was going to be an important moment. It was really quite rediculous. We had the video camera set up and two digital camera's flashing. It was so great. *Sigh*... what a big girl.

What? Why am I wearing a bib? I thought I only wear bibs when I'm spitting up? And why am I sitting in my chair? What's going on?


Um... I think I like it? What is that?!

Mmm! This isn't too bad!

Hey! I can do this myself! Who needs Mommy?

Alright! Eating solids mastered. Time to learn to drive Mommy's car!

Hurray for costumes!

I absolutely love costumes! I don't think we get to use them enough. And it doesn't help that I work at a school that doesn't acknowledge Halloween, the one day that it's socially acceptable to wear a costume. But, Haddy gets to dress up all the time. Poor dear. She's too little to fight off her bizarre parents.


It all started with Dr. Haddy. She wants to be like Dr. V and Katrina the midwife.


For Harvest festival Haddy was a rather plump, goofy-looking dragon and I was a princess. It was fun.


David (a preschool and Day care attender at CPCS) dressed up as a knight. We quickly tracked him down and asked to get a picture with him. He was a bit shy, but we got our picture. How adorable!


Clover Pass worship team attacked by baby lobster! Quick! Get the garlic butter! My dad hated this outfit, but it still makes me smile a silly little grin.


...And finally, Haddy as a pile of laundry. No, maybe she's being Mary for the nativity. Maybe she's just hiding so that Mommy and Daddy won't dress her up so goofy any more.

Back with avengence!

Wow... four months. That's a long time since a post. Hmm... well, where to start? Our little munchkin is growing and a little too fast for my liking. In November, Rick and I had the opportunity to go to a worship conference in Seattle. It was amazing! I'll write about that in more detail later. But before we left, Haddy (who had just turned 6 months) was assuming the crawling position, but only managing to scoot backwards. We were only gone for three days. When we got back home, we arrived to a baby that was in full forward crawling motion, standing up in her crib and pulling herself up on furniture. Aaaaahh!!! What happen to the days when I would just lay her on the floor and she would stay there?!

It's a bit stressful, but terribly fun at the same time. Haddy has taken to singing (especially when she's tired). She loves the guitar. Whenever we're at worship practice or in church, she'll put her fussing on hold while the music is going. She's also saying, "ba ba ba...", "Da da da" (Rick was VERY happy about that), and then, only recently, she's saying "Ma ma!" Yay! Granted, she looks at me and says, "Ma ma," only when she wants to get out of her chair or crib, but I'll still take it! What a sweet girl! She's going to be walking her before too long. The dog better get ready to run.

No, this wasn't for Halloween. Rick and I had bought this costume before Haddy was even born and I JUST had to try it on her. Isn't she cute! In a year it will fit just perfect, and then she can run around with our R2-D2 droid saying, "Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope."

Haddy enjoying a ride in Aria's car.

Haddy hanging out with her friend, Aria Spokely.

Haddy being fingerprinted at the Blueberry Festival. We figured we'd put her on file now to discourage any nefarious dealings from her in her future. Nah, I have a beatiful handprint plaque hanging up in my house now.

Just on the verge of crawling. Boy! How far we've come!

My Little Sunshine!

I just adore this picture and just wanted to share it with everyone. I did enter this photo into a "cutest baby" contest. I would post the link for everyone to vote, but it has a lot of spam and just rediculous stuff with it. As much as we could use the prize money, I won't do that to everyone. Just enjoy my little girl's smile. :)