Finally, a real job!!!

After months of waiting I (Kristen) just found out that I got the second grade teaching job at Ivy Hall Academy!!!!! This was great news until I found out that the teacher dress code was dresses and skirts everyday. I looked through my closet and realised that for a college grad, i had no adult outfits. Then when trying to find a decent picture of myself for the school bulletin board, I realised that every picture of me for the last 2 years was of me doing something ridiculous in front of the camera, had me with Indian stripes on my cheeks or in a wedding dress. I was finally able to find one that I photo-shopped enough to pass for a teacher portrait. I think this year will be a growing one for me and the 18 seven year olds.

Our marathon ride

Yesterday Tyler and I felt the need for an adventure. It was about noon when we decided to go and see the Oceans 13 movie at the theatre in the Riverwoods shopping area. Unfortunately the movie started at 12:30 and so we grabbed a backpack, threw some old granola bars in it and rode like crazy. It only took us 20 minutes to get there but we were sure hot and sweaty when we arrived. After the movie (which was really good, the best of them all) we rode our bikes up the river trial to Vivian Park (the end, or beginning, of the river trail). This only took an hour, which is surprising because of how slow we, I, was going. We stopped at the park for awhile and then rode straight home. All in all it was an 18 mile trip, (easy to figure out because of the signs posted every mile along the path) and we were exhausted at the end of it. Most likely because we only ate a waffle each for lunch/breakfast. After the ride Tyler made dinner and then we went out with Cavan to watch a movie after Tyler beat me once again at domino's.
So far our bikes have been the greatest summer investment, and once gas hits 4 bucks a gallon, I'm sure we will even be riding our bikes to the grocery store.

The energy of a 3 year old

I recently applied for a nanny job where i would watch 3 kids a few hours a week. I thought this would be nice for the money and for the experience which would help me get ready to teach second graders. The mother brought her kids over today to meet me and so she could ask me a few questions. The second they stepped in the door the 3 and 4 year old started running everywhere, opening every door and slamming every drawer they could find. I couldn't ditch the mom and frantically round the kids up so i had to be content guarding one room at a time while the mother asked me questions. I thought i had been able to keep the damage to a minimum, a few broken magnets and such, but when they were about to leave the little girl kept saying "fish food" over and over. I thought she wanted to feed them and i said maybe next time. Well, i went to check on the tank after their departure and found that the little angel had dumped the rest of a large bottle of fish food into the tank. I was sick at the sight and could only watch them gorge and hope none died of over eating. Needless to say i have a new respect for mothers and daycare providers.