Toast to April

April... I'm not really sure if you existed.. you were kinda one big blur. Oh well. 

Here's to alfalfa. Because the Little Rascals still entertains me 19 years later. Like laugh out loud, entertains me.

Here's to Yu Darvish basically having a perfect game, because I'm basically perfect too.

Here's to Adam Scott. Because he's Australian and he's smokin' hott. Not because he won the Masters.

Here's to little notes left on my car. Wow, that can brighten a day.

Here's to babysitting 130 kids for 4.5 hours.

Here's to standardized testing for allowing me the time to successfully pick off all the nail polish on my fingers.

Here's to ice water. Not luke warm water, that's just gross. 

Here's to 3000 people Crawling for Cancer in Dallas. That was a neat sight. 

Bring it on May.

Mwangaza

I had the most amazing day yesterday. I spent the entire day hanging out with children from the Mwangaza Children's choir. They were the sweetest, kindest, most energetic, and fun kids from Uganda. They are on a 6 month tour going all over mainly Texas singing and dancing for the Lord. How cool is that? The youngest is 8 and the oldest turned 14 on the trip. They were a true blessing and I had such a good day pointing out things like airplanes in the sky and teaching them the simple "catch the ball in the cup" game. They are on a very strict schedule/diet while they are here. They cannot watch tv, swim, eat dessert, and are in bed by 8:30, but they have the biggest hearts and an undeniable love for Jesus. 

They love to burst into random song and dance. We spent some of the night singing "My Reedemer Lives", but then we moved on to singing Sound of Musics, "Do, a deer, a female deer". They may have also done a dance that resembled the "wobble"... Who knew line dances made it around the world? I loved every second of it. This video is just a chant I caught them doing while waiting for dinner. 

They were watching their own performance from the morning with "Auntie Marili". They call everyone "Auntie" and "Uncle" while they are here. It is precious.  

Top left is Faith, bottom left is Mercy, and the picture on the right is Esther. I love them. Esther was the main soloist and has a beautiful alto voice. Faith is 9 and she made a "french fry" sandwich at dinner. These girls can eat!!! Mercy is so tender-hearted... see her prayer below.

Just in case you weren't amazed by them already. This was Mercy's prayer before we ate dinner. 

Dr Pepper Cookies!

Dr. Pepper Cookies are super easy and require 3 ingredients!
1. Dr. Pepper 2. Chocolate Cake Mix and 3. Powdered Sugar

Voila! I made these almost not believing that this would actually work. I even called my mom and said, "So, I don't use eggs or anything??" She told me no and I set off to work. I simply mixed about 6 oz of Dr Pepper with the cake mix until it resembled the form of cookie dough. I put them on some parchment paper and baked them for 12 minutes. I then made the icing with 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1-2 oz of Dr Pepper. I may have used a little too much Dr Pepper, but we'll fix that for next time. I am positive I will be making these again.

Hannah, you and Bro-In-Law will love these. Happy Friday!  

 

Tin Man Project

We just wrapped up our Tin Man Project. My student teacher and I decided to attempt this project to review surface area! It turned out really well and the kids were engaged!! (I know that's a total buzz word in education, but for real. They loved the project!!) We collected boxes/toilet paper rolls for about a week and a half, showed this video and then let the kids get to work. 

We didn't put much stipulation on the Tin Man. He had to have at least 5 body parts and consist of at least one prism and one cylinder. This is what they came up with: 

A cat!

Justin Timberlake (As long as I have my
suit and tie!)

Pablo

He also has a cape on the back!

Lenny from Toy Story

Here Fishy Fishy Fishy!

I had another marvelous weekend. Duck Dude and I went catfishing. We learned something: Apparently most people do not like to fish and most people would most certainly never take a girl fishing. Some of the reactions we got: 
"You're taking her fishing??"            
"Are you crazy?"
"You are willingly going??  You are such a trooper."
"You have 6 heads with a couple fins and might possibly be able to fly/swim kind of like the super old school movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?"

You're right. No one said the last one, but I swear that's how they looked at us. No, duck dude didn't force me to go. No, I didn't have to "troop" through anything. I might have even gone as far as telling Duck Dude it was my favorite weekend we've spent together. I love fishing. I've grown up fishing. It actually makes me get super nostalgic and tell stories about my dad and Pappy and fishing with them. 

See, I told you. I need that tan again.

I think it's relaxing and exciting and not boring at all. Especially when you enjoy the company you're with and have a little bit of Texas country playing in the background. 

Koal loved the ride up there. 

Here fishy fishy. Found him!

The precious cafe where we ate Sunday lunch

And today I believe I'm actually going to hit the gym, because my biceps may or may not be sore from reeling the fish in.