Catch Up

Yeah, it's been a while, but let me do some catching up. I'm still in Bethel, Alaska teaching Kindergarten. We still live in the same apartment. School has been keeping me busy. Right now I'm trying to teach my kids about nursery rhymes. It's surprising that so many kids up here are not taught these simple rhymes: Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So, my plan is to have kids start learning these rhymes so it can improve their language and rhyming skills. Enough about work though. My roommates and I have joined dance classes. I've joined the jitterbug class and my roommates are doing salsa dancing. So, nights after practicing we practice in our living room :) Aerobics has also started back up so I'll be doing that MWF and dancing on TH. It's good to keep busy through the winter though because the cold will drive you crazy here! So now, I am counting down the days until spring break. My two friends, Kara and Jess are visiting me from Michigan. We're spending a week in Anchorage :) And, I've made them sign up to be dog handlers for the Iditarod! I can't wait, we might be on tv :) Neat things happen in Alaska :) Well, I'm typing this on my lunch break and I kinda want to finish lunch. We'll see how long it takes me to make another blog:)