{"id":11715,"date":"2017-04-28T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T22:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=11715"},"modified":"2017-04-28T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T22:47:40","slug":"a-little-bit-of-this-a-little-bit-of-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=11715","title":{"rendered":"A little bit of this, a little bit of that&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Tim has been working hard on getting all the finishing details of the patio completed. \u00a0He&#8217;s down to a final (albeit kind of long) to do list of the tasks left. \u00a0It&#8217;s always exciting when a big project starts to come to a close! \u00a0I can tell he&#8217;s pretty exhausted these days from trying to balance work and watching the kids and squeeze in working on the patio in any free moments he has. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll be THRILLED to have this done. \u00a0Hopefully a big push this weekend and that will be it!<\/li>\n<li>Praise the Lord&#8211;my PUPPS (or whatever it was) is gone!!! \u00a0The prednisone seems to have knocked it out effectively. \u00a0It sure had me wound up, though. \u00a0I seemed to have an extra dose of energy and went a bit crazy cleaning and being productive. \u00a0I felt like I wanted to thoroughly deep clean every nook and cranny of the house&#8230; which of course, is not a wise endeavor when I only have a couple hours before teaching each day. \u00a0 \ud83d\ude00 \u00a0Needless to say, I&#8217;m glad to be done with all of that. \u00a0Now I&#8217;m just back to my normal self.<\/li>\n<li>Josiah went on a field trip yesterday with his Preschool class to the Lowry Nature Center. \u00a0It was snowing. \u00a0Yup. \u00a0We dug out the winter hat and mittens before sending him off on the bus. \u00a0April sure has had unpredictable weather! \u00a0He was beyond excited (and a little nervous he also told me) to ride the bus. \u00a0He barely waved goodbye to me, he was so excited.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/getting-on-the-bus-R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11718\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/getting-on-the-bus-R.jpg\" alt=\"getting on the bus R\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/getting-on-the-bus-R.jpg 960w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/getting-on-the-bus-R-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>After the field trip yesterday, one of Josiah&#8217;s teachers came up to tell me how sweet he was&#8230; she said as they boarded the bus to come home, he stopped at the bus driver and asked her what her name was. \u00a0She replied and then he looked right at her and said, &#8220;I think you&#8217;re the best bus driver EVER.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>I ordered a book of pretty piano songs and I&#8217;m enjoying playing through it. \u00a0They are not particularly hard, but very nice. \u00a0I&#8217;m always on the lookout of for pretty songs for my students. \u00a0Also songs that help work on emoting and &#8220;feeling&#8221; the line of music. \u00a0The book is called &#8220;Lyric Moments&#8221; by Catherine Rollins. \u00a0I ordered the complete collection, so it&#8217;s three books combined into one.<\/li>\n<li>Chloe has started to play with a neighbor girl after school in the yard. \u00a0Her name is Lina. \u00a0She&#8217;s in 5th grade. \u00a0They have a good time playing in the backyard and riding bikes.<\/li>\n<li>We only have one more week of BSF left for the year. \u00a0Josiah has had the same teacher the entire time he&#8217;s been in BSF (since he was born!) so it will be sad to have to say goodbye to wonderful Ms. Jeanne!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim has been working hard on getting all the finishing details of the patio completed. \u00a0He&#8217;s down to a final (albeit kind of long) to do list of the tasks left. \u00a0It&#8217;s always exciting when a big project starts to come to a close! 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