The Suburban Mom's Tales

UPDATE: I did survive the second day of substitute teaching for first grade and it went great! I am actually considering doing it more often.
I have been going to the gym lately and finally broke down and used my husband's Ipod for some motivational music.  Believe me.  It was completely necessary.  I always feel like one of those hamsters on a spinning wheel at the gym, so I needed a distraction...

     A few weeks ago we took our first family vacation to Florida to see some relatives.    We were pretty excited about the trip, but we weren't sure about how the flights were going to be.  I say flights because we had four of them:  two connecting...

I substitute taught first grade today.  I usually sub for middle and high school, but now that I have a kindergartender, I was feeling brave.
The lesson plan said that we would begin with math and that the students would be playing games in groups of four to six.  The teacher mentioned in her note to me that the class was a little "chatty" and that if the class got to loud, I should shut the...

     There is something about doing things over again that drives me insane, like laundry.  You pick it up, you wash it, you fold it or hang it up and then you wear it again. It is a never ending cycle.  Having two children is kind of like the same thing...