kellicrowe

Winner of the Fiskars prize:

Winner was from those who commented on either post about the Fiskars video; selected randomly.  Thanks for watching!!

Vicki - please e-mail me at walkingonsunshine73@yahoo.com with your address and I'll ship these goodies off to you.  And put "prize" or "blog" in the subject line...lest I get you confused with the the kind Nigerian Prince who keeps e-mailing me about his financial issues.

HA!! I think we all feel that way with the darn packaging that everything comes in today!! But that stampy thing looked like it was worth the effort to get it out of the packaging!! Without a video like that I would have passed it by in the store!! thanks for sharing!! Got my fingers and toes crossed that you PICK ME!! hehehe

Posted by: Vicki | June 30, 2008 at 07:12 AM

Fiskars Demo

Fiskars Demo

About that demo (above)

1. I was under the impression my hair looked better than that.

2. There is a give away info in the video.

3. I would be embarrissed to tell you how long it took us to figure out how to get this on the blog.  Clearly,  can't figure out how to put text with it yet.

4. "The camera adds 10 pounds"   

    "How many cameras are on you?"

    Can you name waht TV character said that?

5. Super thanks to Fiskars for sending the cool stuff!

6. No actual easy stamp press sets were harmed during the filming. 

7. I have a flip cam corder thingie now...it is a whole new blog world.

8. The give away will posted Tues night at 9 pm, EST.

9. My hands look old.

10. I tried very hard not to say um...instead I blinked extra.  Apparently.

   

teachers

1. "Self Puppet" by Max

2. I'm reading A Thomas Jefferson Education. It is a really interesting approach to education.

It got me thinking about my favorite teachers.
Why were they my favorites?

Mrs. Howard
8th grade science
She made the idea of asking questions and finding the answers interesting
She taught us to follow directions
That sounds remedial...but I had never been taught that before.

Miss Clark
Teacher's Assistant in 2nd grade
She listened to me about the reading group I was in and let me switch

Mr. Strong
8th grade History and English
The first time we ever had in class discussions
or autonomy to select projects to work on

Mrs. Watson
8th grade drama
she valued our opinions
and let us make choices

Ms. Valley
College professor
She had the most experience with Special Ed.
and had so many practicle applications for teaching

Dr. Kelihare
College professor
He was so passionate about education
it was infectious

Dr. Radel
College professor
He taught us it was more important to understand and intrerpret for yourself instead of listing what all the experts believed.

It is interesting to see that 8th grade and college were the two times I had the teachers I liked the most.
Were they so inspiring because they loved their subject matter? Had a passion for their students? Created and environment that fostered exploration?

Who are/were your favorite teachers?
Why?

kellicrowe

birthday central

This one had a swim party on Friday.
And turned 11 on Saturday.

This one had a karate party on Saturday.
And turns 6 on Tuesday.

And this one was just along for the ride because it is/was not his birthday this weekend.

I can't believe I have an 11 year old.
Or that my baby is 6.
Or that I have 3 boys...somedays.
I mean, it is believable
because they are, like, right there
(homeschooling= right right there all the time)
But
wow.
I'm reaaaallllly glad there wasn't an entrance exam for getting to do this job
because I am not sure I would have passed.
I mean...11 is half way to 22.
I feel like I should be imparting some serious wisdom
or something.
Maybe this is all the wisdom I'm going to have to work with.
Most days that = pretty good.
Some days that = yipes.

Happy Monday!

must...find...cord....

can.
not.
find.
my.
camera.
cord.

unable.
to.
load.
photos.

thus.
unable.
to.
blog.

Except for this:
Am I the only one who didn't love 27 Dresses?
Just watched it.
Not even sure why I am not loving it.
Am I just annoyed that it wasn't Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks?
Can't tell yet.

Other blog post ideas:
How I invented Hannah Montana
My better Friends Finale
Battle Star Galactica: Can this obbsessive compulsive handle it?

Happy David and Max's birthday week!!
kellicrowe

9.5

Alex
will you please clean under the table for me?

Sure.

I'll give him a 7 for enthusiasm
and 9.5 for form.

10 things at 9:24 am

1. Got up at 5:30 to clean the house.
2. It is 9:24 and I feel like it should be quitin' time.
3. Taking the kids to the pool today...it is finally an easy thing to do that doesn't feel like we are moving to the pool...but mearly visiting it.
4. Did this lo about Max as a scraplift of Ryeagmom over at Two Peas in a Bucket as part of a Pub challenge.
5. Max is getting way more face time in my scrapbooking than the other guys.
6. The poleroid thing: I drew it on an overlay, cut it out and then painted the back of it.
7. Yes...that was easier for me than figuring out how to do it digitially.
8. Drowning in e-mails and stacks of stuff.
9. The computer is not cutting down on my paper. It is just making me have less time to manage all the paper in my life.
10. What are you doing for Father's Day?

happy weekend
kellicrowe

little piggies

I got to kiss these little piggies when I went home to NC for a long weekend. My niece, Madison. The nice and very talented ladies over at The Creative Therapy Blog asked me to participate in their challenge this week. A lo about thanking someone. I actually did a LO about a Thank You I received. Who would you thank? Who has thanked you? Happy Monday! kellicrowe

Summer time is Fun Time!

I get to teach a little part of Stacy Julian's FUN class this summer on line.

I'm teaching the July 17th week.
Starts on a Thurs.

I'm pretty excited about it.

In other news:
1. I am all caught up with The Office.

2. It hit 94 here and now I am hot.

3. We are doing about 1 hour of school each morning and it is going well.

4. We have 1 wall painted brown in our kitchen..I think I like it.

Happy Wed!
kellicrowe