Pinch, pinch, pinch...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays at school.  This year a leprechaun came and visited our classroom.

Here is what happened... Monday before school got out we set leprechaun traps in hope of catching one.  Well when the kids got to school this morning, this is what they found:

He had run all over their desks in green paint.  Then they saw this written on the board...

Kinda silly I know, but he had left a green drink there for me to drink.  I always take a vote at this point in the morning.  We vote to see if I should drink it and risk the chance of dying.  This morning, only 3 of my 27 kids thought that I shouldn't drink the drink.  Clearly my health is not of their concern.

So I drink it and about 15 minutes later my foot started to feel really weird so I took off my shoe and sock and....  wah-la!

The potion turned my foot green!!  Now this is the point where the students actually do begin to get concerned.  So this year they came up with the idea to write our leprechaun letters.  These were too priceless to not post.  Sorry there are a lot of them.  I will translate after each in case you can't understand first grade penmanship.

These crack me up because their personalities show through so much.  I am going to 'label' the personality traits these kids will have as they get older.  This is all for fun... just so you know, this isn't how I really think of these kids so please no one think I am a horrible person who labels children.  Here we go... enjoy!

Student #1:  Normal Student

*We are really sorry.  Please turn Mrs. Lefler's foot back to normal.*

Student #2: The Brown-noser

*I think you can read this one.*

Student #3: The Typical Jock

*You are so stupid.  I am going to play football against you.  You are going to die.*

Student #4: Just a Little "OFF"

*Please don't turn us into witches.*

Student #5: The Bully

*We are sorry.  Do not turn Mrs. Lefler green or you will get it!*

Student #6: The Pass the Blame Student

*I am sorry I made you mad.  It was not my fault.  It was my teacher's idea to do it.*

(This one was my personal favorite)

Student #7: Little White Lie

*We are sorry.  We wanted to catch a different leprechaun.*

Student #8: The Paranoid Student

*Please forgive us for making those traps.  Please don't send us to jail.*

Which one was your favorite?  I love these!!!

No I didn't forget!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!I was blessed to have this man as my father. Here is a CHEESEY picture of us standing in front of the Loch Ness in Scotland. Yes... that is a beany baby of the loch ness monster. (no we didn't see it)

I love you daddy and I hope you had a wonderful day! I am so grateful that I had you as my father.

Another age issue...

This is a survey I was filling out for Southwest airlines when I flew home back in February. When I got to the back of the survey I had to check the box with my age. I know this picture is hard to read, but I hated that I was now in the 26-34 age bracket. I felt like the survey was rubbing in my recent and unwanted birthday.

Oh how I miss that 22-25 box.

The 4 Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan

Mason and I have decided to do a little spring cleaning of our bodies. We have started this plan that is really strict. It's a diet but basically you can eat all the fruits and vegetables that you want. There are also recipes in the book that you can cook made out of completely natural ingredients. It's been interesting so far. We started it yesterday... I know... not that long... but I am feeling optimistic about this.

Every morning I wake up and drink a glass of fresh lemon water then follow that 20 minutes later with pure cranberry juice with psyllium husk. That's the hardest part. That pure cranberry juice and husk is kinda rough. After that I can eat all the fruit I want until lunch. It's not that bad actually. I'm excited to see how I feel after this. Of course there is much more to it, but it isn't as hard as some of the other detoxes Mason has wanted us to do.

It says that it not only cleans out your body of all the toxins, but it also helps you have more energy. That is what sold me the most. I get so tired at school and run out of energy fast. I am really excited to try this out. I will keep you posted.

Part of the reason I am blogging about this is so that hopefully I will feel more obligated to follow it being everyone knows.

And the answer is...

The knights name was Each.  

Each the knight ate one peach and so there were 10 left.

Thank you Skyler for entertaining us.

Mrs. Lefler... I have a riddle for you!!!

One of my kids from last year came up to me in the hall this morning saying he had a riddle for me.  He told me that he wouldn't tell me the answer until tomorrow morning so I could think about it all day.  I thought I'd share:  (maybe you can help me out)

There are 11 hungry knights.  There is a peach tree with 11 peaches.  That night each knight eats a peach.  There are 10 peaches left.  How is this possible?

Hopefully the answer to this is actually something that makes sense - due to the fact that many times their jokes don't.

I'll keep ya posted.

Needless to say I have been thinking about this all day...

The Butch-elor...

I don't know if any of you watched this last night...

...but our charming bachelor lost his charm in my eyes.