The Bee Sting

I can't believe it but tomorrow is the 1st day of the 2011-12 school year. School staff has worked extremely hard for a week getting prepared and the day has come. Every year, I think, "Oh, I won't get nervous about the first day of school. I've done this for years." But, every year, I still get nervous. There's just something about a first day of school that brings out the jitters for everyone - school staff, kids, and parents. In my position, my biggest worry is getting all the students to and from school safely - on the correct bus, daycare van, or car. For 9 years now (this will be my 10th), everything has always worked out fine - it doesn't ever go perfect, that just doesn't happen, but it always ends up okay with all the kids getting to and from school safely.

As I sit here getting ready to make some final preparations for tomorrow, I say a special prayer (as I do each year) for the thousands of educators out there....my prayer is that you will have the wisdom and the strength to provide a successful school year for all the children - through all the ups and downs of a school year, may you keep your eye on the number one focus - making a difference in the lives of students. I also say a special prayer of protection over Fair Grove and all the surrounding schools - may God keep your staff and students safe until the doors close again in June. It's going to be a great year - I just know it!

Before I begin my school work, I wanted to add a quick post....

Several weeks ago, I was walking outside with no shoes on. Luke was also wearing no shoes and was holding my hand as we walked through the grass. Well, all of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain going through the bottom of my foot....my whole foot burned for several minutes. I never saw what I stepped on, but when I ran inside to look at my foot, I found a stinger. So, I must have been stung by a bee. I was very thankful that it wasn't Luke because he was so close to whatever I stepped on.

Because he was right beside of me, he saw my face and how I grabbed my foot in pain. He also heard me go on and on about my foot burning and wondering what happened. Then, he saw me go get the tweezers and pull out the stinger. While I was doing that, I explained to him what I was doing and I also reminded him that we would both wear shoes from now on.

Well, as you know, Luke watches everything and is a little copy cat. About an hour after the bee sting occurred, he went to the bathroom, got the tweezers and then started trying his best to imitate what I did when I was stung....it's the cutest video....check it out at the bottom....

But, first, to go along with my bee sting theme, I included some pictures of Luke riding a ladybug and bee bouncy toy at Hanes Park playground in Winston.

Enjoy....

As you know, I am super behind with my posting....matter of fact, I have about 70 pictures on my camera that I haven't downloaded yet....I am still posting pictures from this summer and actually have at least one more post from the summer. Then, hopefully, I can get to some recent posts like....

Luke's first hair cut and another road trip and play date post (both from this past weekend). And...we have some super fun weekend adventures planned the whole month of September....stay tuned....

Toddy