Lions, and tigers, and kindergarteners oh my!

After spending countless hours this past summer getting my classroom ready for my very first year of teaching I think it turned out pretty cute!

The Before

The After

I chose to decorate my room in bumble bees, which you can't really tell by the pictures. It's a bit of a pun off of our school rules....Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible :)

My cubbies and toys

Calender Wall

Coatroom 

School started on Friday, August 15th and thank goodness it was a short day! I really thought I did a good job of mentally preparing myself for how exhausting it was going to be... but I was wrong. I got home that afternoon before 5 and slept on the couch until 9 after which I got up and went to bed until 10:30 Saturday morning. I don't think I've slept that long since I was a teenager in high school!

Open House

Highlights from my first week
~A toad somehow found his way into my room. Strong fellow teachers were recruited to move my bookcases and I caught him with a butterfly net.
~TLC Art.............Do not try this the first week of kindergarten...............Rookie mistake.
~Chocolate and Diet Dr. Pepper fix everything
~ I only messed up my lesson plans about 25x and yet I think they all managed to learn something this week :)

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed
Even teachers need a 1st Day of School Picture!

Obligatory post about corn

So corn is kind of a big deal if you didn't know. Especially if you're a Huenefeld. And putting up sweet corn is an even bigger deal. One that takes the whole family, extended family, and many good friends.

Picking Sweet Corn
Photo courtesy of Gracia

I finally had the chance to get in on the annual event and it was a blast! We spent some really great quality time with friends and family and now have a freezer FULL of corn to last us the year (If not longer!!!)

Day #1
This is what a "small" batch looks like
Photo courtesy of Megan

Since what I'm pretty sure was the beginning of time Caden's family has been putting up sweet corn. Over all of those years they seem to have perfected the practice and now have it down to an art. My family used to put up corn as well, but it was nothing compared to this! These people definitely know what they are doing and I was happy to be their newest pupil!

Chopping off the ends

Boiling the corn, husks and all

Cooling the corn

Cleaning the corn

Cooling some more in two huge tubs

Handy little homeade machine that takes
 the corn off the cob at 24 epm
thats (ears per minute for you non corn people)

Isn't he just the cutest?! 

I think Sam ate as much corn as we put up!
And he definitely enjoyed the mud

Putting it all in bags

After putting up 350 gallons of corn over 6 long days (of only a few of which I actually helped) we were finally done!