Well.... Well.... Well..... Since none of us folk here in Germany keep everyone up to date on life, Here it goes!! :D I have been buckling down on school work to get it done in a decent time this year!! Trying to get done with 11th grade and move on to 12th.... :D I only have a few subjects left. YEAH!! Softball season is going to start at the beginning of March. That should be fun. We have a new coach this year so it should be interesting to see how it goes. : )
On moms side of life..... It is just work really. She played Bunko as a fill in on Monday night and then on Thursday we had bible study. Which is always fun to go and fellowship and grow together in the word. Tonight she has some friends coming over and they I'm sure will have a good time together. I will be babysitting!! :D
Then tomorrow we will be going a few places here and there, then dad is suppose to call later on. Sunday we will go to church and then I have softball practice for another team. Mom will stay at church and have a lil lunch with some friends. Well I hope this caught y'all up on the Hesler's life. Not to interesting really!!! Hope everyone has a great Friday and a fantastic weekend!! :D
Love,
Kaylin <3
Friday, January 30, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Brain Overload!
Wow! Has this been a week of mental exhaustion. We are nearing the end of our quarter at school and it is time for all those progress reports and data collection folders to be finished. My brain was on total overload by Friday. But. . . . rest assured I finished all of mine and turned them in just in time to leave work a few minutes early. Yea! Now we have a three day weekend. I love those!!!
I currently have four 4th graders and loving it. I sat through 20 Science project presentations yesterday. Whew! If that wasn't a long afternoon and very interesting to see all of their different projects come to life. By the end I told them all that they had totally wore me out and they all started to laugh and the teacher, Mrs. Stevens said, "Now you feel my pain." "Yes, yes I do," I replied.
So then it snowed. . . . have you ever tried to take a huge group of 6, 7, and 8th graders outside and expect them NOT to throw snowballs? Good Grief! I feel bad for these kids, they beg and beg me to let them go outside and release all of their energy and then they get into trouble because of throwing snowballs. Ugh! The principal was very unhappy with their behavior and I wasn't exactly pleased but I understand that it is a great temptation to put kids out in the snow and then say, " Don't pick up the snow." Unfortunately when one is throwing snowballs and mean to hit one of their friends which is partaking in the snowball throwing, someone innocently standing in the background gets the snowball upside their head or face. That is not good! Now, all of those that were throwing snow are not aloud outside until the snow melts. Seriously, that could be March. Isn't there a better solution to this problem? I say give them another chance and if they disobey then call the parents and give them some after school detention. The principal tells me that she is there at school until 5 or 6 pm every night anyway. I suppose since I am involved in this situation I could stay after one afternoon if that is what it took. I just know that not letting this age group go outside possibly until March, they are already wired enough during lunch period. If they can't go out and relieve some of that overload of energy and hormones their craziness in the lunch and classroom is just going to get worse. Anyway. . . that is how my week ended, in a dilemma. Any ideas or suggestions?
I currently have four 4th graders and loving it. I sat through 20 Science project presentations yesterday. Whew! If that wasn't a long afternoon and very interesting to see all of their different projects come to life. By the end I told them all that they had totally wore me out and they all started to laugh and the teacher, Mrs. Stevens said, "Now you feel my pain." "Yes, yes I do," I replied.
So then it snowed. . . . have you ever tried to take a huge group of 6, 7, and 8th graders outside and expect them NOT to throw snowballs? Good Grief! I feel bad for these kids, they beg and beg me to let them go outside and release all of their energy and then they get into trouble because of throwing snowballs. Ugh! The principal was very unhappy with their behavior and I wasn't exactly pleased but I understand that it is a great temptation to put kids out in the snow and then say, " Don't pick up the snow." Unfortunately when one is throwing snowballs and mean to hit one of their friends which is partaking in the snowball throwing, someone innocently standing in the background gets the snowball upside their head or face. That is not good! Now, all of those that were throwing snow are not aloud outside until the snow melts. Seriously, that could be March. Isn't there a better solution to this problem? I say give them another chance and if they disobey then call the parents and give them some after school detention. The principal tells me that she is there at school until 5 or 6 pm every night anyway. I suppose since I am involved in this situation I could stay after one afternoon if that is what it took. I just know that not letting this age group go outside possibly until March, they are already wired enough during lunch period. If they can't go out and relieve some of that overload of energy and hormones their craziness in the lunch and classroom is just going to get worse. Anyway. . . that is how my week ended, in a dilemma. Any ideas or suggestions?
Friday, January 16, 2009
Weather!
Hey everyone!!
Man the weather that ILL is getting is crazy. Along with the other states near by. I thought it was bad here. I guess I will STOP complaining about our weather!! Other then that I saw the news on the yahoo web page about a plane crashing into the Hudson. I am glad for the people that were on it, as the pilot new what to do. It is always nice when you here that a plane crashes and no one is hurt or badly injured. You go PILOT! Cause I would freak out if I saw that we were going towards a huge lake/river full of water. He did a great job of landing the plane and not sinking it!! :D
Anyways, about Germany!! Not much going on here. I am about to leave for a church function. Then tomorrow my friend Tiffany and I are suppose to be going to monkey island. I will have to tell you more about it later because all I know is that it is in France, which is roughly an hour away...... I am pretty excited about it so we will see what this monkey island is all about. LOL :D The weather here is pretty good for now. We have had snow on the ground for at least 2 weeks. It doesn't seem to melt when you live in the mountains because it is always colder here then in town. But oh well... Not much you can do about it. but, that is about it that's going on around this neighborhood!! I hope everything is going well with all of you guys. Hopefully everyone will enjoy there days of from either snow or Martin Luther King day!
Love y'all <3
Kaylin
Man the weather that ILL is getting is crazy. Along with the other states near by. I thought it was bad here. I guess I will STOP complaining about our weather!! Other then that I saw the news on the yahoo web page about a plane crashing into the Hudson. I am glad for the people that were on it, as the pilot new what to do. It is always nice when you here that a plane crashes and no one is hurt or badly injured. You go PILOT! Cause I would freak out if I saw that we were going towards a huge lake/river full of water. He did a great job of landing the plane and not sinking it!! :D
Anyways, about Germany!! Not much going on here. I am about to leave for a church function. Then tomorrow my friend Tiffany and I are suppose to be going to monkey island. I will have to tell you more about it later because all I know is that it is in France, which is roughly an hour away...... I am pretty excited about it so we will see what this monkey island is all about. LOL :D The weather here is pretty good for now. We have had snow on the ground for at least 2 weeks. It doesn't seem to melt when you live in the mountains because it is always colder here then in town. But oh well... Not much you can do about it. but, that is about it that's going on around this neighborhood!! I hope everything is going well with all of you guys. Hopefully everyone will enjoy there days of from either snow or Martin Luther King day!
Love y'all <3
Kaylin
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Swallowed by Germany?
Okay, okay so I haven't blogged since October. What's the big deal??? NO, Germany did not swallow up the Hesler family, life did! Ha Ha just kiddin' Sorry. . . . Our web page for the blog changed and I couldn't figure out for the life of me how to get to our blog. Also, since I am not a computer goo roo I didn't know what our blog web address was either. Excuses, excuses I know but it sounded good at the time.
Really isn't much to catch the family up on here in good ol' Germany. IT'S REALLY REALLY COLD! I would love to come and visit a warmer country with warmer climates about now. Kaylin has officially passed 10th grade since the last time I blogged. She is about halfway through her 11th grade curriculum. YEA!!! And passing with flying colors. I told her the other day that I was soooo ready for her to be a Senior and near graduation. Not ready for her to move out and go to college just ready for her to be done with high school. She agreed! Getting in the spirit for Softball season to start on March 1st. I have been voluntold that my services as the (woman) part of the coaching staff is all mine. Boy, do these girls have a rude awakening coming to them. They all know me as Kaylin's mom but not from a coaching standpoint. Actually, I am more geared towards the disciplinary aspects for the team as a whole. The past two seasons Kaylin has played on this team there has been little to know discipline as far as attitudes and working together as a team and not as individuals. So. . . . . This will be my goal: to teach them that there is a consequence for every dicision that we make. If we work together as a team and try to maintain good attitudes that the morale of the team will be a winner everytime no matter what the scoreboard says.
I do hope and pray that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great start to the New Year.
Really isn't much to catch the family up on here in good ol' Germany. IT'S REALLY REALLY COLD! I would love to come and visit a warmer country with warmer climates about now. Kaylin has officially passed 10th grade since the last time I blogged. She is about halfway through her 11th grade curriculum. YEA!!! And passing with flying colors. I told her the other day that I was soooo ready for her to be a Senior and near graduation. Not ready for her to move out and go to college just ready for her to be done with high school. She agreed! Getting in the spirit for Softball season to start on March 1st. I have been voluntold that my services as the (woman) part of the coaching staff is all mine. Boy, do these girls have a rude awakening coming to them. They all know me as Kaylin's mom but not from a coaching standpoint. Actually, I am more geared towards the disciplinary aspects for the team as a whole. The past two seasons Kaylin has played on this team there has been little to know discipline as far as attitudes and working together as a team and not as individuals. So. . . . . This will be my goal: to teach them that there is a consequence for every dicision that we make. If we work together as a team and try to maintain good attitudes that the morale of the team will be a winner everytime no matter what the scoreboard says.
I do hope and pray that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great start to the New Year.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Paris!!
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share a few picture of Paris with you. The first picture is the Notre Dame, second picture is the Eiffel tower, and then you have the Arc De Triumph. The weather was not the greatest. It rained, it was windy, and it was pretty cloudy. BUT!! it was still very nice to be able to say,"I HAVE BEEN TO PARIS" France is pretty different from Germany. The food, people, and just the economy. I hope that everyone is doing good and enjoy the pictures.
Love,
Kaylin
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