I have been incredibly busy these last few days preparing for a collaborative conference at my job. I was writing and scanning and grouping photos and writing some more. I've had two Origami Workteams going on at work and I invited the parents of the kids on those teams to come and talk about them with me, and it rocked.
I work at Hilltop in part because I get to do this. I hang out with parents and tell them about the fantastic intellectual, brilliant and creative work their kids are doing with me each week. Wait, wait, that's not all. Also I get to do fan. int. bril and crea. work with the parents as we examine their kids' words, art and photos. THEN we sit down and figure out what I'm going to do next... together. It's a big lovefest because they love their kids, and are grateful that I'm around when they're not, and I love their kids and am grateful that they have parents who know them so deeply, and we're all smart caring adults who make time on a week night to get together and wonder what's going on in their little noggins, so we love each other for that. We look at their work and marvel, and look at them in photos getting older and coo, and then we talk about what it means. I get to do all this, and I'm not even a classroom teacher... I spin jumpropes and fold paper airplanes and play cards at work too.
Now I'm drinking some Pipeline Porter got some loud music and my husband's cooking me comfort food in the next room. Tomorrow's Friday. Really couldn't be better. It's the best.
