Justin Beiber's forehead and side effects

What do you think of Justin Beiber's hair? Personally, I think it is a little funny, but some people think it is pretty stylish. I even have quite a few boys in my classes that wear their hair like his. This week in one of my classes a boy was lifting his hair up off of his face, and showing us that his little forehead is white under there. He said that he has worn that hairstyle for awhile, and plays soccer outside a lot. I guess the hair is the perfect sunscreen for his forehead. It really cracked me up because I never thought of this particular side effect to wearing a Justin Beiber hairstyle. Now I have the urge to peep under his bangs if I ever meet him!

cds, records and reading

I remember back when I was a kid, I had my own record player. I would play Disney tunes or my dad's old albums like Ohio Express (he never let me play the good ones like Jimmy Hendrix or Led Zepplin). Another thing I loved to play on my record player were these story records. The record came inside of a little storybook, and you played the record and read along. Whenever a little bell would ring, you knew it was time to turn the page.

When I got a bit older and was driving a long way to work everyday, I discovered books on tape. There was no bell to tell you to turn the page, most were abridged so it wouldn't matter even if I did try to read along with it, but they were very entertaining for me and helped the boring drive pass quickly.

The other day when I was browsing through the library with my daughter, I noticed something called a "book in a box". Inside the box was a CD and a book to go with it. I was so excited to see these and checked a few out. She loves to be read to, but I always feel like she needs to read more on her own. I think that these "b in b's" are the perfect compromise!

kids, giggling and farts

Farts are soooo funny. Especially to middle schoolers. Today in class, I noticed two kids scootch over a few chairs and hold their noses. Then I looked and saw another kid giggling and trying to move closer to them- he was clearly the one that dealt it. Each time he moved down one seat, they moved down one seat, until I told them to please return to their assigned seats. I was giggling too. But, it got me thinking about the different kind of farts that we have at school. One fart middle schoolers like is the BOMB FART. This is when one kid farts, and all of them jump back and all point at one another. It is nearly impossible to figure out who dealt it. Another kind is the SNEAKY FART. This one seems to come from no where and all of a sudden comes upon the class. Everyone looks at each other like, where did that come from?! In here?! In the hallway?! From the class next door?! Holy cow! The last fart, my favorite, is the WAVE FART. In this fart you see one kid hold their nose, then the two kids next to him, and the two kids next to them, until everyone in the room is giggling and holding their noses because, like I said before, farts are funny!

exercise and pizza

Why is it that whenever I exercise, I think of food? When I am on the treadmill at the gym, I find myself watching the food network. Or when I am walking with a friend, sometimes we will swap recipes, but this time I crossed the line. Tonight, I was walking around the track and I noticed a sign that said DeLosa's Pizza. MMMM, that is the best pizza anywhere, but they are so far away! Why do they have a sign hanging here, I asked myself. So I googled it and found that they just opened a new shop- SCORE! Suddenly, it hit me what I was doing- GOOGLING PIZZA WHILE EXERCISING!!! What is wrong with me?!

Halloween already?!

My daughter and I both love Halloween, but I think things are getting a little out of hand. It is January and like 65 degrees outside (hey, it is Florida!) and my daughter is already planning for Halloween. As I was driving her to school this morning, she informed me that she has already chosen her costume for this year, and that she wants to be Pippi Longstocking. I don't think your average kid today even knows who that is, but my kid is absolutely hooked on the old Pippi videos where the kids lips don't match their words because they are really speaking Swedish. Anyway, then tonight, when I went upstairs to tuck her into bed, she had 2 stories ready for me to read to her- and they were BOTH Halloween stories! I think she may need a Halloween intervention!