i'm engaged!

Soo... Daniel proposed last Thursday night!!!  We are so excited!   We're getting married!  We're getting married!  We're getting married!  Yay! I didn't announce it formally to all my students (I think maybe I'll give some sort of big announcement during my classes tomorrow), but I did tell some of them and some of them even knew from their parents (who I am facebook friends with).  Haha!  There were several funny conversations about me being engaged and I'm sure there will be many more... The whole "engaged" concept is very hard for kids to understand!

we were so excited!!!

Let me tell you a story...

Here is how one conversation with a little kindergarten girl went on Friday:

Girl: "Miss Akins, are you really married?"

Me: "No, I am getting married.  Probably next summer."

Girl: "Oh.  Are you marrying Coach Brown?"

Me: "No, he is married to Mrs. Brown.  I am marrying Daniel."

She looks around the gym, very confused.  "But he's a little kid!"

I try to hold in my laughter.  "Not the kindergarten Daniel.  Not the Daniel in our class.  This Daniel is older.  He's a grown-up."

at our "engagement party" after his proposal!

So... in case there is any confusion:  I am NOT marrying a little kid & kindergartener!!  Come on... everyone knows he is a big kid. :)

i still like you

Let me tell you a story...

Last week, I was teaching and a first grade boy raised his hand, looked up at me, made direct eye contact and said to me very seriously,

"I really like you".

I kind of giggled to myself, and replied, "Aw thank you. I like you, too!"... and then I moved on.

Fast forward to today.  I was walking the first grade boys to the music room when I passed this same little boy.  He stopped me, and with a very serious and intent tone, he said,

"Miss Akins, I still like you.".

HA!  This kind of stuff never gets old. :)

i am the beast

One part of my job is putting on "music programs" for my students.  Basically, they get to perform songs for their parents.  It's really fun and the kids always get really excited... but they are also very stressful to put together.  Our first grade music program was yesterday and I'm still recovering from it all!

Let me tell you a story...

There were a lot of kids SUPER pumped about our program coming up... it was so cute!  Yesterday, during the school day, kids kept telling me,

"Miss Akins, our music program is tonight!"

...Like I could forget! HA!

after the music program

Anyway, most of the kids told me they planned on coming, but there were those few kids who knew they weren't going to be able to attend. You know, those boys who had baseball practice. Or the boy whose dad is a high school coach and he had a game. Or the little girl who told me her grandma's birthday was that night and her family was having her party.  Even though all these reasons for not being able to come make me sad, I understand that it is only through the support of parents that a music program after school hours is even possible!  So any parents out there who are reading this, THANK YOU!  Thank you for supporting your kids and their school!  We GREATLY appreciate you!!!

Yesterday, at lunch, the little girl whose grandma had a party that night announced to me,

"Miss Akins, guess what??  My grandma cancelled her birthday!  I can come to the program!!!"

Music Teacher Glynis!

I believe she meant she cancelled her PARTY, but man... this was big news! Honestly, I felt so proud that this program meant so much to her that her family would rearrange their schedule.  She should feel so loved!!!

SO... the program went VERY well last night.  I was SO proud of my first graders who worked so hard to prepare for this!!!  I found out today one teacher told her class she had Chick-Fil-A coupons for those kids who were able to attend... talk about incentive!!! Thank you to the first grade teachers for all their support!

 Today, I got this note from a sweet, sweet first grade girl:

i am the beast music titcher

How many of you get notes like this at your job???  I feel very blessed today!!! :)

hugs

I LOVE HUGS!!!  Being a teacher is the best because I never have to go a day without getting at least one hug.  :D

Let me tell you a story...

A little girl gave me a hug today, but this one was different.  This was one of those REALLY good hugs.  She grabbed me all the way around and squeezed me tight, laying her head on my stomach.  She kept her arms around me there and then looked up and said,

"You feel just like my mom."

This is the same little girl who had told me (just prior to the hug),

"Miss Akins, I'm gonna bring you a chocolate chip muffin!"

I assumed she meant tomorrow morning, or next week, or the week after that... No, she ran to her backpack and pulled out this individually wrapped muffin.  It was a sweet gesture.

This is also the same girl who yesterday was singing the Kari Jobe song "We Are".  I was so impressed with how on pitch she was and so I commented, "I know that song! Do you like it?".  She replied,

"Oh yes.  It just takes my breath away every time I hear it."

Yep, it is a good song and I loved hearing a little girl sing it.  And also, this sweet kindergartener really is creeping her little ol' way into my heart!

scrapbook

Let me tell you a story...

Today, a little kindergarten girl brought me a scrapbook that she had made JUST FOR ME. See?  It even says, "MUSIC TEACHER".  Duh. That's me!



The scrapbook was all of pictures of HER.  From birth to now.  Oh, how I WISH I could show you all the pictures!  They were hilariously cute.  She even left several blank pages at the end (to quote her) "so you can add some of your own pictures". Aww! 

 

The inside of my scrapbook :)

 

The outside of my scrapbook :)



Ok, ok, I can't stand it.  I will show you SOME of the inside.  She just went to so much trouble making it for me!!



here she is at age 3 playing her drums!



cute music scrapbook paper she used



 

some more cute music scrapbook paper

 







I wonder if her mom knows that she made this for me.  Hmm... maybe I should email her just to be sure it was ok.

Either way, it was so sweet and so precious. I can't believe that she even thinks about me outside of school! My heart is full with love for my students today. 

<3 LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. <3