Falcon Fire and Twins!

It has been a very busy "short" week!! Tonight was Falcon Fire at school. This is the biggest PTA event of the year. It is a WONDERFUL time for all families. I went to it as a child and loved every minute of it (yes I am teaching at the school that I went to as an elementary student). There were about 80 free tickets given out (to families in need), and over 300 more tickets were sold. Tickets include the price of bbq dinner, face painting, sno cones, popcorn, bouncy house, and so many more fun games. There is a cake walk and a raffle as well.

I worked at "the door" selling tickets to enter. I like this job, because I get to see all of the families as they enter, and talk to the excited kids. My students have been looking forward to this event for weeks now. I am sure I will have many exhausted students in the morning. It only lasts until 7pm, but they are so amped up, that I am sure no one went right home to bed. One of my little boys even said, boy, they should have this on a Friday night! I thought that this was very intuitive for a second grader (perhaps he heard his parents discussing this very topic).

However, I did have difficulty on focusing while I was there, because moments before I arrived, my very good friend (whom also happens to be a teacher there also), called me to tell me she was in labor, and her twin boys would probably be born this evening!! (Although, I do think she was wishful thinking, I think that it is more likely they will be born tomorrow, but still!) Yea!! I do hope everything goes smoothly for her, she is a little early, and there is a chance that if they are not quite strong enough yet, they will need to head over to a hospital about an hour away from home, but we are thinking good thoughts!!!