Week 10

The Date: March 24th, 2013 ~Palm Sunday~

How far along? 10 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Haven't gained yet. Still 5 pounds under my starting weight. I read that 0-3 lbs gained is normal at week 10 so I think I'm good. :)

Maternity clothes: Not wearing maternity clothes yet. Some of my tights don't feel that great to wear anymore but all my clothes are still fitting.

Changes I’ve noticed: Metallic taste is gone in my mouth if I only drink water! yay!

Sleep: Better sleep this week! Eating healthy means less indigestion at night so better sleep for me! Still not very comfortable at night though. 

Best moment this week: Getting through the Medieval Feast with my fourth graders with out being sick. It was a fun night! :)

Miss anything: Liking food. Diet Coke. Good sleep.

Crave anything: Lemonade, Lemon Popsicle, Lemon Ice. 

Movement: Not feeling anything yet.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Everything but fruits, veggies, bread, and potatoes.

Have you started to show yet: No, but my tights/leggings feel uncomfortable around my waist.

Gender prediction: Totally thinking it's a girl this week! Finding out in 7 1/2 weeks!

Labor Signs:  No!!

Belly Button: Still in! Probably will be for a long time!

Wedding rings: Still fit!

Mood: Hmmm, well I have noticed I'm a little more hormonal this week. Uuuhhhh. I try to keep that in check,...just don't irritate me. But mostly really excited and happy.

Dreams: Strangest, weirdest dreams. One this week was me teaching my students how to hard boil eggs. I taught them to boil it for an hour and then it's ready. haha

Baby preparations: Made some cute baby booties! They are white with a ruffled boot cuff. They look like little white ruffly boots. After I made them I realized they were a little girly. So if I have a boy I'll probably give them away.

Little White baby boots with a crocodile cuff. 

Want the free tutorial? Click here. 

Looking forward to… my next doctors appoint when I get to hear the heart beat! Also, looking forward to getting to week 12 when I'm praying my morning sickness will be gone. :)

Medieval Feast

Click the image to view the video of their dance. :)

After all the anticipation for the Medieval Feast it finally arrived. The students had the best time! I dressed up in a Medieval dress too! Oh what I wouldn’t do for some sweet little fourth graders. J

I wanted to attach a file of my students performing their Medieval Dance that I taught them. The was performed in the candle light of the medieval feast but we also performed it at the end with lights on so all the parents (and teachers) could get a better video of it. The boys acted like little gentlemanly knights, and the girls acted like little polite princess. They had a ball!

Speaking of “having a ball” the room was decorated beautifully. The students felt like they were at a ball fit for a queen!

Speaking of the “queen” Her Royal Highness was at the event that night. She reminded all the students the correct procedures all night. Some of them were quite scared of her when she ordered a commoner to have his head cut off.

The upper school students at school came and walked around the feast as commoners, minsterels, jesters, and the queen’s servents. We are so thankful to the highschool students who are willing to spend their evening performing for the 4^th graders. This really makes the evening more authentic and special.

The Upper school students also performed a small play for the kids—The Fatal Quest. It is a Medieval comedy that is perfect humor for 4^th grade. Overly dramatic silly humor! Okay…well…the parents and teachers laugh just as hard, if not harder, that the children. It is great fun!

Well, the Medieval Feast was a complete success. All the glory goes to God!

Looking forward to another event next year! But for now…I need a nap.

Rebekah

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To Feast or Not to Feast?

3.2.12 To Feast or Not to Feast

6:20 Realize I overslept 20 minutes. Trudge off to get ready for a busy busy Friday.

6:55 Realize my dress smells funny even after washing last night. Search for the Fabrize.

7:00 Can’t find my keys. Finally find them in a pile of laundry that I have yet to fold…from last Sunday.

7:07 Load everything up in the car and finally head off to school only running 7 minutes behind!

7:20 Arrive at school, frantically pass out graded papers and Friday folders, run around making my copies.

7:35 Now I’m sweating because the air in my room is still switched on heat (it is 65* outside), I rush to the restroom to change into my Medieval Dress. Yes, today is the day all 4^th graders anxiously await—Medieval Feast!

7:40 All my students arrive looking amazing as knights and princesses.

8:30 We hear of terrible weather headed our way. Talk of tornadoes in the air.

8:50 Feast has officially been postponed. How do I tell the kids? How do I tell the kids??

10:00 Mrs. Garrett announces the new plan.

10:15 Practicing our lovely Medieval Waltz to be performed on Monday. (A few students excited for an extra day to practice…and a few students disappointed about the extra day to practice.)

11:00 students start to get a little rambunctious because of all of the excitement.

11:45 Read this book to the kids: A Medieval Feast

12:30 Parade through the school looking lovely and handsome giving a polite curtsy and bow or two.

12:50 Prayer for the weather and feast—dismissal.

1:00 Hastily begin to make new plans for Monday

2:15 Still answering many e-mails about the change of plans.

2:30 A chance to take a breath, pack up all my belongings at school, and head out to run errands.

3:15 Instead of running errands I decide to head to Sonic for Happy Hour to get a Large Vanilla Diet Coke—Drink of choice.

4:45 Finish talking to my mom on the phone for an hour and a half. Catch up on life and let her know the weather looks perfect.

5:00 The weather looks perfect! Prettiest day of the year! What???!!! I better see some rain or I’m going to have some sad little students on Monday.

5:02 Landon Comes Home!!!

5:05 Figure out what to make my sweet husband for dinner.

5:40 Back to Feast Preparations while watching “Boy Movie” with Landon.

7:05 Mexican Lasagna is finished! (Tastes yummy, I might add. I will make this again)

8:35 Still no bad weather! (I know I shouldn’t wish for bad weather…but a little lightening or something would be great!)

8:45 Look at houses with Landon, pick out 11 of our new favorites. Some for price, some for square footage, some for the beauty. We will be off to see them in the morning. :)

9:00 Hang out with Landon’s parents for a while and finally a little lightening.

Hear Ye, hear ye! We will reconvene for a night of feasting and merriment on Monday, March 5^th! I will be clad in my royal attire for a second time this week. Alas, it is time have come for me to bid you, farewell.