Bringing Home Charlie Brown

One of the best parts thus far of fixing up our house has been the addition of the "kids" room. We haven't lived in our house a year yet and every room in the house has been completely redone. (Except for the middle bedroom.) We had left the extra bedrooms alone because we really weren't sure what to do with them, and we didn't spend a lot of time in them. One became our computer/craft room and the other was simply an extra room for when people came to stay.  It's no surprise to any one that knows me well that I LOVE Seuss. I love everything about him as a person and his books. I do Grinch day and Dr. Seuss day at school and those kids are in fifth grade! I love him! You can never be too old for Seuss! When we decided to enter into this adventure and found out that we basically had to have a room ready I of course wanted a Seuss room! I had seen a Lorax nursery on Pinterest that I fell in love with! I started searching some more and found a TON of Seu...

We're all finished! Everything done, all of the paper work is in, all major inspections complete. The initial process is over. So now what? Now, we wait. We knew it would eventually get to this point, but it's rather anticlimactic.     Our final class was yesterday and it was all about "Educational Advocacy." I could of taught the class in my sleep. All about how schools work, what an IEP is, how a 504 plan works, what is RTI and No Child Left Behind... On and on, it was much like my entry level education classes. At one point our instructor looked at me and said, would you just explain RTI because I'm sure you can do a better and quicker job than I can. It was my pleasure. It's hard to sit and listen to someone who doesn't work in your field explain how things in your field work. (Albeit quite entertaining to hear someone else's perspective on the education system.)     Our class had to be held at the public library in La Salle because the Center wa...