The Wheels on the Bus Go Round

So for a small recap- my sister, Allison, and her roommate(also a family friend) are special education teachers. They got their degrees from Central Michigan University and have been teaching here in Arizona ever since. The other day, for the first time, I had the pleasure of seeing what the teaching thing is all about !

First, we headed to Heather's school where her and Allison run an after-school program... a reading club. These kids are somewhere along the lines of 3rd/4th grade. It was a pretty awesome, and a little amusing, experience. They had a lot of fun trying to guess who I was related to (and one, of course, had to guess that I was Allison's mother... not something I want to hear), who was oldest, who was youngest, etc. It's very interesting the way kids' minds work. When we had them guess who was the oldest and youngest, they had us all stand up...because obviously whoever was the tallest is the oldest, vice versa!

After that we had dinner at Macayo's and headed to a wine bar, where, after a couple glasses of wine, Heather talked very loudly about the fact that she "could not believe I was not 21 yet!" It was an interesting night...;)

The next morning I went with my sister to her school and had the pleasure of working with Ben, an 8th grader with downsyndrome ... something I never thought I could do. He was the sweetest kid imaginable, and I had such an awesome time with him... he even told me I could marry him if I wanted, and asked me if he could give me a hug when he left. It made my heart melt! I definitely want to go back ... although I don't think I could ever teach for a living... I was not blessed with much patience!

Now, after that lovely story... I'm off to see Saw II. Have a fantastic night! :)