The Week

Yesterday was big; today I'm smashed. Can barely keep my eyes open; napped on the couch after getting the boys on the bus. 

After giving a fun, personal, bit emotional talk at work, I took students on a small field trip. Below: a light that was made when electricity was just about to get going--they wired up the house, but also had the light set up for gas for when the electricity went out!

And, you know, lots of other, less noteworthy, things. 

In the evening, I took the boys kicking and screaming (literally, but not literally literally) to Spanish language tables at my work. Oh my goodness. For me to get them to learn a bit of Spanish, it turns out I have to deeply embarrass myself with my decades-old Spanish (non-)skills. So I participated--and Blaze was too shy to talk and needed me to answer for him! But the boys liked it--especially the sweet treats available at the beginning and the paper mache pinata making at the end--we joined together with the English language tables for that--brilliant! I think the boys want to return next week.