Words of Wisdom from 3rd Graders

Today one of the girls in my class left this note on my desk:

The only thing that keeps you going is knowing somewhere in the day you may find the key of life.

Well. That's certainly a deep thought, huh? She also wrote me this other note:

Happy Halloween!!!!
Dear Mrs. Bayles,

I think that you should give us kids your addres tomorrow. Why you ask? I'll tell you! If you give us your addres then we can go trick-or-treating to your house! If you do give us your addres then I will surly come to your house! I bet if you do give us your address then a bunch of other kids will go trick-or-treating to your house too! Plus since you won't see our costumes here in shool, you'll be able to see our costumes right in your very own doorway!

One day my friend, Amy, substituted for me and she noticed that one of the girls kept disappearing to go in the bathroom, so she got after her for it. A while later, the girl wrote this note to her saying: I'm sorry. I'm the person who has to buetify myself, so I went to fix my hair.

For some reason I got lots of notes and pictures today. I have such a cute class this year. When they earn 100% of their Accelerated Reading goal, they get a bag of microwave popcorn and get to pop it in our classroom. I had run out of popcorn when one little girl earned hers and I forgot to take some the next day. In a very serious voice she said to me, "You know, if I was a teacher and I needed to remember to take popcorn to school the next day, I would write a little note and stick it on my bag, then when I picked up my bag I would see the note and remember to take some popcorn to school." I said, "Wow! What a great idea. I'll try it." And you know what? I remembered the popcorn the next day. :)

Fun With Amy and Maiya

Look at that cute little fat face. Little Salote Maimoa Levatau and her mom, Amy, came to Utah/Idaho for a little visit on Friday - Monday. We had a family get together on Saturday at Aaron and Cyndie's house and were real sad that Anneke and Tom and girls couldn't come because of sickness. Ammon's girls weren't there either, because Paige was sick too. And Natalie was working. And Maiya's daddy, Sam, wasn't able to come because of work. BUT everyone else was there and we always have fun when we get together. I loved having Amy and Maiya here Saturday night until Monday morning.

Aaahhhh .

This is Amy and Sam's little Maiya. She was born on the 10th of September. This is my favorite look of her's. Isn't that the cutest little scowl?

Aaahhhh again.

This is Anneke and Tom's newest little bundle of joy, Kara. She was born on September 29th. Oooo kissy cheeks.