Through their eyes

This past week I was reminded of how fun it is to look at the world from a kid/student's perspective! Often times, I find it hilarious the things that kids find important, or the ways that they joke, or the way they try to weasel their way out of consequences. They can be so creative when they want to be! 

This past week, I went on a field trip to the California Train Museum with the 4th grade class I work with. There is one student in particular that I spend extra time with most days of work, but especially on field trips. Long, long, LOOONGG story short, he and I are pretty close and he has a special place in my heart. 

Anyway, back to the field trip... So this one little friend of mine displayed some early signs of being bored with the field trip as he had visited that museum not too long ago. I forget how it came about, but essentially, he asked if he could take a picture with my camera. I responded with a relaxed and casual "Shure" and before I knew it, he is running around taking pictures of EVERYTHING! It is nothing but comical when I think about how his little brain thought that taking pictures of these things was important enough! Here are some of the gems that I got on my camera at the end of the day....  

a self portrait, capturing the energy of this excited photographer! 

apparently, this mannequin was important... or just really cool looking..... or neither, and was just worthy of a picture to capture his eternal poise. 

when looking at the pictures, my photographer friend said "I took this one of you when you weren't looking" well apparently you did, little guy! 

This was my personal favorite... I rounded the corner to find the photographer of the day pushing the 2 girls in our group to take a "smiling" picture with this museum docent... I wonder if These docents have ever felt so popular while on the job? 

**All the pictures posted are the doing of a 4th grader, not myself! 

I was just reminded this day how important, and fun it is to look at the world through the eyes of the kid. One of the things that struck me most, was that at the end of the day when I was walking my little friend out to the front of school, he thanked me for a fun day. He thanked me for letting him use my camera, and for letting him play games on my phone during the down times in the cars. But he also said "Thank you for trusting me with your camera for the day" and I think that was the most important lesson either of us could have enjoyed that day. 

The building blocks....

I'm so bummed and frustrated! I wrote a really fun post about the building blocks to my new adventures and somehow it got deleted! WHAT THE HELL, Blog World?!?! I really liked the idea of setting up my blog with a foundation and a purpose. I'm feeling a bit grumpy right now, but I will try to re-accomplish said goal.... here goes nothing! 

So, the main reason I'm taking the Blog World at this point in my life is because many dear friends and family have, or will have begun new adventures as of recent. Friends and family mean the world to me, so in an effort to minimize physical distances between us, I'm hoping to update you all on the fun happenings of life with this blog. 

So this might lead you to wonder what said happenings are.... well, I've finally figured out what my "next steps" are in this game of life. For those of you that have had any sort of conversation with me about life goals in the past, you know, probably all to well, just how indecisive I've been when it has come to making a plan.  I like to think that this indecisiveness has really been excitement for a lot in disguise! 

Well, the disguise is off... I've finally figured out what the next steps are. I'm going to be starting the Sac State credential program in the August and I couldn't be more excited to continue the journey towards being a teacher! I'm enrolling the 1 year program which means it will be very busy, full of learning and funny students! Knowing me, and what it takes to get my happy bug going, a 1 year program will also likely mean that I will be having LOTS of coffee! So, take this as your general gift hint for me~ coffee gift certificates are ALWAYS welcome!!!  

My hope is that this blog will become a place for me to share funny stories of kids, things that are exciting and worth sharing with you all, and just general life lessons!