(taken outside our front door at 8:15am.)

Apparently "white-out conditions" have been replaced with "it's white out" conditions.

We heard that the city shuts down when it snows, but we assumed it was an urban legend. Similar to the, "I hope you like rain!" comments we received upon moving. However, all of the schools in our area are closed today due to the, um, snow. I guess we're not in Minnesota anymore.

Week Fourteen

The bathroom pass. It's a simple plastic pocket that holds a card that reads, "Bathroom Pass. Saralyn's Class.", written in purple marker and hanging from a lanyard. It's part traffic control and part freedom, depending on who's carrying it. And it gets a lot of use.

One of my students handed me the coveted pass and pointed out that the lanyard had ripped through the top of the plastic and was no longer attached. Worried that she would be to blame, she blurted out something about a group of passing kindergartners who scuffled with her in the hall. Surely they were to blame. I told her not to worry about it, that I could just punch another hole through the plastic and reattach the lanyard once we were done with class.

Her response? "Or I could just bite a hole through it."