Babysitting

On December 1, Mayke had an adorable baby girl named Hetty. Her parents came to help out (with her mom staying a bit longer than her dad) and on one of my days off I offered to come watch both Tessa and Hetty so Mayke and her mom could get out of the house. After I offered, I actually realized I had never watch Tessa before, but I wasn't too worried because she is a great girl. My only fear was that she would be really shy toward me.

When I got to the house Tessa ignored me for a minute, but she warmed up really quickly and we had fun playing. At one point she got on her rocking horse and I took a picture of her because, well, she is adorable:

(At one point she started singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" at the top of her lungs. She actually says "tinkle" instead of "twinkle", which makes it even more adorable.)

When Mayke and her Mom left, anytime Hetty got a little fussy (which wasn't very often) I would say, "oh, sweetheart." Tessa would get upset with me and say, "She's not sweetheart, she's Hetty!" (I guess she thought I didn't know her name). After a while though, Tessa started calling her "sweetheart."

After I took this picture Tessa wanted to take a picture of Hetty too. She took out an old school camera (you know, one that uses film) from one of her toy boxes and started "taking" pictures of Hetty. She then handed me the camera and asked me to open it so she could see the pictures and then was very confused when she couldn't see any. So, I offered her my phone so she could take a picture that she could see. She actually took time to get a good angle of Hetty and took this picture:

(I think Tessa takes after her dad in photography)

An Overdue Update

Obviously I haven't blogged in a LONG time. I've decided to focus on the main highlights and just do bullet points rather than going on and on and on. Here we go!

Jobs:

Brandon:

- He started with an internship at Paice Tax and Accounting and it turned into a full-time job. He loves working there and tax season just started.

(This is the picture that went on their Christmas card)

Dana:

- I found a job at Deseret Book pretty soon after moving up to Salt Lake City. 

- I love it there!

- I work about 30 hours a week.

Student Teaching:

- The main reason why I never blogged was because I was doing my student teaching at Highland High School.

Go Rams!

- My mentor teachers were Kevin Smith and Becky Blommer.

- I taught two 11th grade classes, two 9th grade classes, and beginning creative writing.

- My favorite unit I taught was Of Mice and Men. 

- I miss it. :(

- I passed and am now a college graduate!

So What Now?:

Brandon:

- He is applying for the MAcc program at University of Utah and hopes to start fall semester.

- He will continue work at Paice Tax and Accounting while doing the program.

Dana:

- I'm signing up to be a substitute for Salt Lake School District.

- I'll continue working at Deseret Book.

- I'm hoping to start a teaching job in the fall.

- I'm hoping to get a job at Highland High School.

- After a year of teaching I am planning on starting a master's in education (emphasis undecided).