Slowly coming together

I got an email today from the FRG and there is this thing where the soldiers can go to the library on post and they will videotape them reading a story. Then they bring the dvd home and we will have it so the kids can have daddy read them a story. Just thinking about it makes me cry but I am so happy too because this will give the kids a chance to still "see" daddy while he's away. The closer this deployment gets, the harder it is becoming emotionally. But we will get through it as we have the other deployments and we will be a stronger family in the end.

Planning for my school year is slowly coming together. I know that there is so much I need to do but that I am limited for now until I know more of what is happening. But I'm hoping to get things organized by the end of the first week of August. We have an open house in our classrooms on the 10th and I want everything figured out and organized before then. I also need to find some way to get some pictures off of my external even though the power cord is pretty much shot. I am goin to try and see if I can somehow get it to work for longer than it has been so I can get them off. I need to also figure out what things to take to school and then do my "I wonder" board. And I need to figure out what theme to use and what to put on my door for the families. I do want to get pictures of all my homeroom kids the first day of school so I can have those to use as well. Ideas, ideas, ideas.....