earthquakes

The other day we had an earthquake drill at school. My kids had  A LOT of questions about earthquakes afterward... here was one conversation that particularly made my day :) 

boy: So... what if there was an earthquake and the ground cracked?

me: That doesn't happen very often.

Like how often?

umm... probably like once in 100 years

 (I know, totally random guesstimate, but hey, he's in first grade. 100 years is long. kind of like an hour.)

so there aren't really earthquakes?

no, there are earthquakes, but they are sometimes just little ones that don't make cracks in the ground. They just make people wobble around a little and then they're over.

OOOOOOOO... Like last week, I fell and I thought I just tripped. 
BUT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE

Big Deal

Remember back in high school when it was kind of a big deal if your significant other liked the same kind of music as you? Like you'd be making out "the list" and maybe not the top 5, but definitely right underneath that...."needs to like the same music as me." ok. Maybe that wasn't on everyone's list, but I thought that was pretty important. 


Then I got married. And we agree on most important things, like going to church is important... and a lot of not so important things, like Braza Express is better than Tucanos... I know, perfect for each other right?


Everyday, after my little kiddos are gone from school, I turn on a little happy music on my Pandora station and clean and plan and get ready for the next day... The other day, midst my wonderful country stations, Micheal Buble and Sara Bareilles, I see something I FOR SURE did not put there. Yet there it was. 

Beethoven 

and

 Greatest Classical Music Symphonies 

Wait what?

Yes, my wonderful husband was listening at home and needed some music he liked. Not sure why country, micheal and sara didn't cut it... but apparently that part of "my list" was less important to me than I previously thought... Luckily for me, I have a husband who may not have my preferences in music, but still has all my favorite stations on his car's pre-set stations so when I drive with him in his car he still lets me listen to them instead of talk radio. 

Love my man. He is always making me smile and making me the happiest girl in the world. How I managed to get everything I always wanted and more

besides the music thing ;) 

 is beyond me, but I'll be forever grateful. 

love love love my life.
<3

perfection

Right now

I am listening to Micheal Buble

I have all the windows open (I'm not even cold!) and there is the nicest breeze coming through my apartment

I just realized how to PIN things on Pinterest. 

Not like repin them, like be original. 

I know. It's taken me like a year

I have a cleanish house

                      which is a good spot for me. I don't need spotless

I have a countdown. 3 days til california. 

flying. not driving (love love love that)

=Life is REALLY good right now

For real?

So we've been talking about national symbols in first grade for a few weeks.... We've learned about the white house, the president (my kids call him Obama. I try to get "President" in there... not happening...), the flag, ya know, all of it.

So today I remembered I had visited a bunch of these places (DC, Statue of liberty...) so I brought my pictures to show them. I knew they would love it. I got to the picture of me in front of the White House...

Cute little boy: ...Wait. Mrs. Prestwich, you mean Obama is real?

My thoughts: umm...yes. yes he is. I thought we clearly went over that....

Rings and eavesdropping

Can you believe it?!

It's been exactly one year since we got engaged! and now I've had a little ring on my finger for a whole year! 

 then there was this great day...

and this one...

and now we're just loving every day of life!

P.S. Remember how today my kiddos learned about the White House and we pulled up whitehouse.gov and went on a virtual tour? Then I gave them a little art project... the conversation about drawing the president went like this...

 (all kids bantering back and forth. I like to just listen occasionally :) )

"Don't forget, draw the president black, cause he is"

"People  aren't black!"

"Some are"

"No, they can be brownish, but not really black"

"O ya? Then why do people say he is a black president?"

"They say that, but not like crayon black..."

I really love my job. They just make me laugh.

water + aerobics = ya, I'm that cool.

I got a wristband from BYU. It will change my life. I am hereby admitted to like 17 aerobics classes whenever I would like to go to them this entire semester.

I used it today. For a water aerobics class.

yes. I used those weights. And I may have had that smile on my face too. It was THAT much fun. And let me tell you, I'm a little sore and it's surprisingly difficult to do jumping jacks and squats and the grapevine in chest high water... you heard right, the grapevine!

Want to know my favorite part? I have come home, showered, gotten into my pjs, put on my lotion, and I STILL smell like chlorine! Reminds me of those good ol days in high school.

Love my life!

When you go to bed...

ok. This is completely inappropriate... but sooo funny. 

Today my first graders learned about christmas around the world. They went to another class and apparently it was on one of the Asian countries because they all got fortune cookies. I was helping some of them read their fortunes when I heard a little boy in the back of the room

"I heard you are supposed to say 'when you go to bed' after you read your fortune...." and proceeded to help a bunch of kids alter their fortunes....

Needless to say, I stopped that one pretty quickly. 

O wow. 

Where do these kids learn these things?

O man, I love first grade.