My happy shopper: Don't YOU touch my baby

As I took my five month old to HEB (our Texas grocery store), I was stunned at the number of people who stopped us as we were shopping.

Mind you, Kedzie is a VERY happy girl. She smiles at everyone, sings and just seems to be loving life. I don’t know if this will end, but her personality (right now) is simply precious.  

An older couple told me they would be happy to babysit her.

Another lady told me she saw her and was seriously contemplating having another baby--because our daughter was so cute. Her youngest is now two and a half. (I got half of her life story.)

There were a few others, everyone wanted to touch her feet.

I always have socks on her, I am kinda freaked out about bare feet in public…maybe it’s the old, “no shirt, no shoes, no service thing. I am sure it doesn’t apply to babies, but I would hate to get kicked out of somewhere. I guess I would have gone into “mama bear” mode if they would have tried to get any closer.  

Maybe I need to look meaner? Teacher looks for anyone who approaches?

What is it about babies that make people talk to you? And why do they want to touch her feet?  So weird.

Will it end? When?

And why didn’t any of my “mama” friends give me a heads up on this?

That would have been helpful.

I guess I will take the compliments and run.

But, I will NOT let a strange, old, couple babysit her. No matter how desperate I get.

Spring Break = New Niece, rolling, twitter and a time change

This spring break has been quite eventful. Sadly, it has gone by way too fast.

My mother-in-law and brother-in-law came in from Michigan to see our baby. They stayed in San Antonio, so we had a nice family trip to the Riverwalk on Saturday.

My sister had her baby. Leila Marie on Sunday. She is pretty cute. She has more hair than Kedzie will probably ever have.

I made several trips to the hospital to see my sister and her baby and then they came home on Tuesday. Everyone is healthy and happy.

In the meantime, Kedzie is a rolling machine. She is rolling all around as I write this. I have a feeling teething and crawling are in our near future.

I am thankful the time change occurred while we were off on spring break. It sure does throw off an almost 5 month old.

Then, today we took a road trip to nearby Wimberly, TX. We had a delicious breakfast at the Wimberly  Cafe and then we walked around and did a little bit of window shopping. Our trip made me want to buy some land and move to there, however, they don't have a grocery store in the town (or at least I didn't see one) and I can't see myself driving 15 minutes to a grocery store. No bueno.

I also have become addicted to twitter. My time at SXSWedu really opened my eyes to all the good things I can do with twitter, and while I really don't have many followers (you can follow me @kteachcampbell, by the way), I have really enjoyed finding scholarly/news articles to tweet.

Anyway, I am glad I have a few more days off. Summer will be here before we know it--and that means at least 8-10 weeks I can spend with my rolling girl. I can't wait.

SXSWedu...4 days before spring break

This week I have the opportunity to attend SXSWedu. One of my assistant principals sent me an email asking me if I wanted to attend in January. How could I pass up this opportunity? It sounded awesome and best of all--Bill Gates is giving the keynote speech. I can't wait to hear him speak.

SXSWedu is a forum/conference that looks at the future of education. There are panels, demonstrations, speakers, etc.

However, I feel a teeny bit guilty about this for several reasons.

One, I am out for four days the week before spring break. I am hoping my kids behave for my sub—I have no idea how it will go. I left plans that may or may not include hot guns, hammers, and massive amounts of cardboard. Just writing that sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Two, I am sitting here writing a blog.

I got here really early thinking the lines and parking would be insane. I did drive around for a few minutes, but not because it was crazy around here—but, because I have ZERO sense of direction.   I got through registration in less than 5 minutes.

I thought to bring my laptop because I knew I would have some down time. Nothing really starts until noon, I did think there would a place where we could walk around and get some free swag—however it appears that even that has gone digital. I guess I won’t get any more free lanyards or nasty pieces of candy.

On another note, I downloaded the SXSWedu app. It has the most up to date information and helps me to see my schedule very easily. I plan on attending different sessions that have to do with LEGO Mindstorms, STEM incorporating technology/digital ethics and gaming.

My goal is to take some of this newfound knowledge and incorporate it into a new class that I am creating for my middle schoolers for next year. I have a decent outline of what I want to teach but I think this conference could help give me a few more ideas.

I can’t wait.

I just hope no one burns themself with the hot glue guns that I may or may not have said they could use in my classroom...