Dear Mr. President,

I don't think anything will ever top the letter one of my past students wrote to "Rockbama" a few years ago, but I couldn't help sharing these questions that my current students came up.  I've merged a few of the best parts from three letters to create one awesome letter.

Dear Obama,
Can I ask you 10 quetions?  Yes but make it snappy. <-- idiom

1.Whats your favorite number?
2. Do you like to eat cheese?*
3. Whats your favorite cereal?
4. Why did your wife make school lunches smaller?
5. Do you like hot pink? (Ha, ha.)
6. Do you like all those boring monuments?
7. Do you like mecanacal pencils or regular pencils?
8. Are you from another country?
9. Do you like adoring fans?
10. Do you wear colone?



*Cheese is a topic that comes up EVERY single day with this class.  I don't know why.

I feel...

To protect those who have been the characters in my recent dreams, I will have to abstain from mentioning what's been going on while I've been sleeping.

To make up for it, I'll share a third grade story.

Every morning, our class sits in a circle to talk about things and get to know each other better.  The other day, the topic was "How are you feeling?"  Here are a few responses:

-I feel tired.

-I feel happy.

-I feel cold. 

-I feel bored.

-I feel excited.

And now for my favorite response...

-I feel like a diva.

Can't Think of a Title

This year's class definitely is going to take the prize for giving me the best gifts.  Remember this one? 

Today (in the middle of a lesson), a boy pulled something green out of his backpack and started bringing it up to me.  I tried to get him to sit down, but he was determined to deliver my "gift" right then.

And here it is:

A bunch of loose, plastic leaves and something that I'm assuming

used to look like holly berries.  

If only I could have seen inside his thoughts when he decided that he wanted to present me with such a gift. 

Goals

For this year:

1.Finish reading Thomas S. Monson's biography. I've been reading To the Rescue very s-l-o-w-l-y for a super long time.  I'm always reading it in addition to my other books, but only a few pages at a time.  It's time to finish.  I'm mostly sharing my goals so that I'll be more accountable for this particular one. 

2. Index more.

3. Put my clean laundry away within 24 hrs.

That's it for now.  I'm sure I'll add more on throughout the year. That's how I did things last year and it worked out really nicely for me.



Last year:

1. Write in my journal every week. Check.

2. Stop crossing my legs while sitting. Check.

3. Work on my family history. Check.

4. Stop using the snooze button. Fail.


Now for my list of resolutions not to make:

1. Anything involving exercise.

2. Anything involving alarm clocks.