Yeah College! No parents!

"Listen as I say all of the sounds in the word 'fan.' f-a-n. Listen as I say all of the sounds in the word 'jump.' j-u-m-p.  Now you say all of the sounds in the word 'soap.'" 

I got to say that 22 times in the span of a few hours. Lucky me.

Today I did my Dibels testing, where I test how well the kids know their letters, letter sounds, etc. I had a sub in my classroom, and I just got to work with my little buddies one-on-one for about ten minutes each. It was actually so awesome and way easier than trying to manage all of them at once. Plus I was finished by 11:30 and got to spend the rest of the day getting some planning and work done. Perf.

Because of that, I don't really have any interesting stories from the day.

So here's something that's not at all about first grade: 

A few of my small group girls from when I was a high school leader are now freshmen at CU. They are all incredibly awesome and beautiful, and it was so fun to be on campus with them. The six of us walked up to the Hill and got dinner at The Sink. Towards the end of our dinner, a preciously nervous boy came up to us and said, "Hi. I just wanted to say that I noticed that you're all very pretty, and my friends are having a party tonight, and so here's my number, and you should come and get to know me because I'd like to get to know you." Then he gave his number to Anna, and left. It was maybe the cutest thing I've ever seen. Plus, his name is Mario. Mario! (Later on, I made Anna text him. This is the best.) 

After dinner we were all freezing and went over to Innisfree - a poetry centered coffee shop - to get some warm beverages. The most adorable Johnny Depp look alike you've ever seen was reading poetry, so we stayed to listen to him. He lived in Paris and even read some poems in French, and then played some guitar. It was all so quintessentially 'college' in a way that college never was for me. I absolutely loved it. And then I tried to convince all of my girls to be inspired by Mario's bravery and give Stefan their digits. No luck. 

I have a standing Thursday night date with my girls, and I told them that I'm going to keep looking for cute college boys for them to date. (Who's the creeper now?)