Thankful Thursday

1. It was great to be able to attend the Teach Them Diligently convention last Thursday through Saturday. I am very thankful that my parents were willing to watch my three kids for a few hours each of those three days.

2. I haven't cooked anything beyond a grilled cheese sandwich for the last week! I've enjoyed various treats such as Mexican food, a sundae at Friendly's, a blizzard at Dairy Queen, etc. Aside from hand washing dishes and sweeping the kitchen floor, I also haven't done any house work over the past week.

3. I got to play Boggle with my Dad last Friday night. Yay!

4. We've enjoyed special activities this week with my parents including miniature golfing yesterday, swimming twice a day in an indoor salt water pool, a walk at Bushkill Falls on Tuesday, and we're headed to the Crayola Factory in Easton this afternoon!

5. Nadia swam across the pool (where it was 4 feet deep so she couldn't put her feet down) three times last night. It was the first time she ever did it even once without floaties. I think we'll be able to ditch those floaties later this summer!

6. I'm thankful that Paul can work at Kennedy Concrete part-time from May 14-July 1 and that he can teach one chemistry lab at Bloomsburg University from May 20-June 26. It was also encouraging that he received another invitation to interview (which he declined since he's already signed a contract with Bucknell). This latest invitation (13 of 35 schools have invited him to interview thus far) was for another physical chemistry position in North Carolina. If Paul decides he wants to continue teaching in 2015, this would be the exact kind of position he'd want.

7. I thought Nadia would be missing a soccer game (17th) and practice (19th) while we were away, but both were cancelled due to rain.