Crazy Hair Day

I love teaching. I love children. I love my school. Let me tell you why. Today, April Fools Day, was also Crazy hair day. It's Wednesday, when we have morning meeting, so I have to wake up 15 minutes earlier than usual... and let's be honest. I'm lazy. I knew it was crazy hair day, but I didn't want to spend any extra time out of bed, in front of the mirror, with a can of hair spray and a brush. Sooo, after the morning meeting, I went into the Colby kitchen, grabbed a cup out of the cupboard, put it in my hair and pulled it up! Ta da!!! Soo easy, and the kids thought it was hilarious. From the front, it was hard to see so they, of course, would nag me, "Where's your crazy hair?" Then they would scream and laugh when they saw my cone head. Ashleigh, in Middle School, asked me who stretched my head.
Anyway, I wanted to share how much I love children. My hair was crazy, I had no make up, I was wearing jeans and a hoodie and as you can imagine, I wasn't exactly looking like I was up for a night on the town.
So, when preschool came in, I was honestly expecting the classic 'children with no filters' questions like, "Why are there so many red dots on your face?" or "why is your hair ugly and the other teachers hair is pretty?". But, they never cease to amaze me. My two favorite quotes from preschool today are,
1. "You look like a princess!"
2. "You have crazy hair...but it still looks cute!"
Like I said... I love children.

PAINTBALL!

Last Thursday and Friday a lot was going on. Thursday night, the kids at school had their winter music concert.. holy cute!! Seriously, I thought I was going to die watching those muffin faces sing and dance. There were definitely some that, if you asked them (or anyone in the audience), they were the only ones on that stage! Singing their hearts out, gettin' their groove on. It was HILARIOUS! So, afterwards, Lindsay and I were in charge of the Middle School sleepover at the school- a fun night of movies, food, and SCREAMING children looking for the "Colby ghost". They tried to rope me into it. I went into the room where the ghost "lives". They told me I had to walk through the room with them and we'll see the ghost. So we walked through, Lucy on my back screaming the whole time- I walked out, looked at Eric and said, "That's it?" He looked at me with the straightest face, "You ruined it." and walked away! Haha It was so funny. I love those kids. Anyway, so Friday was the big day... Paintball... with 14 Middle School students. I'm sure some could understand my anxiety. One of three teachers with 14 students... who would be your target if you were in Middle School? Turns out, it was one of the funnest things I've ever done! It hurt the first couple times getting shot, but after that it was just hilarious! Here are some pics:

Guess who the goober is in the white sweatshirt and wide eyes... haha

Preparing for battle....

The Bad A Colby teachers ready to rock those Middle School students...

Lindsay (on left), Me (classic... middle), and Lydia (on right)

I'm sure you wish you taught at Colby too... I would!

It all started with a brain dance...

I teach dance. That's right. I teach dance. I love my job. It's wicked fun... this has been interesting. It all started back in November at a professional development conference I attended with the Lindsay (Art teacher at Colby/amazing) and Yelena (Music teacher at Colby). It all started with something they all called a "brain dance". The first instruction was to breathe. I thought, "easy enough"... and started breathing. As I opened my eyes and looked around... it was definitely not just breathing. People were rolling on the floor, hair was flying, people's bodies were everywhere. It was the most bizarre experience I have ever had... and it was only the beginning. So, the next week, I started to teach "creative movement" to my students. With some serious help of Anne (the 5th grade teacher who was the P.E. teacher before me- she's incredible to say the least) I've made it this far. For the month of December, I taught them about time, space, shape, and energy. All while learning it as I went along. Now, it is time for choreography. Yup, I said it... choreography. Cary and Anne have helped me SO much with figuring it out but every day they are not there... it's... interesting... like I've said before. If I didn't feel so uncomfortable every day, I might even be able to crack a joke about it. Anyway, here are some pictures:

Moab

Moab!!!

My job is awesome... to say the least! I decided in September that it would be cool to do a mountain biking unit with my Middle School students. I thought, yeah, Park City will be fun to do some bike rides but the real deal is in Moab. All it took was one meeting, I said my idea and suggested the trip to Moab and we picked the dates right then and there!! Like I said, my job is awesome!!! So, in the beginning of November, Denver and I, Ellie (business manager at Colby), Big Mike (pre-school teacher at Colby), and Lydia (Middle School teacher at Colby) all took the kids to Moab. It was a BLAST!!!!

We biked Gemini Bridges.

We biked Bar M.

We hiked the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park.

We biked Klondike Bluffs.

Oh, and we stopped on the way home at this place in Green River called Ray's... WICKED good burgers! Oh yesss......

We've done it again......

So, Katie and I have done it again! For Thanksgiving break, I had the whole week off.... just one of the many perks to being a school teacher. Anyway, first day of the break... the anxiety of nothing to do kicked in (that doesn't sound like anyone you know does it? *cough Sue Kane cough*). I called Katie and said, "We're painting again... wanna go to Latimers?" (That statement is actually really funny if you live in Heber...) Katie, being the amazing sister she is, said she'd be over to get me in a minute. So, we were off to the hardware store. I had been talking with Kelley the week previous and she was telling me about her wanting to paint the dining room in her house. Kel, being an amazing interior designer, always has cool ideas. She was telling me about taking painters tape and putting it all over the wall, painting over it, and then having really funky geometric patterns after it dried and the tape came off. I was inspired (aka totally stole her idea! Thanks Kel!) We called her from Latimer's to discuss options... (pictures will tell that story). I couldn't make up my mind on a color... we brought home several to hold up to the wall. At first, Katie said, "You make the decision and call me. I'll give you a second opinion." It probably took me less than ten seconds to convince her to come in and help me choose a color (another trait I'm sure adopted from our sweet mother). Anyway, decision made... "So Mature". It looks AWESOME! (...again!!!...). Three Kane women can really come up with something fabulous.....

Sorry the lighting in the picture isn't great... the color is pea soup green, or to any of you who visited the Wilbur's house between 1980 and 2000.... it is quite reminiscent of their carpet.... hahaha... it reminded me of the good ol' days playing ninja turtles with Jared!

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I think this girl could be sisters with Lindsay Doughty. For those of you who don't know Lindsay, she was my very first friend in the first grade. I thought I had entered the twilight zone when I watched this. Isn't my husband amazing!?!

The Wall...

Since I have moved away from home, I have always lived in places with white walls....
When Denver and I moved to Heber, the first thing I asked my landlord was, "Can I paint the walls?" When he said yes... I was a one-track mind woman on a mission. Every time I had the chance to talk to Denver about what colors to paint in the different rooms, I would. At first, he was really excited about it. And of course, being Denver, he would analyze every detail... "well, these colors give a feeling of happiness, and these colors give a feeling of calmness, etc." After a while though, I was tired of talking about it and just wanted to do it. When it came down to doing, Denver seemed to have changed his mind. He didn't want to risk getting any on the carpet, he didn't like the idea of painting one wall, etc. So, of course, being a Kane woman, those excuses weren't going to work for me. I had made up my mind, and we were painting.
In the beginning of November, Denver went to shoot a wedding video in San Diego (which looks amazing by the way... www.hdcinematicfilms.com... Lauren and Kirk's video). Anyway, an opportunity presented itself. Denver was gone for an entire weekend and couldn't tell me no. So, Katie and I went to work. Saturday morning after I dropped Denver off at the airport, I immediately called Katie. We went to this second hand store in Heber and were inspired with really cute ideas. I bought an old suitcase... the upholstery was SO cool! I thought I would for sure find a place to use it. I also bought some vinyl... it is now hanging in my living room.. it looks sweet. After the second hand store, we were off to Latimer Hardware. I browsed through paint colors until finally stumbling across "spicy curry". The color was awesome and Katie and I were sold. I also bought some spray paint and Katie gave me frames so we could spray paint fun colors. Anyway, after babbling forever.... here is what we came up with!!!

I LOVE the Spicy Curry!

This is what I did with the upholstery from the old suitcase!

I took scrapbook paper and framed that too...

As you can see, the spray paint we bought was fire engine red, lime green, and Dr. Seuss blue... I think it looks rad. The blue in this red frame is the back side of the suitcase upholstery.

The Gundog looks so fine against the orange! Doesn't the orange of the wall really bring out the color of his eyes? ha ha