The Tree...

...that withstood the test of time.

Not a day passed by without the boys (from each class) running outside for their break & heading straight for their favorite tree. :)

It is not a big tree & it has some pretty weak branches. But for some reason, it held up wonderfully & seemed to love having children climb up & down, sit on branches & shake her to get the frisbees out of her leaves.

The picture below shows all my 8th grade boys (minus 1) scattered in the tree. What a great pic!

Priceless Moments

I wanted to share a few of my favorite moments here. The fun times with the kids when they were not afraid to be silly or funny.

Pic #1: Please note the leg wrap. Halarious. This photo was extremely spontaneous. They were barely near each other, but were both already doing silly things when I said, "Hurry, crazy picture. Go!" This was the outcome.

Pic #2: These two had just pulled me out of my room at lunch to "discuss something." One was having issues with the other and wanted me to mediate. I listened for awhile, asked a couple of questions, went & got my camera & said, "Let's just take a cute picture while we're here. That'll solve everything." Did it not? ;)

Pic #3: NT was trying to figure out how to climb the tree so he could join the other boys who were already at the top. This was his 2nd attempted method. He eventually got up the tree, but this was not the route.

It's good to have moments like these mixed in with days like the one I wrote about below. :) It all balances each other out and makes you want to keep going back to pour out what you have onto these kids!