Surfin’ in the USA

Today we had a relief teacher (substitute) and it was such a relaxed day! She was actually younger than me (21) and is looking for a job and doing relief in the mean time. She was great though! I was able to teach a writing lesson and go to Kerrie Anne’s room for some observation - Kerrie Anne is a wonderful teacher for it being her first year! I had a great day with the kids, too! I was on duty for morning recess and I got to see some of the year 6 and 7’s play cricket on the oval. Very interesting game – still haven’t seen a full game to figure out how the scoring is but I hear they last for a minimum of 5 hours and can sometimes go on for days! Also one of the boys in my class, Levi, said something really funny today. I told him that I liked his hair spiked and he said “Do ya? Well my mom put hair wax in it this morning.” Haha Leila, it reminded me of when you gave me dread locks in Seattle and we had to use hair wax. I wonder if I will come back to the states with something like that again?! Hmm…

Also during morning recess, the kids are so polite and will just say “Good morning Miss Boehme” when they pass me and one of them (she is not even in my class) said to me, “I have been to the United States before. I have been to London!” I said London is great, I have been there too but it is in Europe! And then said, “Oh, well I have been there” and then she started talking about something else. When I was walking the class to music today the sprinklers were on and a boy from my class, Owain, asked if he could run through him because he was “boiling”. Haha

I guess you are wondering what the title has to do with this post. Well, today I sat in on the music lesson and it all my cohort friends it was like I was sitting in on a CTEC 3040 class!! I mean for real they had the xylophone box like instruments and had to make their own song with 4 beats. And then at the end they got to sing a song and they played the Beach Boys “Surfin’ in the USA” about 4 times!! They were all singing at the top of their lungs and had hand motions to go along with it! Pete, it reminded me of when we would sing that song and stand on the arm of the couch with the daycare kids all those years ago!

That is about it for today, right now I am watching the Australian version of “The Biggest Loser” and when they lose weight that say “I lost 5 kilos!” After this, there is another show that I have heard heaps about and I can’t wait for it to come on! It is called “Farmer wants a Wife” and it is similar to the Bachelor. They have a farmer from the outback and all of these city girls that are trying to win him over so they can be his wife. I’ll have to let y’all know what I think about it on tomorrow’s post!  I asked Tracy if they have the Bachelor over here and she said that they just finished Ali’s season before Christmas. So hopefully they will be airing Brad’s season soon! I told her that Brad was the new bachelor and she said, “I watched his season years ago!” She couldn’t believe that he was getting a second chance at it! For all of you who don’t keep up with the Bachelor this doesn’t make much sense to you but you should start watching it! You’ll be hooked! Also, I saw on the guide that they have Criminal Minds here so I’ll have to catch an episode soon! Now, if only they could show Modern Family over here!

Isaiah 12:2