Valentine's Day to a 7th Grader

SO, I have this hispanic boy from Mexico who is just such a funny kid! Very proper, yet a wonderful sense of humor. He comes to visit me every morning before school starts. Well, he comes in this morning for his usual chat and he starts telling me about wanting to ask a girl to be his Valentine . I said "Oh, What do you do for your Valentine?" He say's well (in his spanish accent) ... "I send her two red roses and a card that says... you're my valentine (at school) and then we do something after school" I said "oh, what do you do after school?" He said well... we go out for ice cream and that all (so innocently) . I said oh that is so sweet. Then I asked who is he going to ask to be his Valentine. Well, he couldn't say it out loud because about 3 other kids were in my room. So he got a post it note out of my desk and wrote her name. Just about that time she walked in my room behind him. He turned red and said "Well, I better go". He didn't even say hi to her as he left, he was too shy. She is a sweet little shy girl, not the typical "HOT" girl that every boy wants ( Which makes me love him even more for not going for the popular girls) . Then he came back like 2 minutes later and whispered to me "Mrs. Dalton, please don't talk about it or say anything out loud." I told him my lips were sealed. He makes me laugh!


Just thought you might like a funny middle school Valentine story to make you laugh today!

No more monkeys jumping on the Bed!

So today I have had a really funny day! I just absolutely love my students. I think they are the BEST! They always keep me laughing.

I have this 250+ lb. Samoan boy in my first period. He came up to me and asked if he could go get a band-aide from our hall monitor. He had a cut on his hand and it was bleeding. I said sure and asked him how he got the cut. He said "Well... I was jumping on my bed and I hit the light fixture with my hand" Well... Can you imagine a 250 lb Samoan boy jumping on his bed! Of course I had to laugh. He said... "Mrs. Dalton my mom never lets me jump on my bed when she is home and so I was jumping on my bed this morning after she left for work and before I came to school" Oh well then I had to laugh even more! So then he said... "Well, Lesson learned" I won't jump on my bed any more. AND... "I am glad you can laugh Mrs. Dalton". We all had a good laugh together. I hope this gives you a hilarious visual of a BIG BOY jumping on his bed, and you can get a good laugh out of it too!

Sometimes I need to write more of these funny things in my journal just to keep me laughing.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. All of my family came into town and we had a FULL house! It was a lot of fun! I am so thankful for family this time of year. We were also able to spend some time with friends and just hang out. We spent a fun New Years with Steve's family and all is well in the Dalton home. We are happy and excited for 2010!
Meeting Sophie for the first time! What a sweetie she is! I had this hat made special for her in the cold weather.






It is a family tradition to re-enact the nativity. We had the newest member of the family Sophie be Jesus, the twins were the wise men, Jack was the Shepard and my Brother and Sister in law were Mary and Joseph. Definitely a highlight!