My Crazy Child Continued/My Teaching Debut/Halloween

Here is Mallory spinning on the bars at Bailey's birthday party! Olivia, Mallory's other cousin took this picture and she just sent it to me! I love it!!! Mallory made Charles spin her on this thing a MILLION times! She had way too much fun. It looks pretty dangerous, but Mallory sort of lives for danger. I think Danger should have been her middle name.


I'm also teaching actual sixth graders this week. It is so much fun! They are really great kids that I'm teaching. I am teaching multiplying and dividing fractions!!! It is tough, but if I can teach this stuff, I think I may make it as a middle school math teacher. I wrote my name on the blackboard the first day of class and it was kind of a surreal moment for me! I felt like a real teacher. The next morning one student walked in and she said "Hi Mrs. Walker!" I was just so touched that she even remembered my name, let alone was happy to see me! The kids are so funny and keep me laughing. They are definitely never short for words.

I gave them homework last night to find a recipe in their house and to multiply it by 2/3 and divide it by 3/4... (only half of them actually did it). They just wanted to bake it and bring it into class! Friday, I'm going to let them bring in their food and we'll have a party after they get done with their test. We'll see how that goes...

Here's a picture of my first day teaching! I look a little frumpy due to my coat but I was COLD! Mom also made fun of my socks, but I don't like my feet getting cold.
(I get a name badge... pretty sweet!)

I also forgot to upload Halloween photos! Mallory was going to be Zoe from Sesame Street, but we decided that she was NOT going to keep a hat on her head so she went as SUPER MALLORY!

Of course Grandma made the costume!
We went Trunk or Treating with Mallory's cousins Bailey and Carly. Mallory carried that candy holder in her mouth and walked around like that. It was adorable!
She looks so precious here!
She carried her own candy the whole time! People were amazed that when they gave her a piece of candy she politely put it in her bucket and asked for another! She's a champion trick or treater!

My Crazy Child

Mallory is nuts! I know I have said this a thousand times, but I have never met a baby like her! She is sassy, spunky, silly, and FAST! She has to run everywhere. It's not even really a jog, it's a sprint! She likes to do things herself and helps out because that's what big girls do. She loves to read and will ONLY sit in your lap if you have a book in your hand.

I went to pick Mallory up at daycare the other day, and as soon as I walked in, she took off to the ladder on the wall and climbed that thing like a little monkey! I think she would have climbed to the ceiling if it went that high.

Oh yeah, she also does a back bend on this thing too.

Mallory's cousins Bailey and Carly are both gymnasts. At the beginning of October, we went to Carly's 5th birthday party at the gym. Mallory played in the baby area, but didn't really know what was going on. Bailey's 8th birthday was just this past weekend so Mallory really had a ball this time! She loved walking across the balance beam... with mommy and daddy's help of course.

She loved crawling through this tunnel!

I wish we would have gotten a picture of Mallory on the bars! She saw a big girl do a flip on the bar... so of course Mal wants to give it a whirl! We told Mal to grab the bar, which she did, and me and Charles grabbed her feet and flipped her over the bar while she held on like a real gymnast! She loved it and made her daddy flip her about 10 times while we were there. She had the best night sleep that night!!! (:

I know Bailey and Carly are little, but they are already hardcore gymnasts! They have a beam and bar at their house with plenty of mats. We went to their house after both parties and they just had to show us all of their routines. Their mom says that they love it so much they will come home after practice and do gymnastics until they go to bed. It's really incredible all the things they can do already. When they were showing us their routines, Mallory cheered for them and even tried doing some of the stuff they did! She laid on the ground and rolled around thinking she was tumbling! It was too cute!

There is a gymnastics place on the way home from the daycare that enrolls babies at 18 months, and I think Mallory would just love to go! I'm thinking it's going to be a great Christmas present since she will be 18 months at the end of December!