Snake Cake

I was voted the celebrator of Math Department Birthdays. To do that fully, I was told to bring treats and do something for every Departmentee Birthday. Today was one birthday. So I made a snake cake.



A view from top:














And a shot of my belly, since everyone wants to see that...I'm at 23 weeks.



















Is anyone else impressed that I am finally using pictures? I know that I am impressed!

Minions Responses to Panda

I'm sorry it's taken so long to get these responses up, but in my defense, school is quite crazy right now and I'm working not to evict the panda, since he is determined to kick his way out. He is constantly moving and doesn't like me to sit down for very long since it limits his space. Here are the long awaited responses to the minions with the quiz.

1st period: They were really dead, but there were gasps all around the room as they reached question 3. One minion raised his hand and told me not to get a massage of any kind, especially not a foot massage because it would cause the panda to be born early. I thanked the minion for the advice and everyone got excited.

2nd period: They found out from their friends because there is no 2nd period on Wednesdays.

3rd period: I passed out the quiz and right as the last minion had the quiz one minion, the loudest minion in the class, yelled out "Congratulations!" And the whole class was confused. He then yelled out, "Am I the only one who reads the whole quiz before I start to answer? Read the quiz!" They all read the quiz and then they hollared out Congratulations! They all started telling that other minions had said that it was time that I had a baby. And different girls had called that I was pregnant. This period was loads of fun.

4th period: They were really quiet, but one minion kept raising his hand and asking me, "What are you having?" I told him to guess, and then the next question he wanted to know what I was going to name the panda. I told him I don't know and then he looked at me and asked me how he was going to get the question right. I laughed really hard about it after wards, because he totally missed the point.

5th period: One minion saw the questions and then started talking to everyone about it and pointing at it and I reminded her to be quiet and to try the quiz and she was really excited. One boy minion yelled "I don't know what you guys are talking about! Be quiet!" And then two minutes later the same minion said really loudly, "OH!!" The following day when I put on the board that the panda was a boy and the same minion child was at the board doing the starter right underneath the sign and everyone started talking about how it was a boy and he looked so hard at the kids and said, "How do you know?!" They told him to look up. It was precious.

6th period: They were quiet, and I was surprised how many had no idea. Their friends hadn't all told them because they wanted to share in the joy of discovering. One minion raised his hand and was really confused, because he didn't think that it was real. I told him that I really was having a baby and he said, "oh.....well.....congratulations.....I guess...." And I laughed all the way back to my desk.

7th period: They were loud and excited. A couple of minions said that they thought that I was expecting, but that they weren't going to dare to ask me. I told them I was grateful that they didn't ask me. One minion asked how far along I was and I told him 20 weeks and he looked at me and said, "You've known for 20 weeks and you didn't tell us?!" I asked him if he could tell, and he said no. And then I told him that at least I was telling him now. And he was satisfied.

All in all they were great and I had loads of fun telling them all day long.

Minions and Panda

Today I gave my minions a pop quiz. There were five questions, the first two were math questions and the last three are as follows:

3. Yes, the Rumors are true, Mrs. Hughes is having a baby! Do you think it's going to be a boy or a girl?

4. What should Mrs. Hughes name her baby? (One name for each gender)

5. Mrs. Hughes is due February 26, 2009. Most babies are not born on their due dates, but are close. When do you think the baby will be born?

Today has been precious. The minions have been so funny about the responses. I have great stories from every period! I have advice about not getting massages because it will make the baby come early, and kids who didn't believe me. It was wonderful!

Healthy Baby

We got to see our little baby yesterday! He is healthy and happy and doesn't like to hold still. My Hero told me that this little boy takes after his mom. He has all body parts and didn't want to show one arm. We know he has it, because the hand attached to the arm is down by his bum, so there has to be an arm. He also wiggled his fingers and that is also a sign there is an arm, he just didn't want to show that part of him.

It was amazing to see him move and now I know what he feels like as he moves and he doesn't sit still. It doesn't matter if I'm standing or sitting, he's moving around in my belly. Really weird feeling. I'm worried for when he gets bigger and it starts to hurt.