When you're in God's will....

My internship is flying by.  It amazes me.  I love my internship.  I love the kids I work with throughout this experience.  My supervisors are so amazing.  I couldn't ask for better people to work with.  They all encourage me.  I get tons of positive feedback on my plans, and great constructive criticism.  Today one of the teachers of a class I work with came up to me and said "Tasia, you are doing such a great job.  The kids love you.  They love all your activities and you keep them engaged.  You are doing so wonderful."  Maybe I'm tooting my own horn, but hey I've worked hard to hear that!  Now, I know I'm not perfect and I won't always have great days, but I know that this is what I was born to do!  God created me just for this purpose.  


A long time ago, before I even decided to get a music degree I always knew I wanted to help people AND I always knew I would somehow or another end up in GA.  God opened door after door for me and look where I am today.  I am doing what I love to do.  I'm singing, my favorite thing ever, and I'm hanging out with kids who I can help.  Folks, it doesn't get any sweeter than this.  Speaking of sweetness,  there is a high school kid that told me "I like you".  I was doing a relaxation activity and he was so zoned in to it that his feelings came spilling out!  My supervisor and I couldn't do anything but laugh after we left that session. 


I really wish I could put in to words how I feel about my career.  It's so amazing.  I can not wait to get a job and start making money.  haha! I love what I do, but working for free sucks big time!  However, I do know that God will ALWAYS provide for me no matter what. 


Halloween session plans are so much fun.  Here is an awesome, awesome activity (if you're willing to spend a few bucks). 


What you will need: 
Black foam board
Orange construction paper
Velcro
Hot Glue Gun
LED small Christmas lights (I bought mine from Walmart for $7)


First you need to cut out your pumpkin.  You may want a box cutter to cut out your eyes, nose and mouth.  However, when you cut out the features you can't use them to velcro back on to the Jack-o-Lantern because it has to be bigger.  You can use them as a size guide to see how much bigger you need to cut your features.  I also highly recommend laminating all of the pieces that way you can use it over and over again. 

I added small pieces of velcro to the features so that the kids can pull the features off as if they are carving the pumpkin.  
Next hot glue some of the foam board scraps to the pumpkin.  It gives it a 3D looks plus lifts it up to make room for the LED lights.  After you have all of this hot glued, remove the features to place the lights....

It's so awesome, right? haha.  All I did was use a knife to punch small holes in each feature and then pushed the lights through.  I then put velcro on the battery pack on the back of my board.  You can then remove the lights for other activities.  


I suppose you can use any pumpkin carving song with this visual.  I used "I'm a Pumpkin" to the tune of "I'm a Nut".  You should be able to find the lyrics online.  If not, let me know and I will definitely send them your way!  Hope you enjoy!