Sunday, July 01, 2012

100 Follower Giveaway! YAY!

WOOOHOOOO!!!! I have reached 100 followers! I am super excited! Thank you to all my followers for actually being interested in what I have to say :) Blogging has been one of the best things to ever happen to me as a teacher as it's made me a better one!!!

100 followers = time for a GIVEAWAY!!


Some great bloggers have teamed up with me to bring you an amazing giveaway!! :) Thank you ladies!!

So here is what you could win:

From Jackie over at 3rd Grade's A Charm is giving away her Scoot 2 Game Combo Pack (place value and rounding).






Her TPT Store
Her TN Store



Jessica over at Mrs. Stanford's Class is giving away an item from her TPT store. You choose!!

Her TPT Store

MrsStanfordsClass

Sara over at Miss V's Busy Bees is giving away a $10 Target Gift Card!


MissVsBusyBees


Katie and Lisen over at Second Grade Smartypants are giving away their Nate the Great Activities.


Their TPT Store








Michelle over at Just Wild About Teaching is giving away her Polka Dot Theme Set

Just Wild About Teaching

Her TPT Store



And finally I will be giving away my Under the Sea With Synonyms Go Fish Game






I will be using the Rafflecopter below. You will have until Wednesday night to enter the giveaway! Good Luck!!





a Rafflecopter giveaway

Until next time,


Friday, June 29, 2012

Giveaway!

Good morning!

Just a quick post to let you know about a great giveaway! Second Grade Smartypants are having a giveaway for reaching 100 followers! Head on over to their blog to enter! You have a chance to win my Under the Sea with Synonyms Go Fish game :)

Good Luck!

Also, I am oh so close to 100 followers! (yay!) This means I will holding a giveaway very soon! I would love to make it a pretty cool one! Let me know if you are interested  in joining up! That would be great! :)

Until next time,



Thursday, June 28, 2012

Award and New Product!

Hello everyone!

I am very excited about my new AWARD! Yay!! Heidi over at My (Not So) Elementary Life has awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award! Thank you so much Heidi!


Here are the seven rules to follow when receiving this award:

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Include a link to their blog.
3. Include the award image in your post.
4. Give 7 random facts about yourself.
5. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.
6. When nominating, include a link to their blog.
7. Let other bloggers know they've been nominated.



Ok so here are 7 really random facts about me!

1. If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be.... CEREALS! I am obsessed with cereals. Seriously! I love them all! From Weetabix to Lucky Charms! My all time favorite kind ? Honey Bunches of Oat! Any chance I get, I eat cereals. As a late-night snack, when my boyfriend is not there for supper and I have to eat alone I always sometimes get lazy and just grab a bowl, for lunch if there's nothing in the fridge and obviously, for breakfast!

2. I went skydiving about 5 years ago... and I loved it! I'm not sure I'd do it again though because I got really scared! Not so much when I was doing the actual skydive but on the ride up, in the plane! I'm extremely claustrophobic and so the 25 minute ride in a tiny airplane was NOT fun! Add to it that I am scared of heights and you get a not so good mixture! But once I was out of the plane, it was amazing! I was so proud of myself for actually doing it! This is one experience I will never forget!

3. I am obsessed with Lauren Conrad :) I love love love everything she wears and everything she does with her hair! I have all of her books and all of The Hills seasons. She is my ultimate style inspiration! And please, she does the beach wave hair thing PERFECTLY!

4. I have baby fever like there is no tomorrow! My bf and I are thinking of starting the trying later this year... but seriously I feel like I cannot wait that much longer! I feel like being a teacher has made me want kids so much more! People must think I am crazy! I talk about babies with my colleagues and friends all the time! And I'm not even pregnant!  My bf and I have already decided on the room decors! Yes, we are that cheesy! If it's a girl: forest animals! (We're talking bunnies, owls, squirrels, deer... cute!) If it's a boy: A nautical theme with boats and navy and red colors!

5. I've recently began baking! Ok, well I've only been baking cupcakes but I'll get to the rest later! I try to find excuses just to bake them! Suppers, birthdays, finding a new recipe! But once they're done I only eat one and then give them away! My bf eats a few but he can't go through 20 cupcakes so I donate to friends and family. Cupcakes are so adorable but SOOO full of calories! So I try not to be fooled by their cuteness and I only eat one. It is also important to mention that I lick the bowl, the spoons, try the frosting a few times.... so it's kind of like eating 2 in the end! I really enjoy baking them. I'm so proud when they are finished! I still need to work on the decoration part but I'm still a newbie so I forgive myself!

6. I love love love my job! Seriously, I am so happy to be teaching! I don't hear many people say they love their job as much as I do! I feel really lucky to have found a career path that keeps me motivated and brings me more joy then I ever could have imagined! I am always trying to find ways to get better and to make the learning experience for my kids fun and challenging. The blogging world has been such a great resource for me! It's made me a more creative teacher. I have created so much this past year and found so many great products that my students have LOVED! I really believe blogging and following other inspiring blogs have made me a better teacher. I am more inspired than ever and I want to spend all summer getting ready for my new kiddos in September.

7. I love traveling! There are many places I wish to visit in the world yet so little time!! My parents have been on so many amazing trips and seeing their pictures and hearing them brag (in a good way!) about great trips has made me want to go to places I didn't even know I was interested in!
I've been to many places down south, in all-inclusives. They are so much fun when you just want to relax and enjoy the sun and beach :) My bf and I are even looking to go in the next few weeks. However, I feel like I now want to step away all little bit from these trips and discover new places and cultures! I really want to go to Greece first! We would probably love to go there on our honeymoon :) And then Italy and Portugal. Those would be first 3 choices :)

There you have it! You now know a little bit more about me :)


And here are the 15 amazing bloggers who I have given the award to! Congrats! Your blogs are great!

1. Mrs. Williamson - Welcome to Room 36

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2. Jenny - Owl Things First






3. Emily - 2nd Grade Mon-''Stars''


4. Jackie - 3rd Grade's A Charm



5. Linda - Around the Kampfire



6. Every New Beginning



7. Pamela- First Class Teacher


First Class Teacher

8. Dana - Fun in 1st Grade



9. Barbara - Grade ONEderful




10. Jen - Hello Mrs. Sykes





11. Jennifer - Herding Kats in Kindergarten




12. Caitlin - Kindergarten Smiles


Kindergarten Smiles

13. Kimberly - Love of Teaching


Love Of Teaching

14.  Courtney - Miss Third Grade




15. Mandi - MOORE Fun In Kindergarten




Moore Fun in Kindergarten


On an other unrelated topic, I have a new product in my store!

I decided to keep my owl theme for next year! I usually change every year but I am still so much in love with it! So I created an owl word wall!



Go to my TPT store to check it out!




Until next time,





Friday, June 22, 2012

My New Project!

Good evening!

Today was my last day of school. Although I am very happy summer is officially beginning, seeing the kids leave is always sad. You see them everyday for 10 months and then all of a sudden, they are not there anymore. I have had students grow so so much this year and I am so proud of their progress. I have had the chance to have students who worked hard and always gave their 100%! I wish them all the best for next year, as they embark on their new adventure that is high school. :)

End of year has been exhausting!! Wow! And the weather has not helped! We got to 45 degrees yesterday with the humidity!!! That is hot my friends! With a bunch of kids in a classroom and barely no air.... this was NOT fun to deal with in the last week! but hey! I shouldn't be complaining... because at least it's sunny and I was able to enjoy my pool :) Anyways, I have had barely no time to blog and my creativity has been.... well let's just say it has not been anywhere!! I've been working on a Safari themed literacy pack for weeks now! I can't seem to get it done! I'm hoping summer will allow me to create create create! I want to get some products in my little TPT store before back to school!

I wanted to show you a project I am about to start. I found this chair not too far from my house (waiting to be picked up by the garbage truck) the other day and begged my boyfriend to go get it for me.


Obviously it needs a major makeover! It was destined to be thrown away after all! My boyfriend has to fix it as it is broken. Then, I can get started on the painting! It is important to mention I am NOT a crafty person!  Making crafts is always a challenge for me and the results are never  rarely what I had intended for them to look like!
I found this adorable chair made by Mrs. Williamson.



I guess I can make something as cute as this....right? I mean I MUST be able to paint dots!!
I will show you pictures once I am done!

Ok so I am off to work on my Safari unit!

Until next time,



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Classroom Decor Ideas

Good evening everyone!

I am currently sitting in my living room (with the AC on thank you very much.... what a HOT day we've had!)  enjoying my new obsession: Greek Coconut Yogurt! WOW! What a great discovery I've made! This thing is a real treat, perfect for summer....and hey! It's yogurt so it is pretty healthy :) I've been eating iit daily (several times a day) for the past week. Just thought I'd share this ;)

And I am also watching DC Cupcakes reruns on TV. I love this show!! I want to open a bake shop everytime I watch an episode! But then I remember I'm not that good of a baker and the ridiculous idea slowly goes away ;)

As the school year is coming to an end (7 1/2 days left!)  I'm already in classroom decor planning for next year. I usually choose a different team every year but I haven't gotten tired of owls yet! They are so cute and I feel like they have gone up in popularity and so there are owl things everywhere!! Decorating will be so much fun because I will have lots of ideas to choose from :)

Look at this owl theme made by School Girl Style


Loving everything! and those banners!!! :)

And this border:

(Ok, sorry about the huge white border around it....?!)

Isn't it cute?? This one is new and did not exist when I decorated for this year. I find it super adorable!

And look at these owls :) I love them!!

I've seen some pretty cute stuff on TPT too!

Do you usually do themes in your classroom? If so, do you already know what your theme will be for next year?

And I'm at 76 followers!! YAY!! I'm slowly getting to 100 :) And to a giveaway ;) Thanks to all of my followers :) It's really excited to know people are acutally reading what I post!

I'm gonna go enjoy the rest of my cupcake show now and put my yogurt away or else I won't have any more left for breakfast ;)

Until next time,







Friday, June 08, 2012

June Currently

Good morning friends!

I am exhausted!! I just got back from a 3 day field trip with my kids...! So much fun but I am soooo tired! But it's all good because I only have 8 1/2 days left (although that might sound like a lot to those of you already on summer break!! ) so I have days and days of sleeping in ahead of me :)

It's June! So time for a Currently!  I LOVE reading those! I have linked up with Farley (for the first time! yay!) and so here is my June Currently:


You probably guessed that my listening is directly linked to my return from the field trip :)
And thanks to the font linky party I am using my new favorite font: CK Handprint!!!! Yay!

I will go make my coffee now and then work on school stuff! Or watch Grey's Anatomy.... this has yet to be determined ;)

Until next time,


Sunday, June 03, 2012

Font Linky Party!

Good morning everyone!


I hope you are having a great weekend! For the lucky ones already on summer break, hopefully you are enjoying your time off and the chance to sleep in :) For those of you still in school, like me, hang in there! We can do it :)


I saw a pretty cool linky party yesterday that I just had to join!! A font linky party!! 




Isn't this picture the cutest? :) 

We all know how important fonts are! They can completely change what a document looks like. For better or for worse! I do remember a time where I thought Kristen ITC was really happening! I used it everywhere as I was not aware there were so many great free fonts online (Hello Kevin and Amanda!!). Thankfully, I now download hundreds of great fonts and can't wait to download more with this linky party!


So here are some of my favorite fonts :


This is Pea Emma
I use it all the time! 

This is a red bucket
The only thing is there are no capital letters

This is Elephants in Cherry Trees
It's so cute! Great for posters or titles.

This is Pea Summer Funkyness
Also great for posters and titles. 
It looks really cute with different colored letters.
And I love the little hearts everywhere.....

This Pea Jone
Cute and simple!

So there you have it! My favorite fonts! Now I'm off to download a bunch of great new ones! YAY!

Until next time,