5 more sleeps until...

I'm HERE!!!

I can't wait to see my sister, nephew, and BIL!!!! 

Here is their cute little house:

They are full time missionaries on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, which is east of Nassau. They both teach at a boarding school. My nephew starts kinder 4 there at a public school this year!

Here is a pic of my sister and I!

So excited!!!

Wonder…

My neighbor is a librarian and she wrote how awesome this book is.  I immediately bought the book on Amazon for my Ipad.  I was reading something else (Twilight), but once I finished it, I immediately started reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio. 

You guys, this is the best book I have ever read.  I’m not normally a “can’t put it down” kind of person.  My ADD usually kicks in.  But this book….I just can’t put it down.  I’m almost done and I just started it.  It’s about a boy that was born with a face that no one wanted to look at.  It is mostly told from his point of view but it switches a couple of times to the point of view of people in his life.  Don’t worry, it’s not confusing.  It clearly tells you when it is switching POV’s.  It surely makes you see people in a different way once you read it.  Just do me a favor….READ IT!!  You can thank me later!!!  It’s a very easy read.

A Fun Little Back to School Activity…

I don’t know about you but I am always looking for a fun little activity to keep the kids BUSY while I’m trying to put away supplies, assess, etc!!  I came up with this little activity for just that!  Plus, it will look super cute in the hallway backed with some cute scrapbooking paper!!!  Win!

Today is a rainy day!  I had great plans to spray paint a chair for school but that is not happening today!!!  :)

School supply fairy...

My MIL is pretty awesome!! Every year she buys me lots of supplies! Here is my loot this year!!!

Word Wall Pennant

I made this Word Wall Pennant in pink and green chevron!  Click here to go to my TPT store.  It’s only $1.00!! 

This is what it looks like hanging in my room.

The state of my classroom.....

So I went to the school to do a little work. Remember when i told you i thought i was moving? This explains the blank slate.....so I only have before pics. I am going to finish completely before I put any more classroom pics. Without further adieu....

That would be my sister hanging paper!!! We got a lot done in 2 days!!! My sister said you can immediately tell my favorite colors by walking into my room!!!!! :)

Scrappin’ Weekend!

This past weekend I had a scrapbooking retreat at my house.  We had a lot of fun, ate lots, and did a little bit of scrapbooking!!!  Here is the progress on my 2013 scrapbook so far---

My Mardel goodies!

Yesterday Mardel (one of my favorite stores) had their annual education sale. I ventured out into the craziness!! I found some good stuff! 

I guess you can tell how much I love chevron!! My room is hot pink and lime green. I got some new border. I took everything down in my room. Im literally walking into a blank slate. Remember---we were told w were moving. It was only AFTER we had packed our rooms were we told we werent moving after all? Yeah.... That palm tree is for the hallway. We will add a new coconut every time we read a new book. "Nutty for books!" I found those cute little buckets too. They will go along with the bucket filling book. My mom and sister are coming Monday to help me start my room. I leave August 5 th for the Bahamas to see my sister!!!!

Texas Treasures

Do any of you do Treasures Reading Series?  I have come up with many activities that go with unit 1.  Check it out!

Here is a freebie too!

I like to send this activity home for homework after it has been modeled.  Alot. Ha!!!

What I’ve Been Working On….

I have been working on a couple of things lately.  I completed my magnet mini unit.  We study magnets in our physical science unit.  The kids really enjoy just exploring but I wanted to have some accountability so I came up with this:

I also wanted an organized, neat looking calendar area this year.  So I came up with this calendar set:

I will also put up a big calendar where we add the dates each day, as well as a Hundreds Chart.  This is what my calendar area has looked like in the past.

2012-2013 year

2011-2012 year

Stingrays…OH MY!!

We had been planning on going to Stingray City in the Caymans for a while.  The closer the time came, the more chicken I got!!  LOL  Once on the boat, I was downright scared!!!! I waited till everyone was off the boat in the water.  I finally got the courage to get in the water.  This is what I looked like:

I spent all of about 2 minutes in the water.  I was DONE when the first stingray swam up to me!!!  I hollered and got out of that water speedy quick!!!  Luckily, Stephen stayed in the water and got some good pics with the water camera!