Shenanigans of the week!

It has been a VERY busy week in our house.  We just bought a house yesterday (stress, stress, and more stress....) and I've been busy, again, creating LOTS of things for my classroom.  Not to mention, my hubby had his birthday this week, so making a cake for him and attempting to do nice things for him were in the mix.  So we'll start with the b-day celebrations...

The cake my littlest and I made for my hubs.

Cheesy little man with his daddy and the cake.

Getting ready to blow out the candles on the professional birthday cake. 

Always a helper. :)

And now here are some of the creations for my classroom.  Pinterest inspired with some of them having my own twist to them...

I'm going to have a board in my reading area for book recommendations titled "Books to TWEET about"!!  I think it will be cute! :)

Our LAMP signs (special classes: library, art, music, p.e.)

I've seen the idea on Pinterest to have a "sub tub" for when you're not in the classroom.  This is just my little tag to go on my tub.  No biggie. :) 

Another organizational tool for the classroom library...a "book return" for my classroom librarians to get books from so they're put back in the correct spot.

Tags for my "I Can" board.

I have the BEST principals!!  We had a new teacher meeting just for the new teachers in my school this week and in our meeting, these were all the goodies they gave us!!  Talk about awesome!!!

Some more inspirational/classroom management signs.

Cute little "subway art" sign for the library...

My twist on the "We're testing...do not disturb" signs.... :)

On to figuring out what we can and cannot do immediately in our new house!  More details later!!

Happy day, friends!

Woo-hoo!! Two posts in one week!

(To the tune of "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story)

I've been busy
Oh, so busy
Laminating and creating
For myyyyyyyyyy
Fifth grade classroom
So my walls
Are not
So bare
{Tra-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la!} <--that is the sound of the trumpets and castanets, in case you didn't put that together...

I have been busy this week, as my little diddy says, doing some laminating and creating (not in that order, though)!  Just checking things off my to-do/to-create list before July rolls around and life speeds up a lot.

Here are some of my latest creations {keep in mind, they are ideas from Pinterest, not my own...}

I've seen the idea for "Cranium Club" in the classroom, so these are some of the signs I've made for my classroom's CC! (Rules and different signs for those who have completed x-amount of challenges)

These are the different challenges for my classroom Cranium Club

These are the choices for my "I'm finished...now what?" section for once students finish their assignments.

An organized classroom is a happy classroom....so I've made these labels for my turn-in trays.

I've LOVED these boards since I first saw them!  This is for my writing VOICES board.

And this is for my reading CRAFT board.

In addition to these lovelies, I've also replanned my classroom (on paper) and planned out all {ahem...almost all} of my bulletin boards.  Yeah, had a night when I couldn't sleep, so that's what I did.  Awesome, eh?

So.....yeah, that's about it for today. :)  Happy day!

Long time, no post!

Slackers of the universe unite!  (Or, maybe it's just me being a slacker....hmm...)  So, it's been over a year since my last post and, whew boy, a lot has happened!!  Here's the skinny:

-ok, so I'm not as skinny as I was in my last post.  (Boo hiss to that....but I'm working on it!!)
-G just finished second grade and C just finished his first year of preschool {SLOW DOWN!!!}
-we're looking to buy a home [talk about STRESSFUL!!!]
-M is still working at the college and high school

I guess that's all.....oh wait, one more....
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited that I'll be teaching fifth grade next year!!!!!!!!!!  {Can you sense my excitement?  No, not yet?  Here, I'll help you understand: YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}Ok, I'm done with the exclamation points.  :)  I am beyond thankful, excited, grateful, and am most certainly PRAISING God that I've been given this opportunity!  While summer (for us) has barely started, I've already been busy!  Here's a taste of the things I've made (I can take no credit for any of these....all Pinterest ideas):

These are some beauties that will go in my classroom library.

Some classroom management signs.

Some inspirational signs for the classroom.

Some more goodies!

A cute little "goodbye" sign and "the teacher's prayer" for my desk.

This lovely one is the only one I can take {partial} credit for...my classroom theme is "birds of all feathers flock together", so I did my own twist on the noise level chart for the classroom using different bird calls.  :)

I've made plenty of other things (all Pinterest ideas, of course), but I'm being too lazy to get them out right now.  And, can I just say this......thank goodness for the small Scotch Thermal Laminator that I purchased a couple of years ago!  I'm a laminating diva!!!

One more thought before I "sign off" for the day.....for those of you who are teachers, might I suggest cataloging your classroom library books?!  I just did that (you know, print out a card to put in a little pocket in the front of the book with the title/author that the kiddos will take out of the book and put in their "library pocket" in the room)....great way to keep track of books, whether it's the end of the year and you'd like to know who still has a book in their box or you're looking for a certain book for a read-aloud!!

Happy day, friends!!