Best First Day Ever!

This morning I am linking up with Doodle Bugs for her Five for Friday Linky!

Yesterday was my first day back to school with kids and it was an absolute blast! 

I loved (almost) every second of it!  It was also my 28th birthday! 

 These are the adorable packets that I made for our Meet The Teacher night, which was on Wednesday.  I had also made a little magnet with my contact info for parents to stick on their refrigerators and a little treat for my students! I got the cute tag for the startburst from Fourth and Ten!

 This was one of my greatest Pinterest finds of the summer- A fool proof way to organize student supplies when they come in with backpacks overloaded with paper and kleenex and all the other goodies!  I simply found some old boxes in our storage room and put signs on them.  The kiddos came in and I sent them directly over to the 'supply wall' and they dumped their supplies in the correct box.  Genius!!!!

 I am a Diet Pepsi freak! And an Oncue Freak! I love that it has a drive-thru and I don't have to get out of my car!  #lazy  But the coolest thing was that on my first day of school (and my bday) I got my drink for free! It's the little things in life!

 This is an absolutely adorable sign that my wonderful mother-in-law made me for my birthday! She is so crafty!  It is hanging on my bulletin board right next to my desk ! I love it!

 And lastly, I had to add the picture of the HOMEMADE sugar cookie cake with HOMEMADE icing that my mom made me for my birthday! It was soooo delicious! I'll have to get the recipe from her and share it with you guys!

Welp, that's my Five for Friday! I better leave for school now!

Throwback Thursday!

Hey guys!  I'm linking up with Freebielicious for the Thursaday Throwback Linky!  This is a post from last September when we had just moved into our new building!  Lots has changed in my room since then but the overall decorations are the same!  Hope you get some good ideas!

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Hey guys! It's been a long while since I've been on here.  As soon as school started my world went into a tail-spin and everything went crazy!  But I'm back, and I'm happy about it!  And what's better than coming back to a Five for Friday post?! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday!

Our building is almost finally done!  They are just finishing up the big kid playground in the back of the school and the loop around the school for arrival and dismissal. Here are some pics of my classroom!  

Love, love, love our triangle desks and pretty green chairs!

This cord no longer sticks out like that!!!

Love the beautiful new building! And my room is still coming along...there is more to do than I ever imagined!!!

Of course, my family and I had to go to the Oklahoma State Fair a few weekends ago! It was a blast! Here are a few of my fave pics from that night!

This is the only reason I go to the fair. Cheese fries drenched in ketchup!!!

My daughter and her favorite aunt!

Farm animals, of course!

Chicken on a stick!

My hubby and daughter on her first ride ever!

I absolutely love being a math and science teacher this year! We are departmentalized and now I never want to teach reading/S.S. again!  Here are a few pics of us having a blast while learning!

Modeling the molecular structure of solids, liquids and gasses with cheerios!

Modeling the molecular structure of solids, liquids and gasses with cheerios!

Creating gas:  Blowing up a balloon on a 2 liter bottle with baking soda and vinegar!

Creating rock candy with water and sugar!  Modeling the change of phase from liquid to solid!

Modeling the structure of solids, liquids and gasses with parachute and paper balls!

Modeling the structure of solids, liquids and gasses with parachute and paper balls!

 I CUT 6 INCHES OF MY HAIR OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I LOVE IT!!!!! (Oh, and my husband is suuuuch a hottie!!!)

I have created a couple of new products for my TpT store this past month!  Check them out HERE!

Here is my favorite!

I noticed that my students were really struggling with decimal place value and reading/writing decimal numbers in standard, expanded and word form.  I was pleasantly surprised that this really helped them understand the concept! 

Thanks for reading!  So excited to rejoin the blogging world!

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Wednesday-Made-It!

I love linking up with the Monday Made It Linky, but Monday is just a super hard day to get motivated! I have accomplished a lot so far this week...Check it out!

*1* I am super duper proud of myself! I found and followed an awesome tutorial for inserting customized buttons into my blog!  It only took me a few tries and overall it was really easy. Check out the tutorial here!  I also added a new chalkboard background to my header, button, etc.  The darker background makes it look much better than the grainy background I had before!  I'm movin' on up in the blogging/designing world!

A screen shot of my side bar with my new buttons!

*2*  Today I finished a product that I had been putting off for a few weeks now!  It's my Classroom Arrows Calendar Set for my classroom bulletin board! It's perfect for back to school!  I absolutely love it! I've already printed mine off and can't wait to laminate them and put them to use soon!  And I included my freebie teacher calendar set as well!  Get yours here!!!

*3*  Don't you just hate those people who are good at literally everything they try?  Well, that's my husband.  I just must say that my husband is an incredible artist. For my dad's birthday we decided to try out wood burning and making a sign for a cabin my dad is building.  This is the finished product, and it's just outstanding! I couldn't believe how well it turned out!

*4*  So a friend recently told me about a website called Wish...it's super cheap and has a few good finds on there.  There are some really weird things, but I found a few items I just couldn't live without.  I am obsessed with the earrings I got from Wish, but both of the necklaces were broken when I received them. *insert sad face here* So, instead of being angry I decided to create my daughter and I friendship bracelets with the beads from one of the necklaces!  They are tooooo cute! And I love the colors!

squishy baby hands are probably my favorite things in the entire world.

*5* And lastly, I must share with you my recent obsession...Flipz White Fudge Covered Pretzles! I have fallen in love with the sweet/salty mix and this is just the ticket for my taste buds!  If you haven't tried them, go to the store immediately!!!!

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That's all for now!