Getting there!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! I did for sure! Mainly because I am going to be a pug mommy!

I met her on Saturday and get to bring her home on this coming Saturday! I am so excited! I have been waiting for YEARS to get my own pug. My family has two (three for a while) and I love them. They have such a great personality, and I need some good company here in Texas! So, this is my new BFF, Penny!

Besides puppy news, I got in my classroom and today and got some stuff done! I really wonder how I got my room done before without my mother. She is such an amazing help, and she is a children's librarian so she has great ideas! 

So, I got the walls all done with fabric, and what not. Please excuse any mess you see in these photos, it is still a work in progress!

My "Born Wild" birthday board

My board to hang fun things! It is tiger print of course.

Reading jungle! Do you like those leopard print curtains? I have plans for a big tree in that corner.

Three back walls. I LOVE that I can staple in this wall.

Front of the room. This is where our class names will go and storage for supplies.

And, the palm tree is back up!

These jungle themed behavior signs are in my TPT store!

I am up there for the rest of the week getting everything else organized. I am about to get some signs for the room done while laying in bed. Be on the lookout for some WBT rule signs!

Also, she will kill me but I LOVE this picture of me and Morgan at her WEDDING! She looked drop dead gorgeous and it was such a great time! Congrats muffin! More info on our blog coming soon!

Happy Sunday!

So fresh and clean classroom!

I got into my classroom today! And this is not just exciting because "yay it is time to start decorating", it's because it is a NEW classroom! Woohoo!

Here it is:

built in cubbies? YES please!

So big, and the Texas flag makes me smile

Bathroom inside the classroom and a HUGE window!

So now I am ready to start decorating! My teacher biffle Morgan wrote an amazing post on decorating a classroom. She really is good at it, I was so envious of her and her cute post-it note mock-up last year. I am organized, but also a mess. Ha. It is true. I am trying to take it one step at a time for this classroom. 

I am keeping my jungle theme! I am super excited because I just got leopard print curtains. swoon. 

I thought I would share these photos so you can see what a difference I made! 

So, now you tell me what do you plan on doing with your classroom this year, that you didn't last year?

Updates and a Sale!

I have been sooo ignoring blogging. Please forgive me! My life has been nuts the last week or so! I moved from Baton Rouge to Dallas!! It was a whirlwind, and now finally the last box is unpacked and I now have to decorate!

So needless to say, my mind has not been on school and my classroom. :( Here are some things coming up though that I plan to accomplish: 

1. A new blog!!! Ms. Simoneaux and I are starting a little blog together!! Since we won't be next door anymore, we just had to have something to keep connected as if we are! The design is almost finalized and then we will be launching it! Check back here or at First Grade Fresh to see it! We have some things planned, like Fashion Friday (a way to show everyone that teachers can be fashionable, and that Morgan and I spend our money way too much). 

2. I am decorating a new classroom! I can't wait to put updates of the progress and how it comes along. 

3. I am in talks with a fun teacher company to do some product reviews, and to maybe give stuff away! :)

4. I am working on a few TpT things! FINALLY. I have a fun welcome to kindergarten pack planned! 

So, quite a few things coming up! 

Since I have been so MIA, EVERYTHING in my TpT store is on sale! 20% off until Thursday! 

If you have a jungle themed classroom check these out that I posted towards the end of the school year:

My TpT store:

Happy Tuesday!! Hope your July 4th is full of fireworks and BBQ!

I'm back!

So gone forever right? Sorry all! I just got back from Europe on Tuesday! 

It was a great trip with my man, and we saw so much stuff. We visited my family in the UK and we were in London for the Jubilee too. I tell ya I have a wedding this weekend and I would be okay with being the only one with a hat on. 

We went to Italy too! Rome and Naples and it was a blast. Here are some photos!

So much fun! 

In teaching news, I am so excited about my new school! Met all the girls I will be teaching with and I am ready to start a new chapter in my career with them. I also am getting really excited about joining the kinder world! I will most likely keep my blog the same here, but exciting news about a new one is coming! Ms. Simoneaux, from First Grade Fresh, and I are starting a new blog together! We are working on the design right now with Erin from Creating and Designing. I am so excited to be able to keep in touch with Morgan since we won't be at the same school anymore :(. We have some fun ideas planned to spice up the world of teacher blogs!! 

Hope your summer is going great!!

Ms. Thomas graduates!!

Is it funny this blog title makes me think of Beverly Hills 90210?! (Donna Martin Graduates!) HA

O yes!! Work done!

Anyway...yes this girl graduated on Friday with her Master of Education! WOOP! 

Me and the boy after the ceremony!

 So, it was a crazy weekend because my baby sister also graduated from high school!! She is off to Arkansas for college, and could not be more happy for her! Way to go sis! 

Get ready for my crazy life:

Our last day is Wednesday, and I drive to Dallas Thursday. I meet my new team on Friday! I can't wait to meet my kindergarten teammates! 

And then....Ben and I leave for Europe Saturday! 

Whew...if I am absent for a while, don't worry my life is nuts right now! I will be back soon, promise! I hope all of you have a great end of the school year!

Charlotte and gifts!

Well, things are winding down here in room 103. This leads to me running around packing everything and my kids asking if they can help. NON STOP. I love them, but it is hard to get everyone to help when you really need to just do it on your own. This year is so different since I am moving and have to get everything organized! 

So, we have been reading Charlotte's Web this last month. Swoon. It is my favorite book to read aloud to my kids. We have been so into it we finished it really quick! I always get choked up when Charlotte dies. :( I kept it together until I realized one of my boys was bawling. Then, I lost it. Like crying, ugly girl style. It was so emotional to see how much the book affected him! Then, a bunch started crying. We talked about it, and I am so happy now that they had that experience to get connected to a book. :)

We did some little posters throughout the week on character analysis and settings in the book. Here are some pics:

Our anchor chart on the characters!

When Wilbur was born

When Wilbur escapes

When they saw Some Pig! written. I love the shocked face on the farmer!

Avery

My poster on Wilbur!

The goose and the gander

Also, I have received some awesome teacher appreciation gifts! This mother is SO crafty and SO sweet! I think she loves pinterest....:)

So precious!

This is a pringles can!

much love!

Today we are making these precious crawfish hats that I thought up for our Louisiana Food Festival! 

Busy...I know! AND I am done with GRAD SCHOOL!! I am graduating next Friday and could not be more excited! 

Happy Friday! :)

Teachers love appreciation!

Yay for teacher appreciation week! I am jumping on the bandwagon and having a sale too! All of my items are 20% and enter the code {TAD12} to get an additional 10% off!

I also want to say thanks for the warm wishes on my impending move to Dallas! I am so excited about my new job. I emailed all my new team members and cannot wait to work with them. So glad about this sale so I can pick up some KINDERGARTEN goodies! Look for a name change for this lil old blog this summer! 

Happy Sunday!