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!

News, updates, and me on a horse!

Hello!! Sorry I have been MIA for a bit! I have been running around (not really) studying for an ESL test and getting grad school stuff done. blah. 

Which leads to my exciting news....

I got a job back in the LONE STAR STATE! Dallas to be exact! I was *lucky* enough to get to meet with an amazing school, and now will be teaching with them. I am BEYOND excited. It is also means this sister is going back home! Kindergarten! Luckily I have all these amazing bloggers for amazing ideas!

In other news, here are some things the kiddos have been doing...

We used adjectives to describe S'MORES! Yum!

Great pack from Mrs. Bainbridge

We also hit up my favorite guy... Pete the Cat! I have been looking for an excuse to use this book. Our skill was cause and effect and I told my sister from another mister (Ms. Simoneaux) Pete the Cat!

stepped in gummy bears, and had rainbow shoes!

I love my new shoes, I love my new shoes....maybe I was digging on Pete because I was singing it about these bad boys:

I wore those puppies all day today....and then this happened:

A child in another class had their Dad bring their horse....and who was first on? ME. In five inch wedges. Yep, I am a pretty cool chick. My kids were enthralled. 

Happy Friday!

Taxes booo! Sale yay!

I am joining everyone else today and throwing a little sale! Why not? Everything is 15% off! Click below to see my store, and I am about to see if all the things on my wishlist are up for grabs!

Happy Sunday!

I love me some Olivia and a new unit!

Y'all I think my daughter's name may have to be Olivia. I love it regardless, but after reading Olivia again I realize how much I love that character. She is one sassy sister. 

Luckily this fabulous story is in our reader, and the skill is fantasy vs. reality with it. We made these littles again courtesy of Leslie Ann at Life in First Grade! 

And finally I have a new unit! I seriously don't know how some of y'all pump these things out. I seriously agonize over these things. But, I posted about this recently and have been trying to make this bad boy since then. So without further ado...

Yay! Click on the picture to see it! It has two brainstorming pages, a pre-write, a sloppy copy, a final copy, and a craftivity!

I also have exciting news....I am waiting until it is all official with some certification things to announce. Which makes me ask, anyone have tips on supplemental ESL certification? 

blog love :)