End of Year is Finally Here!

End of year is finally here!  I couldn't be more excited for summer.  Of course I will miss my little ones but there's nothing like a long long nap!  Of course I have been busy with life!  I've never been this busy in so long, but I love it!  

Tomorrow is the last day of school and this is what I made my little ones.

I made these last year for my students as well and they were such a hit so I had to make again.  It's so cheap too!  

What you need:

Large marshmallows - $2.99 

Graham crackers - $3 

Hersheys - $2 for a pack of 12

Bags - $1 for 20 

Eazy Peazy! 

Since I am done with school, I have more time to plan our wedding!  We recently got the photo, dj and video so now we feel more relaxed and can move slower.  Right now we are debating what to do for save the dates.  We are both teachers so I recently found this on Pinterest but I think it might be too cheesy, what do you think?

Before we send out these, we have an engagement party that's in less than a month!  Wow how time flies.   I had a brunch yesterday with my bridesmaids and discussed party ideas.  They worked on something similar to this, also found on Pinterest

I will blog about mine when they are done.  I think it's such a cute and different idea.   This fabulous idea is from Style Me Pretty .  Love her blog!  

So now that finally school will be over, I can finally finish my Apple Unit I have honestly been working on for a month.  My gosh I have been busy.  

Can't wait for you to see it.  =)

Happy Monday.


I am linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It!

Busy Bee!

I can't believe I haven't blogged in a week!  I don't believe I have been gone for this long.

I knew there was something missing in my life this week!!

I have ben such a busy bee, hence the title of this blog.  We have been going to end of year parties, booking dj's, photo and videography for our wedding, birthdays and more.  I couldn't catch a break!  I am pooped.  

But I am here to show you what I have been up to with the kiddies and my life!!

This is at the end of year party with my love and my teacher aide. She's like my 2nd mommy. Love her!

This is my awesome sister in law (future) at the Yankee game.  

Love her!

The Yankees won that game of course!

My beautiful friends at a birthday party at a casino.

Finally we got our Father's Day Trophies complete!  The kiddies loved them.

Of course our copy machine didn't have white paper again, only purple!

I have been using a lot of these lately.  My little ones have gotten a bit chatty since they are aware school is almost out.  So I have been putting this to use.

It's a Parent Communication Log I got at Lakeshore.  It's a great tool to use to let parents know what's going on in the classroom with great news or not so good news.  It comes with the original copy and another copy for you to keep for reference.  

So as you can see I have been busy!

But of course not to busy to keep creating.  I have been working my little tush on this awesome Apple Unit for the Fall.  It's almost complete so keep a look out!  It's full with centers, printables and crafts that I am sure you will love.

I leave you with this super funny comment one of my little ones said to my aide and I on Friday morning.  Every time I think about him saying this I can't stop laughing!

Student: Ms. C, Ms. C! I have great news and bad news.

Me: Okay honey, tell me the bad news first.

Student:  Okay.  Well it's going to rain on Sunday.

Me: Laughing already.  Oh no!  What's the great news?

Student:  I'm going to the beach on Sunday! 

These kids are too much!

What have you been up to lately?  

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday!  

It's Friday right? 

LoL  

Can't forget to honor my daddy!

Happy Father's Day!

My amazing daddy and I last year on Father's Day!

He taught me everything I know and much more! From school, to coaching to life and money. Can't say enough great things about him.

Forever daddy's girl. =)

Cleaning Up & Organizing!

It's been so crazy here this week.  We are cleaning, organizing and storing all our supplies for the end of year.  The little ones are excited for summer to come but there's still work left to be done! AHHHHH

So I starting organizing my closet and ughh it looked like a complete mess!  In the beginning it was cluttered, puzzles were on the floor.  Just UNORGANIZED

With the help of my little ones, they have helped me turn it into this.

The bins were all bought from the Dollar Tree.   I am so happy my crates fit perfectly at the bottom. I was worried about where I would store them!  In the bins I have stored pencils, dry erase markers, crayons, scissors, glues and so much more.  It makes it less stressful when you know where everything is.  

I know when I come back to decorate in August everything will be nice and organized waiting for me.

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For the last 5 years of teaching I have kept my stencils and letters in manilla folders.  Very messy and not neat.  

Yes it's true.  That really is how it looked, except it was stuffed in the closet. It was so overwhelming.  I wouldn't even know where to begin with this. 

So I asked my little ones for help with this during snack time.

What was a few kids helping turned into the whole class chipping in and punching out stencils. LoL I don't know why they thought this was so much fun, but it was.  

Love the way they came out!  So neat and clean.  

I put the stencils in zip-loc bags.  They are sorted by color, design, capital and lower case letters.  Numbers are in their own baggie as well. =)

I labeled the bags with some left over star stencils I had (left over from the Dollar Tree) with the different kinds of stencils so I know which are which.  

Eazy Peazy!

It looks so much better.  And it has given up lots of free room for other supplies.  Look where I put them!  



In my crates!

These crates are such a life saver.  They offer so much storage space! 

For more info on how I created these fabulous crates, click HERE to take you to that post.  To see how I use them for storage click HERE to take you to that post.

Love the way it turned out!

Hopping and Leaping Into a New Grade - Writing Craftivity!

Happy Sunday everyone!!!  I am so excited to be sharing this newest little creativity!  I have been waiting to put this up for so long now.  I know we all end school around different times but this is an adorable beginning/end of year craft that surely will be a hit with your little ones!!

Check it out!

Beginning and End of Year Writing Craftivity!

Love the writing prompts as well.

=) 

The cute kangaroos is my absolute favorite!!  

This adorable writing craft has all the things you need to get your little ones getting ready to end another year and getting excited to start a new one!  It’s full of writing printables and a cute craft to match.  There's a fun writing prompt in the pouch that is too cute. Grab this little guy and end the year the right way!

This craft includes

-Stencils/Directions/Pictures

-Writing prompts/half & full/b&w/primary& secondary

-Writing prompts include grades from K-2

You can check it out HERE or check out my TpT Store to see what else I've been up to.  I hope you enjoy it.  I know my little ones will love making it.

If you want to win this cute little pack leave me your e-mail and a comment letting me know how many days you have left until summer!  We have so many it's just too far to start counting.  But I'd love to hear from ya. =)

Congrats to Kimberly from Live Laugh I Love Kindergarten . 

I will be e-mailing you the packet!

I will do random generator tonight and see who wins!

Check back this week for a very SWEET freebie.

Have a "Sunsational" Summer!

Happy Monday all!  I hope everyone had a nice Easter!  I spent the day with my fiance's family.  It was such a beautiful day out so it made Easter that much better!  

Now, I know what your thinking.  An end of the year craft ...so soon? But we just had Easter!  Well I have had this "vision" for quite a bit.  I know since we all teach in different parts of the country, we all end school at different times of the year.  I wanted to put this out there so everyone has time to make it!

I loved loved loved making this cute little guy.  Take a looksie.

Have a "Sunsational" Summer- End of Year-Summer Writing Craftivity!

You have 2 options with this craft.  You can glue the sun craft onto cardstock or construction paper and glue the writing prompt at the bottom OR you can glue the writing prompt behind the sun rays and have the students attach it to the sun.

This packet has all the essential printables you need to get your little ones even more excited that school is almost out.  They will truly enjoy making this sun craft.  How do I know this?  Because as I was making it, I kept thinking about my summer and all I wanted to do!

This packet includes:

-patterns/directions/pictures

-writing prompts/full-hal-primary-secondary lines-b&w

-Lists

-Making Words

-Words of the Day

-ABC Order

-Word Search

-Comparing

-Write It/Draw It

-Sequencing

and MUCH MORE!

You can grab this packet by clicking HERE or going to my TpT  to check out what other crafts I have at my store.

Do you love this little guy as much as I do?  Since I love this craft so much and think you will love it just as much, I will make this free until 8pm EST tonight!  There's a small catch though. =)  Please be my newest follower for my TpT and my Pinterest.  I would love to reach 700 followers. =)

Don't forget to let me know what you think.  I love to hear your comments. =)

Anddddd Go!