Summer Love

I am in LOVE this summer!

1. I am in LOVE with Chevron!!! How about you? Look at this "bench" that my hubby made me for my classroom! It is not quite done yet, but this is it so far.

This is what it looked like before I covered it in foam and material!

 My new chevron crate seats! Again my wonderful husband made me these :)

I worked so hard setting everything up that I needed a little break on my new bench!

2. I am LOVING making my classroom inviting for my babies! I cannot wait to meet them!

Books are in the bins! Woohoo!

More books :)

My desks! Trying to decide if I like the table numbers handing from the ceiling... what do you think?

Another view of the table numbers

3. I LOVE making clip art! My hubby may even start to help me! He is very creative and a much better drawer than I am! 

My NEW Flashy Chevron Paper Pack - Just $1.00 in my TPT Store

Click the picture below to make it yours!

 I am still working on the one below! I am excited it has like a fade/ombre look to it :)

4. I am LOVING my new Meet the Teacher pack! It goes with my End of the Year Red Carpet Premier! I will start and end the year in Hollywood Style! 

Student Goodie Bags

(Thanks to Miss Kindergarten)

Student Scavenger Hunt

5. I am LOVING my teammates! 

My very AWESOME friend Tara approached me about this idea of making curtains out of table clothes. (You must understand that Tara can make a joke but look completely serious and you have no clue...So that is what I thought was going on!) Then she tells me she wants to staple them!!! I start laughing because I seriously thought she was pulling my leg. But once I saw the supplies I knew she was serious. 2 Packs of tablecloths, 4 dowel rods, command hooks, a stapler, and 4 puffy balls later... Waalaa! They were done! I could not believe how great they turned out!! Here are some pictures! 

This is before Tara's puffy balls made it up! I will post another picture next week.

6. I am LOVING Walmart and there back to school selection this year! 

Tara & Beth seem to think I have a problem.... I have NO PROBLEM with chevron! ;)

7. I am in LOVE with my husband and I am LOVING being his wife! 

Saturday night dinner on the grill and then a walk to get ice cream! 

(Just 3 weeks ago today we were saying I DO)

Have you ever eaten a fresh waffle cone & ice cream??

OMG it was a little warm and soft and ohhhhh soooo gooood! 

8. I am LOVING the wedding photos we have seen so far! Our photographer was AMAZING! If you live in Pennsylvania and are getting married or just want photos taken (especially if you have children) you need to check out her website!!

Click on any of the pictures below to take you to her site! 

9. I am LOVING all of my followers! You make me love blogging even more! Please know that if you ever need anything that I am MORE than happy to help! Just send me an email at firstgradeteacherlady@gmail.com! Thank you for supporting me on Pinterest and Instagram also!!

LOVE,

The Red Carpet Party Has Arrived!

End of The Year Red Carpet Premier

This day flew by so fast! I wish I could have made the hour of the party drag out just a little longer! I loved the look on the childrens' faces as they walked into the room to see it transformed and to see all of their loved ones clapping for them as they came in. They went to their seat and loved their gift bags! They also loved the feather boas, bow ties, and top hats! Then it was time for the awards. One by one I called them down the red carpet to receive their award trophy and certificate! They loved cheering for one another and hearing their awards!

I tried to give a little speech about how much I loved their children and how hard it will be to give them away to a new teacher, but I bust into tears. I think they got the message though :)

Then it was time for the DVD! I continued to cry through that as well! I looked out to see a sea of mothers crying also.. it made me feel much better! Then we dug in to the yummy food and took pictures in the hollywood photo booth!

After the kids were gone, I looked around the room and tried to tell myself that as hard as it is to say goodbye it is my job to make them see that they have learned everything they can from me and now it is time for them to soar into second grade! This class is a special group. No one will ever quite have my heart like they do!

Wherever you go.. My love will find you!

Linking up with End of the Year Ideas!

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End of the Year, Red Carpet Premier Continues..

Lights, Camera, Action!

Loving everything about this party!

The students "Headshot" will be hanging with their writing about this year. I also completed the "Meet the Stars" paper from my TPT packet. So excited to put these all together with the borders. 

These are our back stage VIP passes! :)

These are CUPCAKES! Can you believe it? They are too stinking cute! My mom is one crafty lady!

Easy to make felt bow ties for the boys to wear the day of the party!

Can't go to a Movie themed party and not have pop corn!

Student Gift - These microwave popcorn bowl ($0.97 at Walmart) holds the summer reading and writing pack, two boxes of movie candy ($1 each at the dollar store), books from scholastic, and a water bottle.

Another version of the student gift

I think this party is getting out of control!

Alright... so everything is cut out for the games. Mom and I found red feather boas at the dollar store! Can you picture it? All 13 of my girls will be red carpet ready with their feather boas and fancy sunglasses. My boys are going to be decked out in 50's style hats and bow ties made by my awesome mom! (She is making them out of felt) I am thinking I get this "over the top" attitude from her :)  Well here is the start to the pictures. I will post the goody bags this weekend and maybe a few glamor shots! Hope you enjoy! PRETTY PLEASE follow me. it is on the right side of this page if you scroll down. THANK YOU!!

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p.s. baskets were 2 for $1 at the Dollar Tree and I just found some today that were 4 for $1 there as well. Happy planning!