Awards:)

I am CURRENTLY behind on acknowledging a LOVELY award that was sent to me

from Sheree, Chrissy, Stacey, Laura, and Sandy!

I would like to pass it on to :
Melissa from:






 (we share a love of chocolate)
Kacey from:





( love her doodles)
Lisa from:

(Lisa is a new blog- super cute- be sure to follow)
Laurie from:





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(I love the word "chick-a-dee"...that's what I call my not-so-baby-girl all the time)

And I think I need to make my Currently more current! I filled it out the evening of the 6th!

An Award! {or "The BOX LINGERS"}

First a VERY IMPORTANT development in the BOX Situation!

The most disturbing thing is that it has somehow gotten into my lipstick!!!!-
and "it" was not referred to as a "she", but rather as a "he" in previous posts.....
This box may need to receive counseling {after I kick it to the curb- literally- in FIVE DAYS}

OMG I'm not going to make it!

I hid her it behind this chair, but as you can tell, she it still taunts me!








 On to lighter subjects!

Thank you, Shawna! from The Picture Book Teacher's Edition!












 For rating my Nutty Little Corner of Cyberspace as a top 10 blog! I was very surprised~
It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know that someone chooses to click on a link and read what I have to say .....on purpose!
Sometimes I send emails, only to find that NO ONE ever reads them! But if you are here- it is because of 1 of 2 things...you found me or someone sent you here- either way- I'm glad you are here!

I am passing this on to 4 of my friends who do not seem to have this award- and I don't know why!!! Because they are ALL INCREDIBLY AWESOME!

Kim from Joy in 6th actually considered to NOT BLOG anymore- INSANE! I love to hear what she has to say- whether it is in a great post or a supportive comment!













Teri- well, Teri has inspired me, too! She has renewed my love of construction paper! lol....seriously, I think on my trip from K to 1st I got caught up in the grading and constant (pencil and paper) assessing and I lost sight of how much they love to create- and how much I love to see them happy! (I swear, Teri- I am totally not stalking you! Not like outside your house or anything....I promise)

There is also Jill at Marvelous Multiagers....I am inspired by the fact that she is A FIRST YEAR TEACHER and makes time to blog and share! I had to "pencil in" my family during my first year.....










And last but not least- there's Holly. Holly has renewed my faith in the random number generator!!! Other than Delighted- she is like the LUCKIEST person in the world!!!

Just kidding {although, she does rack up} I love to read her posts and see what she's up to....and son of a biscuit-eater! I just clicked on her blog and she just recd this from another wonderful lady!!!

She still inspires me! {GO figure~ she won something.......just kidding}
















There are SO MANY others out there who are derserving of a Top 10 Award....and many of them have gotten what they deserved {sounds mean, doesn't it?}

And I am looking forward to finding more~

"Don't Make Me Pull This Line Over....!"

HOLY MACARONI, BATMAN!!!

Things that have happened in the last two days:

1. One of my boys got suspended for pinching a little girl when I am not looking. I know, shouldn't have escalated, right! She is selectively mute. So she didn't tell me! Her mom came in and SHOWED me what had happened!

2. One of my girls went to the office today because she tried to pick up one of her friends by two fistfuls OF HAIR.... FROM THE CARPET!!! The same girl, hid in hall bathroom at dismissal because she didn't want to take the note home to be signed....so that was a nightmare to find her.

3. Another girl came in and said "Mommy and ________ are both sick. She said if I feel sick to tell you." This same child tiptoed to the nurse because the LIQUID POO did not make it to the potty, but instead, into her socks!!  Can you imagine that conversation: "Well, honey, both your brother and I are a little dehydrated FROM POOPING OUR BRAINS OUT, so we are going to stay home, but you go on to school." My room smelled HORRIBLE for awhile.

There are other things that have been cuckoo, but I have to respond to Santa letters in a bit and I just don't have the time to write it all down!

I did have some positives:

1. I won Day 10 of Farley's 12 Days of Christmas- looking fwd to how cute that Thirty One organizer will be in my office!!!!!

2. I rec'd the Liebster Award- 2 times!! From Erika at 2B Honey Bunch and from Sara at Smiling in Second Grade!
(I will post my picks in a separate post!!!t) (Erika, I just now labeled the post that tells about the name)

3. I got out of shopping with my mom AND sister and only went with my mom and we had lunch and it was beautiful because I followed it up with a nap!!

4. I found out that even though the evil Google Friends and Followers Gadget  does not show me the truth- you can see it!
At this particular moment- there are 99! I must reveal that there are only really 98.....to see if it worked, I started following myself from twitter to test it! I wonder if stalking yourself is a condition!!!! How crazy is that!?!?!? I can't get the people in my house to listen to me- but 98 people I have never met, check in see what I have to say.....Maybe I should start communicating with my children via blog!!!!

5. We made the cutest ornaments- idea and tags courtesy of Busy Bees -

Just A-dorable!

I also wanted to do some ORF progress monitoring so I had them make snowmen after reading Frosty- Not any old snowmen- POINTILLISM SNOWMEN!

 

WIth a cup of white paint and  A Q-TIP!!! They did a great job with buttons, hats, scarves, and brooms- too! And I was able to

test 16 children!!!!

And I also created  an I CAN statement because of the paint and it is called:

I CAN clean up after myself.

Tomorrow is Friday and there are no crafts planned, four of them have already left for vacation and I think the Mr and I are going on a date tomorrow night!!! So things are definitely looking up!!!!! As long as there are no fist fights or socks full of poo- I think tomorrow will be a great day!!!