I Love Candy!

So... This week at school there was a "candy drive" for our upcoming "Autumn Eve" thing. The class with the most candy IN POUNDS wins 10 tickets per kid to the Autumn Eve and the teacher wins $50 to Lakeside Village (shopping/movies/restaurants). This was a BIG incentive and I was ready to win!

Monday: Mrs. R was in the lead
Tuesday: Miss Lewis was in the lead
Wednesday: Miss Lewis was in the lead
Thursday: Mrs. R was in the lead (by 6 pounds)
Friday: Miss Lewis WINS (by 16 pounds)

My class brought in 231 POUNDS of candy!!!!!!!!

It was so crazy and close all week! I couldn't believe it!! My class was so excited that we won! They had brought SO MUCH candy in all week! and I was totally excited to get my gift card! It was a SUPER FUN day!

Today... I love candy!

New Neighbors

Matt's sister and niece, Nancye and Bug, moved into my apartment complex last week. Their place is really cute and only 3 buildings down from me! :) Once we got them all moved in we got to go to Target and pick out some fun stuff to decorate Bugs new room. I don't know if you've seen them or not, but there are these new sticky decals you can use to decorate walls and they are too cute!
Check out her room!! I wish my room looked like this!I love the hedgehog/porcupine guy!

"Those People"

Matt wanted to put his desk in the garage sale at his NanNan's house...

NanNan lives 2 blocks down the road...

The desk wouldn't fit in the car...
Yes, this actually happened... We are "those people."


Then, we went to Target. I do love Target! I want to look at everything EVERY time I go. I mean you just never know when that one thing you don't really need will go on sale. While I was looking at every end-cap to see if there was anything I couldn't live without... Matt and our friend Steele were making their own fun! :)Again... We are "those people" in Target.
How am I supposed to NOT take a picture of this?!

This actually happened...

Today on the board I wrote 3 SIMPLE sentences and this is what happened....

student: I can't read Spanish!

me: Do you think this (pointing to the sentences on the board) is Spanish?

student: Yes (he was totally serious)

me: THIS is ENGLISH!

Oh my! This is NEVER a good sign!!!

Finally...

So, I've been a total slacker! I haven't updated my blog in forever!!

I've been working hard though! School has started and I have a really good group! I think it's going to be a good year! I'm excited.

AND! I decided this week that I am going to take on a new challenge this year. Everyone at my school wants morning announcements... not just on the intercom, like we do now... but "real" announcements... videoed with student anchors. I have decided that I'm going to take on this responsibility. Matt has agreed to help me with the editing and initial start up (which is awesome, because he is REALLY good at this stuff) and I will get the videos. Matt is going to teach me what he knows and hopefully I will learn a lot! I am going to have the kids (4th graders) come to my room after school and we will set up a nice background and video everything in there with my Flip Video Camera. Then, we will use iMovie on my apple to edit. I'm really excited! I'm going to have a theme for each day (like "Wacky Wednesday") and record different school activities to share with everyone. Anyone have any good ideas??

Should be fun!

I promise to post some pictures soon!

Oh No!

I cannot believe school starts in 2 weeks!!!!

Where did the summer go??

The New APT

I moved into my new 2 bedroom apartment at the beginning of July. However, 2 days after I moved in I left on a babysitting trip, then Chicago, then my friend, Kelly's wedding, and well basically I've been busy! So... Here are the long awaited and requested pics of my new place (same apartment complex, but new apartment).

Here is the living room...
Standing in the living room looking at the front door/kitchen (open floor plan).dining roomkitchenSpare room... I obviously haven't gotten to this room yet!! YIKES!
MG... It will only take me about 6 hours to get this room ready for you and Grady, so tell me when you're leaving and it will be ready when you get here!! :)
The spare bedroom closet is where I decided to start the cleaning... Extra bathroomMy BedroomMy bathroomWho wants to come visit?!