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March is one of my favorite months! I’m loving the Currently template this time around!



LISTENING: So I starting working on this last night. While a napping three-year-old would be ideal, it is not looking likely right now! Though it is just about time for the little one to head to dreamland…

LOVING: My husband is from Cork, Ireland. His parents and five siblings all still live there. I take advantage of my “Irish by Marriage” status year round, but especially in March!

THINKING: I rolled over in bed a couple of nights ago and realized that I had been dreaming about fractions. My student teacher is at 100%, so she is doing all the teaching right now. Math and specifically fractions are the thing she is least comfortable with, so I have been working on some activities for them to do to help her out.

WANTING: One of the Irishman’s sisters was in town last week. She’d offered to babysit so we could go on a date night. Instead we had sick kids who got the two of us sick. I was reading this post and drooling. We are lacking in the babysitter department and usually only go out when we have family visit. My dad is the next to come visit. Here’s to hoping he offers to babysit!

NEEDING: All those fractions I’ve been thinking about? I’ve only finished 1/4 of the products I’ve started. I’d started this font back in January and finally finished it last night:



Then there are the projects around the house. My to do list might stand a chance if I didn’t keep adding to it! Sigh.

LIKE, LOVE, HATE: I know I cannot be the only ‘J’ in the world who hates finding things that start with the same letter as your first name. I play a game with my summer camp kids each year and think the same thing.

I’m a team player though, so here goes: I like jello. It isn’t my favorite. I don’t hate it. It is just a like.

I LOVE jellybeans. When I am REALLY stressed I can go through a bag without stopping. Both times I went back to work after maternity leave my husband bought me a Costco sized tub of jellybeans to get me through the first week.

I HATE juggling work and home. I throw my all into everything I do. Try as I might, I still feel like I am juggling to keep everything balanced. I always feel like I should be doing more!

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I am part of The Sister Teachers’ 400 Follower Giveaway. I found this blog through a pin on Pinterest and have been a follower for a while now! There are lots of great prizes, so stop by and check it out!

Five for Friday

For a short week, it sure felt like a long one! It always seems to work that way though!

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Boosterthon

 

Today was the big day! After a week of cheers and pledges, today was our Fun Run. I used some of my new clip art from Creative Clips to make our class sign.

My class held the sign as they walked together around the track towards the end, so it is a little beat up! 

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Fonts

 

The font on the sign is one I created myself. I have to tweak it a little, but I almost have it ready to post. St. Patrick’s Day is a BIG deal in my family, so I had to have a font to match!
I have come across a few things written in my Sully Lovely Class List Font. I even got an e-mail from someone who said they used it all month. That made my day! I’m still starting out and improving, but it makes me feel good knowing people are using what I created!
Check back soon for Sully Lucky!

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Wishpool

 

Last week I read a blog post about IPEVO Wishpool. The teacher in the post had just received an iPad keyboard/case and a telescoping stylus. My own stylus recently met an untimely death. I have never heard of a telescoping stylus, but I love the idea of being able to reach across the table to share an iPad in a small group.

I’ll let you know how it works. My wish was granted this week and my items shipped today. I'm super excited!

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Donors Choose – Worms

 

Another blog I read last week was about a Donors Choose project a teacher had funded. I got to thinking about it and decided to apply myself.

I was awarded a grant from the local chamber of commerce about five years ago to purchase this:



I had a successful vermicomposting project going on for a while. Then I went on maternity leave. My class survived my absence, but the worms did not.



The PTO replaced my worms and all was good. Then I had baby number two. Again the class was fine, but the worms did not make it. I have no intention of going on leave anytime soon, and I have an empty worm bin that is just taking up room.

Thanks to Donors Choose, there are about 4 pounds of red worms on their way to refill my Can-O-Worms. My class is SO excited about the project. They are already planning the healthy snacks they will bring so that they can feed the”trash” to the worms. Success!

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Sharing Germs

 

I got a call from the nurse at the kids’ day care last Friday that my oldest was sick. After four days with a fever and cough we got her to the doctor and on the mend. Of course if you have kids you know that means it is onto the next one! My husband was home sick on Thursday. After two days of migraines, I’m now fighting this cold, but not successfully. At this point I can only hope the little guy doesn’t catch our germs.

My sister-in-law in in town from across the pond. We have not been the best of hosts. I’m hoping she doesn’t get sick! She did bring over some Karvol Capsules. I love these things! They are like aromatherapy oils that you put on a cloth near the head of the bed. I can’t find them anywhere in the states – or anything like them. I usually use them sparingly when the kids are really sick, but now that our stash has been replenished I am using one just for me.

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Enjoy your weekend!

Show and Tell Tuesday: A Free Valentine’s Font

I was reading blogs this afternoon and I was disappointed because I didn’t think I had anything to share for Valentine’s Day.

 

Then I remembered this font I’d started a few weeks ago.

 

That was the push I needed to finish it up!

I plan to use the font for my the class list I send home before Valentine’s Day. It is just a little something fun. Enjoy!

Join in the fun at Sunny Days in Second Grade!

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It is a little late, but here are the results to my mini-giveaway.

The Irishman is soundly snoring next to me, so Random.org had to do instead! Congratulations to Amanda and Stacia at Collaboration Cuties & Catherine at The Brown-Bag Teacher! I’ll e-mail you (Math) Operation Snowball Fight tomorrow.

New Year, New Fonts

Happy new year! I am still on break and trying to fit in as much family time as possible. I can see the end of the break looming ahead.

New Years Eve we went out to eat as a family and treated the kids to ice cream. The Irishman and I debated whether or not to stay up for midnight. By 11 he was dozing on the couch next to me so I decided to try the app I’d been eyeing for a while now.

I brought in the new year by creating my own fonts. To be fair I did shake my husband awake before the ball dropped. I *might* have then stayed up another hour getting things just right.

The next night I was again up past midnight figuring out how to download the font and post it to my TpT store. They are freebies – be sure to check them out! I have a heart themed font in the works I hope to post in the next week. I think I found a new hobby!

Here is the first one I did:

 

My second attempt:

You can click the pictures for the link to my TpT store. Check them out!