A Night out Dancing

A few weeks ago, a group of about 14 friends got together and went country line dancing. We go about once a month, but I am here to tell you, the more, the merrier! We had a ball! We had 3 frineds cancel about an hour before the show. The husband got sick and we were so disappointed.

Here is my friend Amy's little boy. Isn't he precious?

Here is my aunt, Debbie and her son, Chad
Drake and Brandon

Amy and Drake were getting down. Drake had a ball!

Me and Amy

Me, Holly and Stephanie

My sister and her hubby dancing

Tim, me and Debbie

Me and Linda Jo!!!!!!

Chad was really getting down!

I can't wait to go out again!!!!!

The band is so good, it is a country band that plays all types of music as well as rock and roll too.

Look out Wild Hearts Band, because we are already planning another night out with YOU!

Dr. Suess Activities

I had to take pictures of my student's Dr. Seuss activities they did last weeek to celebrate his birthday. They turned out so cute!

Here are the -at word family hats we made. They colored them, wrote -at words and illustrated it with a picture. We also graphed if we liked to eat Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast. Then we read the graph to detremine if more or fewer people liked it. It was so much fun.

We made these cute Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint crafts and sentences for our classroom hallway. We wrote about what would happen if Thing 1 came to our house.
We read and retold Dr. Seuss books all week, but one last thing we did was create a Wocket in a Pocket. They loved making their wocket look silly.

Did anyone try this last week?

I saw so many post pictures of their brooms standing up on their own last week. It has something to do with the Earth's gravitational pull. Well, you know me, I tried it with our broom and it worked too, no pics though, then Houston had to try it for Mawmaw and Pawpaw at their house and of course it worked.
Crazy, huh?

A Little Online Shopping- CHECK

So, last month I was finally talked in to upgrading from the old Blackberry and converting to the Iphone. I found that my bill is actually cheaper due to some research and knowledgeable friends (thank you Amy and Melissa) with the upgrade I selected. So far, I am loving it! This is how excited I was. I took a picture of the random Fed-Ex truck leaving my house after he dropped off the package.

Here she is!
And of course I had to order this fabulous otter box. Until it arrived I was using a shell Melissa let me borrow, then Coach let me borrow his Tiger otter box. Mine was delayed with the holiday. But it finally made it's appearance.

I also ordered a new teacher bag last month and I love it! It is my fave colors and is perfect size and it's material is easy to clean if needed.

I would say I was on a shopping binge last month. Houston got a new Bible ordered, we also ordered him a case for his Kindle Fire, I ordered a new laptop power adapter cord, and I got an extra charger and car charger for the iphone.

This month, I may need to take a break form online buying! haha

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

For Dr. Seuss' birthday this week, we celebrated him every day with a fun activity.

We had a visit from the Cat in the Hat one day, we participated in D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read) each day for a few minutes, we had special guest readers, we graphed if we like to eat Green Eggs and Ham, and we dressed as our favorite Dr. Seuss characters. We read so many of his stories and determined they were all fiction and we wrote sentence about what we would do if Thing 1 and Thing 2 came to our house. We also created the cutest Thing 1 and thing 2's with our hands(but I forgot to take a picture) to hang in the hallway.

Here is my little Thing 1 with some wild, blue hair!

Last week I went to the annual Read Across America Book Giveaway. My good friend Melissa got me started and it is so much fun to participate in. We always get there 20 minutes before the doors open to get in line and it is like a teacher's Christmas. I was standing in line with a group this year and they were so excited as this was their first time coming. They could not believe how crazy the people run in when the doors open. I got a huge teacher bag full of books, Tim had a suitcase full and Houston had a box he was pushing around. My kids were so excited to see new books and hear new stories this week. I also got some for friends too! These books are in such good shapes, you would not believe the books that were donated.

Here is Houston with the Cat in the Hat at the Giveaway. He also had his picture taken with a group of kids for the local Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper with the Cat.
Yesterday, the kids could dress up like their favorite Dr.Seuss character. I encouraged my students to all dress like Thing 1 and Thing 2. They were so cute! Blue hair and all. (Notice I have a Cindy Lou Hoo and Cat in the Hat too)

This is such a fun time of year, especially for my Kindergarten students. They love to particpate in all the fun.

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss!

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Dr. Seuss