Most Fascinating?

Hi all!  I have 1/2 a day left of school - 1/2 of a day!!  Well, technically, I have a full day, but the kiddos have a 1/2 day.  I spend the afternoon cleaning and packing.  Does anyone else find this depressing?  I am so excited to be on vacation, but it's so sad to see my classroom without all it's bright colors!  I am going to miss this crew sooo much.

In other news, I've been nominated for Most Fascinating Blog of 2012! But...uh...look at the award...

Art Teacher?!?  I'm confused.  I am not an art teacher.  I am not EVEN close to being an art teacher.  I highly admire the work of art teachers and think they do a wonderful job, but that just isn't my cup of tea. Soo...now what?

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!  You can win $10 to TpT - how great would that be for back to school?!

Just click the picture!

Thank You's Galore!

I have lots of wonderful women to thank!  

Thank you  to these ladies for passing on the awards to me:

Kaleigh's Klassroom

2nd Grade Pad

Beg, Borrow and Teach

2nd Grade Pigpen

Go check out their awesome blogs!

P.S. ~ I'm jealous of all of you who are on Spring Break.  I thought mine was 6 weeks away but then realized it was only 5 - there's some hope!  Between now and then I have: an observation, report cards, parent conferences, a house closing and moving day.  Eek!

Enjoy your week(s) off!!

Caution: This post MAY explode with excitement.

Giveaways, awards, wow! So many things going on, I don't know where to start.  Let's number them, shall we? (I like things neat and in order).

1. Not 1, not 2, but 3 (THREE!) bloggers awarded me with the Liebster award!  A HUGE thank you to Jen at The Teacher's Cauldron, Traci at Dragonflies in First, and Jen at Kindersmarten.  Check out their blogs full of wonderful ideas!

The goal of this award is to spotlight up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.
Kind of awesome!
The rules are:

{1} Copy and paste the award on your blog.

{2} Thank the giver and link back to them.

(see above!)

{3} Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are my picks:

Charmed in Third Grade

First Graders and Cupcakes

(I couldn't find a button but she has a great blog!)

Going Nutty in Miss Squirrels First Grade!

Live, Laugh, and Love to Learn

and

Today in First Grade

Go check out all their wonderful blogs!

2. Now a giveaway opportunity!  Check out Dreamlike Magic Designs blog for a $25 giftcard to their Etsy shop.  They have awesome printables, blog templates and so much more!  I really want to re-do my blog layout with one of their colorful designs.

3. Speaking of giveaways, I've reached 50 followers - yay yay yay!!  That means it's time for me to do a giveaway.  How about a $10 giftcard to Target?  Only because it's my favorite store in the WHOLE world!

Here's what you have to do:

1. Follow my blog and leave a comment that you do.

2.  Follow me on Pinterest and leave me a comment.

3. Follow my TpT store and...guess what...leave me a comment!

4. Finally, blog about my giveaway and in your comment, leave a link to your post.

That's four ways to win!  

The giveaway ends on Sunday, December 18th at 8:00pm.  

Winner will be announced on Monday, December 19th. 

Good Luck!

(and good luck to me, I hope I get more than one comment!)