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Sweet Summer Time!!!

Oh sweet summer! Staying up late, sleeping in, working out, reading, just plain 'ol relaxing!  This summer the hubs and I decided that we better just stay home and work on the house...it needs painted inside and out, fences need stained, deck needs stained, etc.  I have to say, it has been a wonderful summer!  I do miss taking a vacation but this is the first summer in a long time that I've been able to sit back and just relax.
This summer, well in June, I've read 5 WHOLE books!!!!  I'm not much of a reader for numerous reasons but mainly because I can never find time to read and comprehend what I've read during the school year, I always find my mind wandering off.  This summer I've sat out on our deck, while the girls play in the back yard, and just read!
My girls have been doing great a swim lessons, my youngest if FINALLY a swimmer! I actually think they're both growing gills and fins since I can never get them OUT of the water.....boy has that chlorine wreaked havic on their hair.
The hubby and I finally joined a gym, working on our fitness.  Sadly, he's been working crazy overtime  so I haven't been going as much as I want to but July is my "focus on fitness" month, my goal is to hit it hard before I go back to school.
So that pretty much sums up my summer so far.  I've really wanted to get busy creating materials and starting my TPT shop, but I'm just not there yet mentally.  I was a terribly hard school year so I'm just trying to rest and replenish myself...I will create soon enough.

CHEERS to summer!!!!

Can you say M.I.A.?

Holy Cow! I can't believe that I haven't blogged in weeks....actually I can!  Since the dance recital and field trippalooza we've had a birthday and Mother's Day.  School has been busy with the usual end of the year junk PLUS 3 extra random days off due to snow day makeups.  My student teacher recently left so I've been busy to say the least.  I don't for see myself blogging until summer when I can devote 100% effort to it, otherwise you get random babbling such as this.
Anywho, after this coming week I'm taking my oldest to the Taylor Swift concert then it'll be SUMMER!!!!
Enjoy the end of your year, hope you survive with a smile!

My Busy Busy Week

This week has been so crazy busy, I'm looking forward to passing out on the couch Sunday!  Here's a run down of my fun, exciting week...

Monday:
Monday I went with my 4th grade daughter to Walnut Canyon to go look at and explore ancient Indian ruins.  The day was perfect!  We had warm sunshine and 70 degrees!  Hey, I was even able to work on my tan while I hiked with the kids.

Tuesday:

Tuesday was our first grade field trip to Bearizona.  Bearizona is a wildlife park located about 30 mins. west of town.  At Bearizona you stay in your car (or school bus) and drive through the different habitats while the animals come right up to your windows.  After the drive thru part we watched the bird show then did the walk around trail where we say itty-bitty baby cubs that were born in January.  It was a little breezy but all of my kiddos LOVED the field trip.

Wednesday:

I actually had to work on Wednesday but I spent my evening, until bedtime, at school so my girls could take their dance pictures.  I love all of the costumes and how dedicated to dance both of my girls are BUT  Mommy was T-I-R-E-D!!!

Thursday:

Thursday I went to the Arboretum with my Kindergartener.  The weather was horrible! We were under a red flag warning day due to the terrible wind and low humidity.  Luckily I was on this adventure because after about 10 minutes off of the bus the wind caught her ear and she developed a horrible earache so we left the field trip and were off to the doctor....ear infection!

Friday:

And well, that's today and here I sit at dance dress rehearsal.  I finally got smart and brought my district issued laptop so I can use the internet for the next SEVERAL hours. Today was the school's talent show, of which my 4th grader was the MC so she's been practicing that shpeel all week.  After the talent show my class was off to the 4th grade Arizona Animal Walk.  The 4th graders spend close to a month researching AZ animals, they write reports and have to create a life size model of their animal.  Finally after school we held our Parent Volunteer luncheon.  

Saturday:

Tomorrow my girls have their dance recital, I look forward to tomorrow night when all of this will be past me and I will be in my warm comfy bed. 

I hope you all had a great week!  Cheers to 15 days of school before SUMMER!!!!

CRAY_CRAY!!!!!

So this week has been absolutely INSANE!!!!  I promise I will blog with real pictures and such this weekend but here's a glimpse at why I'm M.I.A:
Monday: Field trip with 4th grade daughter
Tuesday: Class field trip
Wednesday: A.M. dance, IEP meeting, Dance pictures (4:00-7:00pm....yes 3 WHOLE hours!!)
Thursday: Field trip with Kinder daughter
Friday: School talent show, AZ animal walk (4th grader again), parent volunteer lunch, dance dress rehearsal (4:00-7:00ish pm)
Saturday: Dance recital
Sunday: PASS OUT!!!!  and blog

Stay tuned.........

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Run Run as Fast as You Can...

Today was our 5th annual Jog-a-Thon.  This is my most favorite fund raiser that our school does.  The students have to collect pledges, either a flat rate or an amount per lap ran then we run for a 30 minute block.  100% of the proceeds go to the school, this year we are buying more laptops for our C.O.W. and a cart of iPads.  This year the event had a neon theme, and well, the teachers took it to a whole new level by adding tutus.  The weather was a perfect 65 degrees (a few years back it was spitting snow so they had to reschedule the event).  My class ran their hearts out!!! After the run the PTO passed out popsicles which I decided meant automatic extra recess!!!  Here's a few picture from the day.

Honestly the best part was walking around with my teacher friends and spraying the kids with the water bottles.  We may or may not have tried to SOAK our principal in the process....those tricky water bottle just spray spray spray!!!