Movin' on up!...and then some

So, I have been with first grade for two years now...needless to say I am exhausted! They are just so stinkin' cute, but I am ready to try a new age group. Lucky for me there is an opening for 2nd and 4th next year. I have chosen to take the place of the 2nd grade teacher! I am reenergized with ideas and excitement about lesson planning. I really hope to call 2nd grade my home for the next couple of years. They seem to be a great bunch and wonderful age group.

With that decision came me googling and pinning anything "2nd grade" I could find...I was shock to notice there is hardly any wonderful 2nd grade blogs out there!

Any suggestions? This also means I am looping up with my current kiddos. We only have one teacher per grade level. I have mixed feelings about it. 

I know I have been slackin' in the blogging world. The lack of resources I can find for this grade level has made me more focused on creating some new resources and blogging my journey.


Some other amazing news for me since 2014 has started:
1. I completed my first 5k EVER! It was the Color Run and man-oh-man was it a blast! I ran with a couple of girlfriends and my boyfriend. It sparked us to register for more fun-runs this year!

2. I started saving up for my first house! :) Hopefully I will finally be a homeowner before I am 30. [Thats the goal! ;) ]

3. I have been 100% committed....okay, maybe not 100%...but at least 95% committed to clean eating and working out. I feel so much better and I have lost -5lbs since the start of January.

The sun is setting...

Well it's that time of year...

I figured I started with a garden bulliten board, it's only right to end with one. 

The sun is finally setting on this exsausting, long, exciting, and memory filled year, but more about that later. It was quick and easy to make. Just a little bit of paint, 25 first grade hands and a stapler. ¡Viola!