We were only in school Monday and Tuesday of this week because of the 4th of July, so I have had a mini vacation, and half of me says this is wonderful, and the other half of me says, I can't wait to go back to work lol. I miss my kiddies, and I miss teaching! We did a lot of interesting things this week, as well as last week. Last week I taught on Independence Day and just carried it over to this week. It was my intention to make fireworks on Tuesday, especially since we weren't able to shoot off real fireworks this year because of the drought, BUT, we also made an apple pie from scratch, and that took FOREVER! The kids and I both were so ready to be done with it. It turned out great (according to them, I never had a chance to have a piece lol), but it took way too long, mostly my fault. But that was my first time to do something like that, so that's how you learn I suppose.
Looking at another blog I follow - Fab-u-lous in First - she shared a website that's called mpm school supplies. So I decided to take a look, and it is a fabulous website! I loved it instantly. It's super user friendly, and I found a bunch of stuff, not only for classroom, but for Sunday School as well. Sigh...I just need an endless $$ supply for school stuff. I find SOOOO many, and TOOOOO many things that I love and want. But that's where self-control comes in I guess lol.
I HIGHLY recommend this website - please take a look!!
Some pics, as always (;
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This was a little difficult for some of my younger kids, but they still turned out pretty good! They used crayons to draw "fireworks", and then they used black watercolor paint to color over them - giving them a night sky with their own fireworks display!
We were supposed to create these on Tuesday, but we ended up not having enough time. These were supposed to be our "fireworks".
Me painting a foot!! I think I got this idea from an issue of "The Mailbox", which, by the way, is amazing!!
The finished product! The kids had a blast - it's so much fun trying to paint their feet when they're ticklish lol!
If you didn't know, it has been HOT!!! here in Arkansas. My car has showed it to be in the 120's before sitting out in the sun. But we have been having temps in the 100's almost everday for weeks except a few days, without any rain )': I've been praying and praying for rain!
The other day we had two fires close to our house. This one was by far the worst! I think it ended up burning over 500 acres of land, thankfully no one was hurt, and no houses were burned!!
Some ingredients for our apple pie!
Some COLORFUL 8D pom-poms I discovered the other day. They made my day lol! I am planning on using them in my classroom in the fall!
Lunch date with the Big Sis (;
Sno-Cone!! My first one for this summer. This was at our Freedom Celebration that we had at our church. It was pretty good...hmm...I may just have to go get another one :P
This is Sam :D She'd probably kill me if she knew I posted this on here :D But she loves me (: That's what best friends are for, right? :D
O..and do you remember me mentioning earlier that I've been praying and praying for rain? Well, guess what it did today??? AUGH!! ANNNNDD...it's supposed to rain for the next four days! Woot woot!! Who says God doesn't answer prayers?!?!
This is one of the latest additions to my life. A brace...I actually have about four...this one, a compression glove, a brace with metal supports on top and bottom, and another brace that is for support. Yeaaaaa....from my research I have a Ganglion Cyst. Apparently these are not uncommon...especially in women (: Lovely...
Anyway, according to the research, I have 3 options. I can have it surgically removed, o_O. Or, I can go to the Dr., have them stick a needle in it and extract the fluid, and it has the possibility of coming back :S Or, I can wear a brace. Since I have very little pain tolerance, I'm opting for the brace (: It causes me quite a bit of pain when I do too much, and/or I don't wear my brace, etc. It goes all the way up my arm. But the thought of surgery and a needle SO: ummm...no thank you! I also decided to play volleyball the other night (with a brace)...yeaaa....let's just say that didn't turn out so well!! But! I figure we'll be playing lots of volleyball in Croatia in just a few weeks, so I'm either going to have to deal with the pain, pray that it goes away before then, or sit out of the game...): I really LIKE playing volleyball. So I need to start praying that the Lord will heal me before I go!
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