The Last Day of School and a Linky

It's the fourth day of summer break and I have to tell you it feels much longer.  I'm not complaining, at all, I love that feeling.

Wednesday was our last day of school, a half day.  The kids were excited for summer break but I had to think of a way to entertain them for 3 hours.  I knew a summer "fun pack" wasn't going to do it. So I had them push all the desks into one big table.  Then I ripped off white roll paper to fit the length of the table.  I told them they had to either write or draw their favorite memories of second grade.  They were loving it!  The conversations were priceless. They worked on it for a good 40 minutes. When they were just about checked out I had them stand up, push their chairs in, and carousel around the table to look at all the second grade favorites.    

While they were working on their memories I slid the last piece of the time capsule in.  I had written a letter to the class of 2023 [how crazy does that sound!?!?] the night before.  I found myself tearing at the thought of having to let them go... my babies!  In the letter I touched on some of the stand out moments of second grade and also put a "spotlight" on each child.  I wrote one or two sentences about each one. The best part was/is I didn't tell them I had written it. My letter is going to be a fun little surprise when they open their time capsule in the future.

Have you hear of Mrs. Spitzer's Garden? I found it in the Scholastic book order and knew I just had to have it.  It is a teacher must have!  It's about a teacher who knows about children and gardens and how similar they are if they are nurtured.  Before we said our goodbyes I read this precious picture book.  Almost to the end of the story one of my little cutie's shouted out, "Hey those seeds they're talking about ARE children!" I cried, he was so right! 

It was tough to send them on their way but I know they are ready to be big third graders!  

That afternoon the sisters and I took some time to hang out before we started closing down our rooms.  I was putting it off because I knew I had to tackle this filing cabinet. I seriously cannot fit another piece of paper in this thing. How did I accumulate so many papers in 3 short years of teaching?!?! Needless to say, I'm heading back to school on Tuesday to finish cleaning, organizing, and putting things away. 

Friday night my mom, aunts, and cousins went to see 50 Shades! The Musical. I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting but this show was something else.  It was funny to say the least, lol. 

I also thought I'd link up today with First Grade Blue Skies.  She loves cases and so do I!  So here's my phone case... a Target find!

I'm off to spend some more QT with my daddy! 

- Sister 3 -

2 Days Left and My Report Cards Aren't Finished...

So you're probably wondering why I'm posting?  As I'm sitting here typing this, I'm wondering the same thing! It's not like I don't have a million things on my "to do" list.  Everything always seems to "get done" so I'm not stressing... yet. These posts are kind of like my therapy.

This weekend flew by!  Remember in our last post I told you about our "staff field trip" to the Detroit Tigers game? We got a party bus and squeezed 32 people in.  It was so much fun! I'm not much of a baseball fan but I love the atmosphere and hanging out with all my coworkers! Something I didn't love was what a huge rip off the concessions are!  I mean seriously $14.50 for a Hot and Ready!?!? Unreal. Good thing it was a beautiful night, the Tigers won, and everyone had a blast!

I also went to a local comedy club to see an old friend do improv. I'd never been before so I wasn't really sure what exactly to expect.  It didn't disappoint! It was so funny, we'll for sure go back.

Soooo, maybe those are some of the reasons I still have so much to do?

Today at school I cracked down. I took down all my bulletin boards and put the kiddos to work putting away their books and supplies, organizing the library [it looked like a tornado went thru], and cleaning up the room. I'm pretty impressed at how much we got down in an hours time!

In addition to that we finished our chapter book, How To Be Cool in the Third Grade. Super cute book! I found it in the Scholastic book order and had to have it! One of my cutie's ordered it too... he thought he was pretty slick and read the next chapter at home every night so he could tell everyone he already knew what happens. Hey, whatever gets them reading!

We also learned how to write our names in cursive. That was probably the highlight of the year, you would have thought we won the lottery, they were so excited!  We also continued working on our ABCs of Second Grade.  

Tonight I did get, End of the Year Gifts, checked off my list!  If you're looking for a super cute and super cheap end of the year gifts for your little cuties I suggest these!  I found those adorable tags at It's All Small Stuff.  I have a feeling my kids are going to go kRaZy over those straws! Hehe

I don't know about all of you but I have a ton of parent volunteers. I like to get them something small at Christmas and the end of they year to show my appreciation.  I wish I could remember where I found those tags... but, I don't. Sorry. If I remember or stumble upon them again I'll def link up. I think all my wonderful mothers will be excited when their cuties bring these home to them!  Who doesn't love salted caramels?!?

Okay seriously I need to get my report cards done... I'm off to make some nachos, errrrrr log into the report card program.

- Sister 3 -

Friday Fun

We can't believe it... it's our last Friday of the year! But you know what that means... Five for Friday linky.

Number 1: We've been trying to wrap up the end of the year.  We bought Hope King's, The Ultimate End of the Year Writing Bundle. We are in love with the Time Capsule! Since our kids will be graduating high school in 10 years we told them they can't open them until 2023. How weird does that year sound!?!  Our parents were loving the letter they had to write to their children, even though quite a few of them told us they teared up and some even sobbed! We also decided to write a letter to our students and tuck them in. It will be a fun surprise when they eventually open it!

In addition, we made an ABCs of Second Grade book to tuck in the time capsule. You can grab our freebie here!

Number 2: Today was our end of the year bowling field trip. It's always interesting, to say the least. 120 kids trying to figure out what size shoes they wear, serving the pizza, and getting pop. But it's always fun!



Number 3: Sister 1 and Sister 2 went on their annual pen pal trip this week.  They are pen pals with a school not to far from us.  They meet them at their school and then walk to a park nearby.  One of the teacher's with them was freaking out about ecoli being in the water. Obviously there wasn't. haha They had a blast... I'm going to try and get in on that next year!

Number 4: Sister 1 went to her friend's wedding last weekend.  It was an outdoor ceremony and reception. She's hoping she's next!  Check out how beautiful everything was.

Number 5: Tonight we are having a school staff field trip to the Tiger's game downtown!  We are getting a party bus and all heading down together.  Sister 2 and I are going but Sister 3 is celebrating her boyfriend's birthday tonight.  We are looking forward to a "silly" night! If you know what we mean! 

Go Tigers!!!

- Sister 3 -