YAY, I'M ON INSTAGRAM!!!

This is SO super exciting right now. I think  I may be a little too excited about it. Keepin' It Kool in KinderLand officially has it's own INSTAGRAM account! Um, hello?! How fabulous is this?! Instant sharing with friends?! LOVE! So here I am:

 

 

I hope you'll come follow me, I'd love to follow you back! Leave a message with your instagram name and I will come find you (and stalk you, with love of course)

Find me here: @keepinitkoolinkinderland

 

And while you are at it, join the Share Whatcha Wear fun on instagram! Just use #sharewhatchawear!

 

 

Love and Hugs my Sweets!

Currently, Share Whatcha Wear, and BIG sale!

Happy Sunday!! Another week down - that means only 3 more to go!! 3 WEEKS! The countdown has begun and I am continuing to add to my summer to-do list, which is already 5 pages long. Sheesh.

I am starting today by linking up with the fabulous Farley from "Oh' Boy 4th Grade" for the May currently!

 

 

I've been on a real Pandora kick lately. I've found so many amazing songs on there that I may have never heard! I listen to it in my house, car, classroom, etc. Love it :) And seriously - can I pay one of you to pack up my house?! I can't even think about doing that. I haven't even started. And we close on the 24th and need to be out. WTF!? I know. Nothing like a little procrastination.

 

And now for this weeks Share Whatcha Wear! I have been having so much fun checking out everyone's amazing outfits. Have you linked up yet?! If not, you totally should!

 

 

 

   

 

And have you heard?! HAVE YOU HEARD?! Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing a huge teacher appreciation sale May 7th and May 8th. They only throw a few of these big sales each year so be sure to fill up your wishlist to get ready!

 

I am thrilled to be joining in on the fun and linking up with the always radiant Mrs. Leeby from Learning With Mrs. Leeby for her sale linky party!

 

 

Hope you had a relaxing weekend... I will be back tomorrow with some of the fun and fabulous things that we have been up to lately!

LOVE and HUGS!

SHARE WHATCHA WEAR LINKY!! And a funny story :)

Happy Sunday my sweet friends! I am BEYOND excited to post today about a brand new, super fabby fab, monthly linky party that is starting today!

 

 Me and Brittany from "Closing the Gap... in a Cute Outfit" are hosting each month. This is totally fun and super chill. Here's how it works:

 

That's right - you can link up as MANY times as you want! Once a day, once a week, or once a month, it is completely up to you!

 

When you link up, please include a link back to the original post so that others can easily find us and join the party! Feel free to use the "Guidelines" button on your blog post as well!

 

I cannot wait to see all of the amazing outfits that you are wearing :)

 

JOIN THE FUN AND LINK UP HERE:

 

 

SO here is my link up for the month. I am using some pictures I have taken over the past month. I plan on linking up again at the end of next week with my outfits from this week :)

 

 

 

 There it is! The very first Share Whatcha Wear post! YAY! I truly hope you will link up and join in on the fashionable fun with us :)

 

And now to share yet another wonderful adventure from my life of kindergarten bliss. The kids were having a particularly rough day. We're talking tattles every two seconds, arguments about crayons/erasers/who is taller/who is shorter/who has darker hair/who has the cooler made-up club/who eats faster/who likes spiderman more/who can scream the loudest (which I ended real quickly)/who has longer toes/who can jump the highest/etc. I think you get the point. So I could immediately tell that centers were going to be more difficult than usual.

 

I am working with my small group when I hear, "I DID TOO BRING MY VA-J-J'S!!" I looked up, taking a deep breath, to see who was screaming this across the room. I see one of my BOYS standing up, red in the face, yelling this at the little guy next to him. And yes, you read that correctly. It was a boy screaming about his va-j-j's (plural. sigh.)  I could only imagine what was coming next. You know that moment when you are calling them over and you just think to yourself, "Seriously? How am I going to handle this one?" I was feeling that. So they came grumping over, all feisty. Here's how the conversation went:

 

Me: Boys, what's the trouble here?

Va - J: HE SAID I DIDN'T BRING MY VA-J-J'S TO SCHOOL AND I DID!

The rest of the class: WHAT'S A VA-J-J? WHY DID HE BRING IT TO SCHOOL? DO I HAVE A VA-J-J? CAN I HAVE ONE?

 

At this moment I am just praying that no one walks into my classroom. Can you imagine trying to explain why your entire class is screaming about vaginas? I'm not sure I could.

 

(After silencing the rest of the class)

Little guy: All I said was that he isn't supposed to bring his va-j-j's to school with him.

Me: Ok, little guy, take a seat for a moment while I talk to va-j-j.

(no I did not call them that - I used their actual names, but for clarification purposes I will call them by this)

Honey, can you please explain to me what it is that you brought to school?

Va - J: It's just my va-j-j's. They are in my bookbag.

Me: (hesitantly) Can you bring me your bookbag please?

 

I was pretty much praying that this was a huge misunderstanding because if I opened that bookbag and found multiple va-j-j's, I would quit.

 

So I opened the bookbag and guess what I saw - pajamas. Yes. Pajamas.

 

Me: Is this what you are talking about? Your pajamas?

Va - J: Yes, I left them in my bookbag after leaving my dad's house.

Me: Did you mean to say "pa-j-j"?

Va - J: That's what I said. Va-j-j.

Me: No honey, I think you mean PA-j-j.

(which, honestly, is still a questionable choice to call your pajamas. What ever happened to jammies or pj's? Did I miss a new trend here?)

 

So in the end, all was well. There were no pa-j-j's in bookbags and the quarrel ended with everyone being friends again. And, yet again, I am left wondering how I make it through each day with my sanity.

 

Hope you had a relaxing weekend my bloggy besties! Don't forget to link up your fashionable moments!

 

Love and hugs!

 

Busy Life!! Circus Fun, Whatcha Wearin', and a FREEBIE!

Oh my sweet lovelies!! It has been SO long since my last post. I have missed the blogging world like crazy and am happy to be back. I feel like there are about 10 million things to do at every. single. second. Anyone else feeling cray-cray lately? Sigh.

I have been so busy. I feel like there is no time to breathe! This was FINALLY my last week of physical therapy - hooray! Going from 3 times per week to 0 times per week suits me just fine. I have also been busy finishing up my last course to get my Reading Endorsement! This is a long time coming and I am super excited to be done soon. Just a few more sessions of that.

And in super exciting news - WE FOUND A HOUSE! It is beeeeeautiful and I love love love it. We close at the end of the month. The very best news is that my sister only lives 3 doors down. I can have a conversation with her when we are both standing in our driveways! I could not be more excited about it. I can't believe that I am almost an official homeowner. Gosh I grew up fast.

My school district sent me an email yesterday asking if I could train the trainers over this summer for our in-service next year and I said yes. I hope it's not too much more work, I'm pretty swamped. At least it's extra money that I will be needing very soon to pay for my new house :)

And it is official - I will be team leader for my grade level next year! I'm thrilled about it really. It will be a challenge I'm sure, but one that I am ready and eager to take on. Any tips out there for a newbie leader?!

Moving on to our classroom fun!!

This week was circus week in my room! We did so many exciting activities to prepare for our circus field trip that we went on yesterday. Most of my activities came from these two amazing purchases:

 

They were both FULL of awesome centers, printables, experiments, and more.

Here are two of the centers that the kids worked on and loved.

 

CIRCUS MEASURING

(from Deedee's Silly Circus pack)

The students used little star rulers (included in Deedee's unit) to measure the silly circus pictures and record how many stars long each was. It was a perfect fit for our measuring unit that we are currently working on in math.

 

CIRCUS WRITE THE ROOM

(from Miss Davis' Under the Big Top unit)

The kids had to find the circus vocabulary words around the room and write them on their recording sheet!

One of the littles favorite things of all was the cotton candy experiment! I think they liked eating it the best :)

 

 On Thursday we made a super cute circus snack and the kids were totally pumped. Here are all of the yummy snacks we included:

 

 

Click on the picture below to grab a fun circus snack mix bag topper freebie and see what each piece of the snack mix represents.

 

 

We worked together and mixed everything up. Then each of the littles scooped some out and filled their ziplock baggie with it. They then put the ziplock baggie inside a brown lunch sack with a Hi-C juice box and some fruit snacks. We also brought some deeeelicious cotton candy!

 

 

 So finally it was time to go yesterday. The kids were just ecstatic. I made each of them a little ticket with their picture on it.

 

 

 Here we are, all ready to go, and on our way! I had them all wear matching t-shirts that said "We're On A Field Trip" to help make sure I could spot them all in a crowd.

 

 

 Our picture with the clowns

 

 

We bought all of the kids light up wands to use during the show! They sell them there for about $12 a piece (ridiculous) so we pre-ordered them online in bulk and got them super cheap. The kids were ecstatic and it looked really cool when all the lights went out.

 

 

 After the show, the kids were able to see the animals and feed them carrots!

 

 

At the end of the day, we were all completely exhausted. The kids had an unbelievable time though, so it was well worth it.

 

 And now I am happy to share an awesome new venture that I am starting with the amazing Brittany over at "Closing the Gap... in a Cute Outfit!"

 

 

 This is going to be a super fun, super chill monthly linky party where bloggers can link up and share their fabby fab teacher style. You can link up as many times as you want during the month with all of your different outfits. Feel free to link up once, twice, or twenty times each month!  We will be starting this Sunday (as in TOMORROW) and I am totally excited to see what you are all wearing!

 Check out the guidelines below:

 

You know I love you guys. You are the best :) Check back tomorrow - I have some ridiculous stories and some cute outfits to share! Love ya!