Mini-Vacation and a Freebie!

Today I've got what I hope is a useful, practical freebie for you!  It comes at the end of this post, so scroll down if you want to skip all the personal stuff!  

This past week James and I went on our summer vacation!  I'll admit it is a bit pitiful...we stayed in Utah. Really it was a 3-day staycation, but we had a great time being together and seeing some things we'd never seen before.  We are planning a BIG TRIP TO ENGLAND for next Spring and as we are trying to save up for that, we opted for cheap and local this time around.  Yay, Utah! We visited Hogle Zoo, the Living Planet Aquarium, the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Antelope Island, and the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Getting ready to go!

This might have been one of my favorite parts of the vacation!  There were so many cool fish!

That would be a polar bear attacking us.

James was like a kid in a candy store with all of those planes!

You may notice that James always has a camera.  This is my life being married to an artist.

Later while we were waiting at Denny's, James explained the evolution of airplanes to me.

So my camera died before we got to the Salt Flats, but we did a big dress-up photo shoot there for a project of James's.  Check out his art blog for some pictures of that.  I warn you, I look grumpy...

Oookay, thanks for allowing me that personal bit.  My freebie today has to do with gifts!  We all love gifts, right?  I remember in my first year being astounded by the generosity of my students' parents!  They were so kind with their donations and teacher gifts at Back-to-School, Christmas, and Teacher Appreciation. Look at my last Christmas haul!  People are SO NICE!

 Receiving gifts is one of my love languages :), so I always feel extremely appreciated and grateful at these times.  I always try to write a thank you note in a timely manner and in the past I've had a hard time keeping track of who gave what and who'd received their thank you note already, etc.  So, I came up with a little gift and donation tracker for you.  Click on the image or click right here for your free download!  Enjoy!

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Mini-Vacation and a Freebie!

Today I've got what I hope is a useful, practical freebie for you!  It comes at the end of this post, so scroll down if you want to skip all the personal stuff!  

This past week James and I went on our summer vacation!  I'll admit it is a bit pitiful...we stayed in Utah. Really it was a 3-day staycation, but we had a great time being together and seeing some things we'd never seen before.  We are planning a BIG TRIP TO ENGLAND for next Spring and as we are trying to save up for that, we opted for cheap and local this time around.  Yay, Utah! We visited Hogle Zoo, the Living Planet Aquarium, the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Antelope Island, and the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Getting ready to go!

This might have been one of my favorite parts of the vacation!  There were so many cool fish!

That would be a polar bear attacking us.

James was like a kid in a candy store with all of those planes!

You may notice that James always has a camera.  This is my life being married to an artist.

Later while we were waiting at Denny's, James explained the evolution of airplanes to me.

So my camera died before we got to the Salt Flats, but we did a big dress-up photo shoot there for a project of James's.  Check out his art blog for some pictures of that.  I warn you, I look grumpy...

Oookay, thanks for allowing me that personal bit.  My freebie today has to do with gifts!  We all love gifts, right?  I remember in my first year being astounded by the generosity of my students' parents!  They were so kind with their donations and teacher gifts at Back-to-School, Christmas, and Teacher Appreciation. Look at my last Christmas haul!  People are SO NICE!

 Receiving gifts is one of my love languages :), so I always feel extremely appreciated and grateful at these times.  I always try to write a thank you note in a timely manner and in the past I've had a hard time keeping track of who gave what and who'd received their thank you note already, etc.  So, I came up with a little gift and donation tracker for you.  Click on the image or click right here for your free download!  Enjoy!

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A Happy Place

Wedding week in my family is in full swing!  In addition to my two siblings getting married, two of my cousins also got hitched. Three weddings down, one more to go tomorrow!

I've had a little time (yay, summer!) to finish up another decor packet.  I wanted a little something that would go well with my  Chalkboard and Brights decor pack, Chalk it up!  You see, I am not the kind of gal to have absolutely everything in my classroom matchy matchy to a T.  I need a little more eclecticism and flexibility.  You know what I'm saying?  Everything also needs to be purposeful and functional...though sometimes there are exceptions to that....I mean, when something is just so totally cute you can't say no.  

Anywho, in an attempt to make my classroom happy and sweet and in an attempt to contrast with my chalkboard brights, I came up with this classroom label and decor packet, A Happy Place.  It features some chalkboard, some soft and sweet pastels, a lot of chevron and other cute patterns, and a whole lot of happiness.  Classrooms should be happy, right?  For the kidsies and for their teachersies!

Here are a few pictures to show some of the contents of this new packet.  Oh, and I know you'll just be so grateful that I used my old rickety table and borrowed couch to model these items!  As you know, we are a poor college student and his poor teacher wife so we just make the most of what we can :).  Not exactly luxurious living over here!

Schedule cards, Months of the Year labels, Days of the Week labels, Alphabet Labels (for book bins, word wall, or whatever you please), number cards 0-120.  

I told you about my gorgeous couch, right?  Ahem, the packet includes 8 blank bunting elements to use as you wish and a welcome sign with editable blanks so you can say whatever you want. 

There are 8 different binder covers with matching spines to help with your happy organizational needs!

I could also rant about the carpet in my apartment right about now....but I will spare you!  In this packet you will find everything you need to make a cute teacher toolbox.  You know, like the kind spattered everywhere on Pinterest! There are large and small labels with every different supply name under the sun!  There are also editable blanks in case you can think of some that I forgot!

There it is!  I hope you enjoy this packet.  107 pages of happy sweetness that you can edit and change to best suit your needs!

Click here to purchase!  It will be on sale through the week!

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A Happy Place

Wedding week in my family is in full swing!  In addition to my two siblings getting married, two of my cousins also got hitched. Three weddings down, one more to go tomorrow!

I've had a little time (yay, summer!) to finish up another decor packet.  I wanted a little something that would go well with my  Chalkboard and Brights decor pack, Chalk it up!  You see, I am not the kind of gal to have absolutely everything in my classroom matchy matchy to a T.  I need a little more eclecticism and flexibility.  You know what I'm saying?  Everything also needs to be purposeful and functional...though sometimes there are exceptions to that....I mean, when something is just so totally cute you can't say no.  

Anywho, in an attempt to make my classroom happy and sweet and in an attempt to contrast with my chalkboard brights, I came up with this classroom label and decor packet, A Happy Place.  It features some chalkboard, some soft and sweet pastels, a lot of chevron and other cute patterns, and a whole lot of happiness.  Classrooms should be happy, right?  For the kidsies and for their teachersies!

Here are a few pictures to show some of the contents of this new packet.  Oh, and I know you'll just be so grateful that I used my old rickety table and borrowed couch to model these items!  As you know, we are a poor college student and his poor teacher wife so we just make the most of what we can :).  Not exactly luxurious living over here!

Schedule cards, Months of the Year labels, Days of the Week labels, Alphabet Labels (for book bins, word wall, or whatever you please), number cards 0-120.  

I told you about my gorgeous couch, right?  Ahem, the packet includes 8 blank bunting elements to use as you wish and a welcome sign with editable blanks so you can say whatever you want. 

There are 8 different binder covers with matching spines to help with your happy organizational needs!

I could also rant about the carpet in my apartment right about now....but I will spare you!  In this packet you will find everything you need to make a cute teacher toolbox.  You know, like the kind spattered everywhere on Pinterest! There are large and small labels with every different supply name under the sun!  There are also editable blanks in case you can think of some that I forgot!

There it is!  I hope you enjoy this packet.  107 pages of happy sweetness that you can edit and change to best suit your needs!

Click here to purchase!  It will be on sale through the week!

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Hi there!

My name is Bethany and I'm a first grade teacher in the lovely Utah!  Here at the tail end of my second year of teaching I have decided to create a blog to share my ideas, mistakes, and whatever experiences come my way.  I hope to document my reflections on teaching, family, and life in general and have a little place to look back upon so that I might learn something and become an ever better lover of all things.  Happy teaching!

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Hi there!

My name is Bethany and I'm a first grade teacher in the lovely Utah!  Here at the tail end of my second year of teaching I have decided to create a blog to share my ideas, mistakes, and whatever experiences come my way.  I hope to document my reflections on teaching, family, and life in general and have a little place to look back upon so that I might learn something and become an ever better lover of all things.  Happy teaching!

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