Tips & Tools Week 2

I am back again this week with the Primary Peeps blog hop!

Make sure you stop by each week to see what tips & tricks we have for you. Each week a different Peep will be the hostess!

This week my super sweet friend Missy over at The Dirt Road. 

All of her stuff is super cute! Stop over to her blog to pick up her freebie which is all about organizing classroom volunteers.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!!

Five for Friday-Ready to Cruise

 We are linking with Doodle Bugs Teaching this week.

Living on the island and close to the beach, we are blessed to host our families for several days. They wanted to go zip lining. I am so glad they are over 18 and I don't have to go any more!

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I know many are watching the World Cup. And yes, even I am getting hooked. Guess I love competitions more than I thought! So yes, I just made a few activities and decorations if you are having friends over and need more for the children to do or if you are in summer school.

 Our Snoopy bike rack came in for my husband's office building. We had seen a larger one on the back of a truck one night when we went out to eat. So we got the man's card and had him make a smaller version.

 Yes, I enjoying reading Autumn's post better than mine. (I think all mother's enjoy their children's talents more than their own.)

But she is busy getting missy ready for the cruise! I would rather post than do Na's hair. (I can't do Na's hair.)

 I read today is National Flip Flop Day! Good or bad for your feet, some of yes get thrown back to childhood with no cares, when we put them on! Enjoy your summer. We will be out of touch for a week unless, we figure out a cheap way to stay in touch this week.

Tips & Tools 4 Back2School Blog Hop Week 1

Some of my social media besties & I are working together to bring you a little blog hop of sorts! We call our selves the Primary Peeps and I am thrilled to be in their group!! 

Each week one of my awesome friends will be featured and bringing you some of their expertise! Lots of them have plans to include a freebie so make sure you check each week! 

This week Leah over at Grasty's 2nd Grade Goodies is going to be kicking things off for us! 

This week she is giving away an awesome Math resource that would be invaluable to any 2nd Grade classroom!! 

So head over and grab her awesome freebie and show her some love! Be sure to check back every Sunday so I can link you to the next blogger!

5 for Friday Summer Time Week 1

So as usual we are linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for 5 for Friday! I LOVE summer but always feel like it zips by! This was our first full week of summer break! We started the week with a trip to the dentist. I am not sure why or where she is getting the lip less smile??

Then we got to spend some time with friends. We even had a sleepover!!

I spent some time shopping looking for cocktail dresses to wear on our cruise!

Thanks to my Jamberry earnings I got all 3 dresses!

I am seriously living in my new shower! It is so nice to just stand there in this super awesome new shower!

So what have all of you been up to this week? 

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

We are linking up with Covered in Glitter and Glue for her cute linky party "What I'm Loving Wednesday" 

Well now that school is out mine are all non school items that I am loving!

I am loving just having time to hang out and go do fun things with these fabulous girls! The little one is my daughter then my grand daughter & our bff's daughter! We did a puppet show & then came home and friend home made donuts(calorie free) LOL today. Then spent the rest of the day coloring and playing indoor hide and seek and with dolls!

 

Yoga class. With my summer schedule comes extra time to be able to get to yoga class! This is me! Just kidding! This is one of my pose goals!

My cruise countdown! 10 days until we are headed to Florida to go to the Bahamas! My first cruise ever!

3 Summer Goals

Linking up with my super sweet friend Mary over at A Classroom Full of Smiles! May be the easiest linky/instagram fun ever! She wants to know what are 3 goals you have for the summer!

1. Have the best vacation ever! We are 

going on a family Caribbean Cruise in 2 weeks!!

2. Create some more Close Reading activities for my class.

3. Boost my Jamberry sales!!

Go check out Mary's cute linky! You can also link up on Instagram!

Neck ties for Dad!

Linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It.

Yes, the weeks are flying by now. My summer has started with wonderful house guest my beautiful niece and a friend of hers drove from Kentucky to hang with me at the beach. They got in several beach days, outlet shopping, and some nice dinners and local music!

Now it's time to get ready for Father's Day. I love shopping at resale shops. I did one of these last year but one of the kids took it home. So I had to hunt for more men's ties. This is my new necktie wreath to hang on the door for Father's Day.

I used a foam wreath form (that I also found at the resale shop) to start with then I cut the ties in different lengths and use hot glue to attach them to the wreath form. If you had a favorite color or design you could stick with that, but I like all the different patterns and colors! 

We also have a fathers day unit with Math & ELA center activities as well as many quick print papers. Great for end of the year, summer fun, or summer school! 

5 for Friday

We are linking up with Doodle Bugs for 5 for Friday!

Part of the week was still at school. So Monday was my last day with kids! So my room is in rest mode! 

Then on Tuesday I spent the morning get trained on active intruder training which I blogged about on Wednesday. I am sure you will all eventually have to do it. So you may want to read about it. Here is me & one of my besties by the SWAT van after the nerves calmed! 

Mom was able to touch up and get our Father's Day Unit finished & up. Just in case some of you are teaching summer school!

Here are my I'm out of school nails! Still in love with Jamberry let me know if you haven't tried them yet and need a sample! 

Stop by my Jamberry Facebook page to enter my giveaway for Independence day Nails!