"Back in the Day"...

So lately... Mindy and I have been living "back in the day"... you know the "day" I'm talking about... the college-days. We've been thinking that we are still young and hip enough to go out on the weekends, have some drinks, dance, sing, act silly, etc.... and still be able to be rested for the next work week. (what are we thinking???)

It's pretty funny actually, considering that we didn't even know each other "back in the day"... maybe that's why we feel the need to go live it up. Regardless, we are having a good time!

This weekend we are taking a weekend off... we need a break from the maddness! So, in honor of the two of us living "back in the day", I am posting a picture from one of our recent evenings out!

Who knows when we'll get this out of our system.. I honestly think though it's because we feel like we got cheated out of this during our college years because we didn't know each other then.... I do know though, that if we had known each other "back in the day"... it would have been crazy and fun!!!

Mindy is one fun chica and we always have a good time together! I love ya Mindy!!! :)

We *heart* America!

Here it is.... our fun 2nd grade hallway project! This is the first time I have done this project with my students and I am so thrilled with how it turned out! For my readers who are not teachers, you may or may not appreciate this as much... but let me tell you... this was a LOT of work!

First, we all talked about reasons we are glad we live in America. This was at the culmination of a unit on immigration and American Symbols. My students brainstormed a bunch of pretty good reasons!

Next, we did a vocabulary lesson on synonyms. We used a thesaurus to think of synonyms for the word "happy". We came up with some GREAT synonyms (ecstatic, joyful, tickled, elated, etc.)

Then, each kid wrote on an index card "I am (synonym for happy) to live in America because..." and they wrote their reason.

Finally, we had each student create a self portrait. We used multi-cultural construction paper, yarn, felt, pipe cleaners, ribbon, etc. Mindy and I helped with the self-portraits, giving ideas and helping them with the technicalties.

Overall, I am so thrilled with how they turned out! I will definitely do this project again next year!














(Mindy and I) :)

Bad Blogger...

I'm sorry... I've been such a bad blogger this month... I am so overwhelmed with school and everything that I have neglected this... Oh well... at least I don't have that many readers to disappoint! :) I'll do a post this weekend with pics from a really fun project I did with my kids at school!

That's it - Just wanted to let ya'll know I'm still alive (to the few readers who may still visit me here)... :)

Happy Day,
Kristi

How Sweet it is...

To beat the Hurricanes in MIAMI!!!!! What a game!!!!! My beloved Seminoles are off to a great start, let's hope the rest of the season is as sweet as our first win was! Go Noles!!!