Once a year, a strange thing happens, a blog that I no longer write on starts to get a crazy amount of 'traffic'. And that traffic is thanks to pinterest , and one art project that I'm insanely...
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Year seven has officially come to a close. Â This year I consider myself to be one of the lucky teachers. This year I did not get pink slipped, this year I am not moving schools, or classrooms, o...
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Teaching middle school is really just begging for a good April fool's joke. My kids tried a few on me, with little success. I think my attempt for my last class was just what we needed to end th...
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This year my writing plans for my 6th graders got a little crazy. Typically I start the year with the narrative memoir piece because it is the "easier" genre to write. However, this year I was as...
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Yesterday my students brought to school their religion poetry anthologies. We have been working on this project for about a month as we learned about four major world religions in history. Befor...
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It seemed like when I was an elementary teacher there was always time to break away from pacing for a bit to study events that may be tied more to the calendar than state standards. However, in m...
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Teachers are busy people. I will argue until the end of time that we are some of the hardest working people on the planet. I can't tell you how many dedicated teachers I am lucky enough to kn...
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Come see us at our new online home - Olive Everly ! I promise, we haven't disappeared, just moved ;) we have a new post up that explains all this goodness... and shares where you can find ...
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Well, the time has come to move blogs.  One day I plan to pick things back up here with their original intention, blog posts on teaching, but for now, that is just not where my passion for wri...
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well, well, well it has been quite some time since I have written I've decided now that I'm such a busy one year old I will just be checking in monthly with all my favorite things becaus...
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There are just those things that you always imagine doing once you become a mom. For some, it may be the first tea party, for others it may be a sporting event.  For me, taking my child to F...
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Well, I will keep this short and sweet because I have family to get to, but today, I have to say goodbye to someone very special to my family, our Uncle Craig. His passing is sudden, and exactl...
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Last weekend we celebrated Everly's first birthday with friends and family. Besides the chilly wind that decided to also join the party , the day was perfect. We put on sweaters, bought a new...
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^^^Everly just hanging out, listening to some music on my phone^^^ Â oh man, what a difference a ten on ten makes when it falls on a weekend and a three day weekend for that fact, exponen...
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Well, there is a new consensus in the group - you want to have your baby, hang out with me. Among my friends it is known that Everly came pretty quick, one afternoon I'm was in class, and the ...
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My dear Everly - today you are a whole year old. In so many ways you are still my little baby, and in others, a completely new child. I have been trying to write your birthday post for quite ...
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This year is Everly's first Halloween and I'm pretty excited for all things Halloween today because of crazy schedules, the Mr. and I will probably be fitting all the pre-Halloween activi...
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 That's right folks.  Today officially means I am one week away from one! Lately, I've been all about waving hi and bye to people and there were even a few times when mom asked me t...
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This morning, I woke up at realized something. Last night was the Saturday before Halloween. The night we have thrown a Halloween party for the last five years. Normally, I'm waking up to v...
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Everly's third trip to Disneyland meant she was getting old enough to really experience the rides. This trip meant baby girl was sitting on my lap, hands on lap bar, fully engaged in the ride.Â...
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I love fall, not new news. Â I love fall with my baby girl, probably not a stretch for anyone reading this blog. Â A few weeks ago the mr. and I decided to squeeze in a quick trip to a pumpkin fa...
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Being in Southern California for an International Baccalaureate Educator Conference meant we had the perfect excuse to visit Disneyland for a bit I will have to share more a little later, wh...
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well, 51 weeks tomorrow if we are being official but I figure since we are on the countdown to one I should be prompt with these posts before they are done and gone it seems strange to thi...
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This month Rebekah from A Bit of Sunshine decided to add an optional theme to her monthly ten on ten challenge , and I thought it was a pretty amazing idea. I have participated in the photo pr...
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can you believe it? I'm 50 weeks old, which means one is just around the corner literally this means mom and grammie have been working overtime on some birthday goodness and I've even ...
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