May Thirty First, Twenty Twelve

I could not find a travel jewelry case to take with me on my trip so I made my own today.

May Thirtieth, Twenty Twelve

 Sunburn!!!

I got to hold the newest baby I've ever met!  Welcome to the world!!!

May Twenty Ninth, Twenty Twelve

Lori and I went for pedicures today.  Although the massage was very nice, I still think that I do just fine when I paint my own toes.

May Twenty Eighth, Twenty Twelve

I accidentally left a sharpie without a lid in this bag a while back, and I finally came up with a solution for the big spot I ended up with: STRIPES!

The puppies were missing Jen and John while they were out today.

May Twenty Seventh, Twenty Twelve

That is a lot of tacos!  We had a little pool party today and needed some snacks.

May Twenty Sixth, Twenty Twelve

Left to my own devices (and possibly a bit of grief) I create.  This isn't the only thing I made today, but it's the only one I took a picture of.

May Twenty Fifth, Twenty Twelve

 My classroom looks empty without me in it.  This might have been the last time I got to be in it.

What do you think of this tv stand Parth?  It's on clearance for $90 at Khols, and I could get 15% off on top of that.  It's already about 70% off.

Is today the last day I will have my computer, or will I be able to hold on to it for one more week?  I guess we'll find out.  If I don't update my blog for a while you will know why.  Oh school laptop you have served me well these past 3.5 years...

May Twenty Fourth, Twenty Twelve

 I got a present from a 5th grader today!

 She gave me a necklace and earring set, so I just had to wear them right away!  It was really cool that they matched what I was wearing too.  

My kids have my heart.

May Twenty Third, Twenty Twelve

I had a bunch of kids help me unwrap crayons today and we threw out a lot of wrappers!!!

This is the current crayon operation... I need to get cracking!

May Twenty Second, Twenty Twelve

This is one of the new box-carts that the Student Council purchased for classroom paper recycling.  I need to design something that can be spray painted on it.

More love from my kids!

I am finishing up these bugs for today's 1st grade students.  They painted them today so I glued the eyes, antennas, and legs on each of them since we only have 2 more days of school and they won't get to finish them otherwise.  I must love my kids a whole lot!

May Twenty First, Twenty Twelve

 This is my twin shrug!  I feel like it's going very slowly.

Ok, so I also started another baby blanket the other day...

May Twentieth, Twenty Twelve

 I pretty much drove my car right up to my classroom door to pack it up.

 Jen made a bratwurst pyramid!

 Phil and Amy hanging out in the pool.

 Solar eclipse!  I couldn't see it either.

 Amy loves all kinds of bottles.

 More attempts at taking eclipse pictures.

 I found out that my camera takes sepia colored pictures.  This is Stephanie in the Arizona tub.

 I continued playing with my camera more and this setting was supposed to make everyone look more tan.

 This setting is supposed to make the sky look more blue.

 This setting is supposed to bring out red.

 I don't remember what this setting was, but that is Stephanie's foot.

 These two pictures were taken right after each other.

 I don't remember how I got this one to look so dark.

 The next one was like this.

More attempts at seeing the solar eclipse.  I felt like I was let down a little because I couldn't see it.

May Nineteenth, Twenty Twelve

This is a funny baby beret that I knit up recently, it's extra puffy!

May Eighteenth, Twenty Twelve

Another meeting today.  This one was about 4 hours long.

May Seventeenth, Twenty Twelve

I have uploaded 1043 photos of student artwork in the past month.  Oh dear.

May Sixteenth, Twenty Twelve

 Meeting in my room today.

You've got to be kidding me.