Monday, February 22, 2016

2.22.16


Thankful for praying friends.

Thankful for bringing Hannah on a field trip with me! It was so much fun having her with our class and watching her play with my kiddos. Quality time is one of her love languages for sure.

Thankful for a playdate with Uncle Dusty & Auntie Mila at Dave and Busters.
 (We got home at like 6pm & look these "we are NOT tired moooom" Snuggled up... too cute)

Thankful that Harrison won at that giant claw "waste of money" game!! 1st time anyone from our clan has won at that!! Woot Woot!!

Thankful for birthday parties galore- great distraction from missing Dad!

Thankful for Matt's heart to help others & travel to Texas to encourage another preaching friend. The spanish assembly there was encouraged and what a blessing to witness a baptism in the Gulf! These outta the norm experiences are seriously one of a kind... and only happen when we "step out of the boat" in faith and trust God.

Thankful for our close knit church family.

Thankful thankful thankful for the inspiring All In book. I am so close to being done! Each paragraph literally hits me as an " I know right!?!?" moment. Love it.


Thankful for organization. Our space is small, so having a place for everything is tricky- but after 8 months we have made some serious progress & enjoy the simplicity.
 
(BEFORE... cringe...)                     (After,,,sigh...yay... the gold details are SO fun right!? :)


Thankful for the 100th day of School! {Seems like just yesterday I was walking into the unknown world of Room 108... colorless... empty walls... strange faces in the halls... now we are like family & the life that my room has ... is beautiful! Thank you for all the support, my dear bloggie pals!!}




 Random Life:



 Yay for Susanna and her fab babysitting skills! It called for a break & a Red Robin date! (Yum!!!)

 ( We love counting eyeballs and making eye ball pizza during my days off :)) 

 True Story. This outfit happened. :)



 Goodbye white couch (that we could never keep white. Pottery Barn how can I ever have your WHITE couch!?! And keep it white!?! Someday???)




Sunday School Pictures from Texas... Arrival home in T Minus 4 days!! WAHOOOOO


 Ross and a friend singing


 I will never complain about my Sunday school room again. This. Is. Real. Life. 









Tuesday, February 16, 2016

2.15.16


Thankful this week for.....

Bunkbeds going up. {True story : we bought a set from Target, and they got damaged in transit and never showed up. Tried again.. same thing.. Thought maybe Bunkbeds were not for us?! But tried the 3rd time from Amazon & oh how we love everything about Amazon! Success! They arrived & Matt was able to set them up solo!}


Bedding that allows both kiddos to be happy in their shared space. {Horses & Patriots}

Hudson adjusting like a champ to Harrison's big bed {The trains all over totally helped!}

Matt's heart to help others & create relationships. Our Sunday was way outta our ordinary, but we really enjoyed meeting new people & connecting with a few of Matt's PGM friends, outside of the mission.

Valentines Day! We used this day as an "eat all the things" day & loved every second of the carb and sugar overload! Our bodies did NOT like it however and we are excited to detox and reboot :)

for all devotions being about Love. Yet, I have such a hard time truly applying what I read. Example: It's 6am on a Saturday and I am cozy and enjoying the silence, downstairs, reading and writing. Then I hear the thumps, as little Miss decides to thump down the steps. Really? Show love here? How?
 Its 1) way too early and 2) MY devotion time... And then I reflect and sit and think about my reaction ( of marching that sleepy girl right back up to zzzz land with stern words) was my devotion time worth it or could I have stopped MY time with God and let her in even in the wee morning hours?!
     God isnt finished with me yet & I am thankful...
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Hudson's speech therapist, Miss Julie, readjusting her schedule to make it work better for our little man. {Normal speech sessions would begin at 1:15, an hour into Hudson's nap. then end with a huge fit because 1) she takes all her cool toys with her when she leaves and 2) hudson is beyond crabby and tired.} Now, she comes early in the morning and was totally impressed by how much better he responded.

friends who bake! follow @mommybets on IG... she bakes beautiful cookies & now ships too!

for pink glitter nails.

for a yummy smelling house. Scent this month: 








Tuesday, February 9, 2016

2.8.16

Thankful that Matt's testimony : Part 1: aired Saturday night on Unshackled!
Here is link for both parts :) Praying that God will use this to help build relationships and totally encourage those families who have crazy kids and think there is no hope! God answers prayers. His mom is the greatest example of a real life Hannah... always in prayer for her son... God is faithful. He is good... ALL the time. Not only does it share how God reached Matt, on a cute-sie side note it shares how we met, which is the best Valentine week present ever :)
 


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Thankful for mail surprises! Love you Auntie Jack!! XO
Mark Batterson's Book ALL IN has me totally captivated. And this pink journal. Love love love it.


Thankful for fun hair ideas. Bang time to spice up this winter mess! Reese and Carrie's are my top 2.  

 Thankful for motivation.{This quote makes it seem so attainable!}

 Thankful for the sweetest most frail lady who gave Hannah this intricate paper swan. It's amazing what someone can do with paper, glue and an insane amount of time!

Thankful for being immersed in Black History Month activities. 
 Thankful for WIKI STICKS! These wax sticks are the best hands on activity for learning!
(Those adorable felt letters are courtesy of Target's $3 bin! Love using them for word family activities!)


Thankful for pictures of this handsome buddy. Waiting to pick up "Haha and Haha" :) 

 He is so full of life!



Thankful for the War Room movie. Inspiring & motivating.
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Monday, February 1, 2016

2-1-16




Thankful for....

Harrison & Hannah's report cards

Amazon Prime delivering mattresses

Hudson's expanding vocab : impressive this week was "Dad, school bus"(while pointing to a school bus) & "Push Baby". And sadly he did push a baby at the gym & got in time out there. Baby stealers who take his trains, beware! He is a brute ; /

another PGM Bible Graduation program ( 12 graduates, 3 shared their testimonies and one female was a heroine addict for over 20 years, showed up at PGM and detoxed herself there {Impressive!!} & found the Lord!!) and an on time delivery of Bibles from CBD (Thanks Auntie Jack!)

wowing my class by my hair's ability to do static with a balloon. I might have felt pretty cool that my hair was the only "kind" that balloons could do static with! I may have a new super power.;)

(Photo Credit Shamya') 

Thankful for my new  Special Ed class going well! My professor is a lenient grader and I really need a break like that for the next 6 weeks :) 

for exercised friends that encourage the teens & young adults ( thankful we still fall under the young adult category ;)) Excited to read this book & discuss it over the next few months. Image result for god wrote a book

excited that I have been able to push past Snooze & wake up for early morning workouts.

 {On a real note:I have struggled with the work life balance as of late, and have been overly motivated to restructure my day due to not wanting the nasty behavior challenges ANY MORE... so early mornings normally meant me at school working, organizing & creating at 630am- not working out...and I have felt a lack of endorphin's and according to Elle Woods in Legally blonde....
On a positive note..the lack of workout time has paid off for my class however...I do feel that now, since I have my Morning centers re-tweaked, from 9-10:25 is a breeze because they're actively engaged in small groups... then they go to a Special like PE and then Lunch... so my afternoon feels LONG but praise the Lord for outdoor recess again since we have hit a heat wave! 
After lunch is brutal for some of these kids who literally can not stay awake or lose all sorts of self control. Enter MATH STATIONS. Took a bit to create and organize, but now they know how to play each activity.... and if they can power through that we have "community building time" aka play time from 2-2:40.
 
Insert all the Hallelujah hands possible!
 These kids need social time. They need structured play time. They need exposure on how to communicate in a positive way- so instead of my sticking to the "schedule"- I differentiated & not only does my class ADORE this time, I do too! Last month I created a store... this month I was thinking of switching it out- but I kept the store and added a BAKERY... ohh my heart loves this little nook... now guys please be easy on me- no funds & not even close to pintrest perfect - but my kids walked in and were in literal AWE. They had never seen pom pom cupcakes before or cupcake cook books! Oh the joy my cupcake loving self felt :) Can not even wait for 2pm today :)}

 
{Prices were kid directed & holy smokes! These kids are loaded ;)}



Thankful for  my brother, his heart & his generosity & for our daily devotion to hit the nail on the head... on the exact day we were encouraged! 


 Thankful for penguin pjs on this little snuggle bug! 

 Thankful for whoever taught me the trick of storing away birthday gifts.... Hannah was so blessed at her birthday last summer that we still haven't opened all the toys! This adorable jewelry box craft was just what an early riser on a Saturday needed to do... 6 months later :)



A mini Classroom tour: 
Those 4 handy sterilite plastic 3 drawers are my life saving Centers. Each morning they get rolled to the new table....I do centers Monday-Thursday & my kids sit in 4 tables, so I don't change out anything all week! (Drawers include hands on activties like ABC beads to build words or Clip boards and fun markers so they can Write the Room)
 They either begin their Center time with Read to Self around the room with a snuggle buggle stuffed animal, or end the Center time with that. Lots of literacy in Room 108! Woot Woot! :)

 
Those handy dandy dollar tree tubs are full of fun math activities! 
Our class fave: making 3 D shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks 
(in order to maintain my marshmallow stash for weeks I told them they were coated in chemicals ;)... it worked and my stash has not been eaten at all!)

 
I love Shannon! Her website supplies me with the BEST scripture writing plan AND printables! Aren't those posters so fun! Yay for my principal investing in a poster maker and Shannon's fabulously motivating posters!!
 Go to www.technologyrocksseriously.com 

 My word wall is not too current and looks kinda saggy in this pic, but who can read those words back there anyways?!
 Not the best use of space- to be retweaked some day ;) 

 My corner store :)

  My work zone. 

Bye friends, thanks for stopping by. 
Until next Multitude Monday .... XOXO