Monday Made It....Monday Meet Me...Eating, Drinking, and Linking...Oh My!

YAY!

Time to link up with sweet Tara from 4th Grade Frolics

for Monday Made It.

I love, love, love readin' what everyone else has made.

You guys are seriously SO creative!

Thank you...you make my life easier...and more fun!

Y'all will probably think I've been body snatched

when I tell you that I made FOOD for the 

SECOND week in a row.

Somebody PLEASE write this down in your calendar so

there is proof of this.

For real.

I found this pin on Pinterest from Cupcakes and Kale Chips.

I'm all about some cauliflower right now and just like

Napolean Dymanite...I'm ALWAYS about some tots.

This was pretty simple to make.  

They were definitely yummy cauli-tots!

They were even good left over the next day.

I get onto my kiddos ALL.THE.TIME for not readin' directions

all the way through and I am the world's WORST about bein' guilty 

of this myself...I need to fix this!

Hey...at least I admit it.

I didn't read where it said "mini-muffin" pan.  

These turned out fine in a regular muffin pan, but I would've 

let them cook longer than 20 minutes if I'd have known.

Gosh!

Luckily for me...my mom caught my mistake.

That my friends is why she is better in the kitchen that I am.

She is a rule follower.

Since I posted about food...I'm also linkin' up with my sweet buddy Christy from 

Teaching Tales Along the Yellow Brick Road

for 

"Eating, Drinking and Linking! Oh my!"

You better sit down for this one...

no really...SIT DOWN!

There's more...

MORE...

FOOD! 

I know, I know, I know...

I'm not meanin' to scare you.

Saw this gem on Pinterest too from ifoodreal.

Parmesan Zucchini Sticks.

I love zucchini.  

Add some cheese and I'm thinkin' pure deliciousness.

I seriously could have eaten the whole plate of these by myself.

They weren't as good left over though like the cauli-tots were.

It's been awhile since I've created anything for my TpT.

Just readin' and replyin' to blogs has been time consumin'.

I'm scared I'll miss somethin'.

I like to be in the know.

I'm gettin' in the 4th of July spirit and wanted

to make somethin' festive.

This could be used any time of the year though.

"Red, White, and Blue...my teacher says I have

to multiply by more than TWO!"

I've got it up for free on Monday.

Be sure to leave some love please.

I made it to A LOT of linky parties last week.

I hope you can link up too this week...the more the merrier!

Monday:  Monday Made It and

Eating, Drinking, and Linking...Oh My!

Tuesday: Tried it Tuesday and Two for Tuesday

Wednesday: What I'm Wearing Wednesday

(this week I'm going back to Wordless Wednesday)

Thursday: Technology Thursday, Thursday Throwback, 

Positive Thinking Thursday and Teacher Tip Thursday

Friday: Five for Friday

Saturday: Saturday Snapshots & Spark Student Motivation Saturday

I'm also linkin' up with The Teaching Tribune for

Monday Meet Me...a part of their Summer Bloggin' series.

This week's Monday's Meet Me is three interestin' facts about yourself.

I have chosen three randoms.

Happy Monday, friends!

Saturday Snapshots...Spark Student Motivation Saturday

I'm gonna make this quick because I'm gettin' ready
for a road trip.

Don't know where I'm goin'?

Read here.

I'll be back on Sunday to catch up with you.

I love Saturdays because I get to link up with two of my favorite girls...

Miss Nelson from Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera for 

Saturday Snapshots

and

Joanne from Head Over Heels for Teaching for 

Spark Student Motivation Saturdays.

Day 6 Cali...We basically stayed around the house most of the day...in pajamas!

I seriously had no problems at all with this.

We had to drink the grapes at dinner to make sure dad 

is growin' them correctly.

I'd say he's doin' a pretty awesome job.

Yum!

Day 7 Cali...We went to Mission Ranch to drink some grapes to make 

sure they were okay for the rest of the public to consume also.

Yep, yep, yep...they are good to go!

I always have a great time here because I actually used

to work at the Mission Ranch Inn...almost ten summers ago.

I met some wonderful people and friends from that experience.

Wow...how time flies!

Mission Ranch has a bea-u-ti-ful view.

Where else can you find sheep hangin' out by the ocean?

Of course the lone black sheep was far in the pasture, so I didn't

get a good shot of him.

Day 7 Cali continued...

We went to dinner at the Sea Harvest Fish Market & Restaurant.

Great atmosphere and I got some scrumptious grilled shrimp tacos.

Day 8 Cali...Got my hair trimmed.   Drove up to Tehama to pick

dad up after golfin' and then bee bopped around the back yard

checkin' on mom's garden before eatin' dinner.

Nothin' overly excitin' happened, but that's fine by me.

I love lazy days.

Day 9 Cali...Went to see Jersey Boys with my parents and some of their friends.

If you like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons...go see this!

I grew up listenin' to them with the two pictured above.

I knew every single song in the movie and danced in my 

seat most of the time.

If you were ever a sorority girl...you have 

been on a dance floor singin' "Oh What a Night"...

I can almost guarantee it.

I finally got my movie theater popcorn I have been talkin' about

here and here.

Day 9 Cali continued...We ate a quick dinner after the movies.  

Grilled chicken, cauliflower puree, and veggies.

This was as good as the grapes!

I'll be takin' lots of snapshots on my mini trip.

Be on the lookout this week.

Want to check out my first five days in Cali?

Read here.

P.S.  I don't garden, but I want this.

This is at mom's bestie's house.  

It just looks invitin' and makes me want to go buy

cute flowers and flower pots.

I seriously did not inherit the green thumb from my father.

This is not a joke.

This motivates me and makes me want to buy more.

These sweet girls took every book off all four bookshelves 

in our class and organized them without me promptin' them. 

All the money I have spent on books is so worth it when 

my babies love to read and love books as much as I do!

Mo-ti-va-tin'!

Happy Saturday, friends!

Five for Friday...I'm havin' FUN!

I seriously cannot tell you the last time I linked up for 

Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching, but I'm on a roll

with all the linky parties, so I figured I shouldn't stop now!

Today's post will be random.

I like random.

It's baaaaaaaaack!

Saturday Snapshots with my bestie Miss Nelson from 

Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera is my absolute FAVORITE link-up 

and not just because she's my bestie.

I enjoy snappin' photos and bein' random...like I said above.

I hope you link-up too because I'm a Nosy Rosie

and I want to spy see what you are up to.

It doesn't have to be teacher-y.

It can be snapshots of whatever you want.

You're in charge.

Tomorrow I'm leavin' for Oakland for the weekend.

I'm goin' to watch the Boston Red Sox play

on Saturday and Sunday.

Source

Go Sox!

You can look for me on T.V....if you're bored.

If you see me, you can pretend you know someone famous.

I'm kiddin'...sorta!

Tonight I'm goin' to see "Jersey Boys".

Source

I'm super duper excited!

You realize there will be movie theater popcorn there...yes?

Do I need to say more?

If you don't know how much I love popcorn,

read here.

Who is lovin' summer?

I AM!

I also love YOU...so,

I'll keep this as a freebie until 

Sunday night when I get back from my trip.

I won't be upset with you if you leave me some love

if you decide to scoop this up from my TpT.

Coach Factory Online's Summer Clearance Event

starts today...June 20th through June 24th.

If you buy Coach purses, but don't like payin'

full-price,  you should hop on this site.

(I'm sayin' this because I like Coach...they don't know me)

Purses are cute, cheaper and are delivered fast.

They sell quickly though, so hurry up!

I have ordered from them a bunch!

Shh...don't tell Jerm.

If I always order black he doesn't know the difference...right?

Also, eBay is havin' a Vera Bradley sale up to 70% off.

I may or may not have ordered three new bags for the price of one.

(Vera doesn't know me either...but I wouldn't be upset if she did and

wanted to adopt me)

I will not be held responsible if you spend too much money, so 

don't even think about blamin' me. 

Got it?

Happy Friday, friends!

Technology Thursday...Thursday Throwback...Positive Thinking Thursday...Teacher Tip Thursday

Today I'm linkin' up with
The Teaching Tribune for Teacher Tip Thursday,
Teaching Trio for Technology Thursday,
Angela from The Teacher's Desk 6 for Throwback Thursday,
Nick from Sweet Rhyme & Pure Reason for Back to the Archive
and last, but certainly not least...
Jennifer from Mrs. Laffin's Laughings for Positive Thinking Thursday.

First things first...

I have to tell myself this every single day of my life.

Family first.

Go home...it will still be there tomorrow.

Agreed?

I'm goin' to do a techy throwback again to somethin' that I think
would benefit every grade level.

& 

&

The Hour of Code is COMIN' BACK

for Computer Science Education Week

Mark your calendars for December 8th through the 14th, 2014.

I know this is a long way away, but you DON'T want to miss this!

My technology throwback:

The Hour of Code

I got an email from Donors Choose at the end of October titled "The Hour of Code is coming".  I quickly read through it and then saved it in my inbox.  Several days later, my Admin said we needed to watch a short video about "The Hour of Code" that our District wanted us to watch.  The next day our mornin' announcements had a video that had music and the words "The Hour of Code is coming in 32 days".  The kids were all askin'...."What is the Hour of Code?"  BOOM...it was everywhere!

So, I got onto Computer Science Education Week's website with the help of my pod bestie, J.R., to find a short video to entice the kids even more.

So...what does this even mean you might be askin'...
  

Basically, durin' Computer Science Education Week, we will spend at least one hour writin' code in our classroom.   My students and I will choose from a variety of one hour tutorials in order to participate.  I've read that no prior experience seems to be needed and it states that computers are optional.

Read here to find out more about the Hour of Code.

Here are some more places to find info:

Computer Science Education Week

Code.org
(sign up on Code.org to get a coupon for 10GB storage on Dropbox for
organizin' an Hour of Code in your classroom)

Edsurge

Gettingsmart
Scratch
(Accordin' to the tech genius in my class...this is the BEST site ever for kids to program their own games and animations.  I truly value his opinion.  He has gotten several of my kids hooked on this site.)
Code Academy
Khan Academy-Computer programming
CodeHS
10 places where anyone can learn to code
Hopscotch

I'm definitely intrigued and will be doin' some more research on the Hour of Code to pick out exactly what we will be doin' durin' the week.

Is anyone else participatin' in this?

Read about and see how we used the Hour of Code in my classroom...here.
I PROMISE YOU...You want to do this with your kids!!!

Source

My sweet friend Laura from Learning, Lessons, and Life was talkin'

about movie theater popcorn the other day and it got me thinkin' about

how much I LOVE POPCORN.

My other sweet friend AMC from Elementary AMC has also 

been subjected to havin' to hear about my obsession with 

movie theater popcorn.  She probably wishes I would just get up 

off my couch already and go get some. 

Source

Surely I'm not the only one that does this???

Source

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WHAAAAAAAT?!

How have I gone my whole life without knowin' there was such a

thing as National Popcorn Day? 

It occurs on January 19th.

You need to write this in your calendar too...RIGHT NOW...
you seriously aren't movin' fast enough...we CAN'T miss this!

This is almost...almost...as excitin' as the Hour of Code comin' back.

Happy Thursday, friends!