Five for Fraturday and Saturday Snapshots

Yes, my Five for Friday turned into a Five for Fraturday as I type at 1 a.m...and as long it is Saturday, I have to do Saturday Snapshots!  I go back to school (teacher institute days) on Monday and I don't know how I am going to get out of this sleep schedule!!

So I have been M.I.A this week, but it has been crazy full of getting my classroom ready, trying to spend some extra summer family time, and dealing with contract negotiations with my union and our district.

{uno - family time}

We took Grace to her first baseball game on Monday.  Just a local baseball team (Kane County Cougars - who are a Cubs team, woot!), but she loved it!  I told Hubby there was no way I was spending $6 for one of those foam fingers, but Grace saw everyone with one and kept on trying to grab theirs or kept asking for one...I gave in.  When she threw it on the ground and stepped on it 5 minutes later, I knew it was money well spent.

{dos - piggies}

I got my piggies done finally!  My friend and I have a before school tradition (it is our second year doing this, is it a tradition yet?) of getting pedicures and doing lunch.  My mama watched Grace during her nap time (it was her first time back watching Grace) and I got some good 'me time.'  I totally bite my nails (I so wish I didn't) so I know I would never be able to do the one accent color nail on my hands, so I did it on my toes.  I don't know if it is lame, but I love my piggies!

{tres - printer love}

Our printer hasn't worked all last school year and it was horrible.  I was having save my files on a flashdrive and take it to Office Max to print every time I needed color prints and it really stunk!  So I was ready to take a $50 print order in and I asked Hubby if we could just get a printer instead.  He agreed and we brought this little baby home.  We got an awesome deal on it...and the best part of all?  I can sit my little behind on my couch with my laptop and print from the office at the same time...love!!!

{cuatro - contract negotiations}

Our district is going through contract negotiations right now...can you say STRESS?  I won't go into all the details, but all the teachers (and their families, along with supportive community members) met at the School Board meeting on Tuesday night to show support for our teachers and it was pretty cool.  I don't know if it changed anyone's minds, but it was heartwarming seeing everyone come together.  Hubby and Grace came to show their support.  I puffy heart them!!!

{cinco - sound wall}

My classroom is coming together finally and I am getting excited!  I moved to upstairs to a smaller classroom this year so putting my classroom together this summer has been very frustrating (I am not a fan of change!)  Thing is after I got over the idea of moving, the room has really been coming together. I hope to have some pictures for everyone this weekend, but here is a sneak peek of my sound wall.  I love how it came out: the pocket charts are going to make it way more interactive than it has been in the past.

So that is how my week has been going...

Feel free to link up with Doodlebugs Teaching for Five for Friday or...

Michelle at Run!  Miss Nelson's Got the Camera for Saturday Snapshots!

Saturday Snapshots - Shopping Edition

I am linking up with Michele from Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera for another Saturday Snapshots.  This time, it's the shopping edition (for me)!

So I was reading my Facebook feed when I came across this picture from Mrs. Stanford's Class and I thought, I must.get.to.Michael's.now!

So I went...and our Scentos were 30 cents each and another 15% off for teachers.  I am itching to go back to get more...

Do you see those cute bird and superhero awards and stickers?  I love them!!  Okay, so then I found this cute owl box:  I don't know what I am going to do with it, but for $2, I had to buy it!

I feel like I give out pencils for everything and I was looking at my stash the other day and it is slim pickin's for "boy" pencils, so I had to buy a bunch for a $1 a piece.

These are what I consider my deal (even with the Scentos being so cheap).  These packs of erasers and pencil toppers were 75 cents each (there are 100 in a bag).  My kids were crazy about mini-erasers last year (they named them, made little houses for them...), so I jumped at buying these!  Then the paper and bookmarks: more birds and superheroes!  I should explain here.  I did a superhero theme last year and there was nothing out there for superheroes and now they are everywhere, so I am snatching it up for when I repeat the theme.  Then the birds, even though I haven't made the official announcement, my theme is birdy chevron this year (aka, birds mixed with chevron).

So that's it for my Saturday Snapshots -- I will be at Staples tomorrow morning for one cent folders - I need them for the kiddos, but I am also making a project with them!!!

Have you found any good back to school deals?

Saturday Snapshots

I am so excited to be joining Run! Mrs. Nelson's Got the Camera's Saturday's Snapshots Linky Party!  This is my first linky party!

So this post is being written at 12:22 am Sunday morning, but I still haven't gone to bed (so it is still Saturday to me) and these pictures are from our Saturday, so it works, right?

We finally got around to doing pictures in the big yellow chair!  This is from a garden shop we pass by all the time: we always say we're going to stop and we never do!  This chair was huge!

Running around at the garden shop!

This old cool car was filled with flowers - pretty cool!

Some lunch at Chipotle!  Nummy!

Playing around at the bookstore!

Throwing pennies in the water fountain.

We have a summer bucket list to complete and we are well on our way!