Back At It! :) (767)!

We're back from Fall Break & back on the AOK train!  :)
I got to give Mrs. DePew 2 coupons-sweet baby Riley was born this a.m. so I know they'll be using those soon!!!  :)  I also gave her some baby lotions & shampoos (you know the ones-the ones that smell so good & remind you of that sweet, new baby smell & it automatically makes you smile) b/c I realized we hadn't used them in over 2 yrs. b/c Miss Mady uses "real" shampoo.  *Sigh*  ;)
Trunk-or-Treat was this week & it was AWESOME!  Mrs. Martin & the committee did such a WONDERFUL job this year!  My kids brought in 13 bags of candy this week.  My head room mom did SUCH  a WONDERFUL job with our car!  Everything turned out GREAT!  :)
Mrs. Martin & Riley Kate gave Mady a fun new pair of tennis shoes-Mady LOVES them-they are gray & pink & have Velcro-SO AWESOME!  :)
Taygen brought me a cute Halloween pencil.  :)  She also shared her jacket w/ Jackson on the field trip because he left his at school & she said she was warm.  :)  She comes by her kindness honestly b/c her dad-Todd bought me a hot cocoa on the field trip-it was WONDERFUL b/c I was FREEZING!  They are SUCH a SWEET family!  :)  I also appreciated all off the other chaperones that came-I had 7 parents come-it made my job SO MUCH easier!  :)
Aaliyah & her Mom made the class some chocolate treats.  YUMMY!  :)
My Mom & Boo made brownies for the Cake Walk for her Fall Festival.  It was SO HELPFUL b/c Mady had dance that night so it saved me A LOT of time!  :)  My mom also hemmed two pairs of pants for me-this is VERY HELPFUL b/c these are the only long pants I had & baby it's COLD out there! ;)
My friend Mrs. Stewart needed a pill container to help her remember to take her medicine.  I had an extra one so I gave it to her.  :)  I also went & got us our fav-a Spicy Chicken Biscuit from CFA on payday this week-YUMMY!  :)  Mady also let Miles have a bag to carry for Trunk or Treat.  :)
Mrs. Moody gave Mady & I tickets to the circus we got to go today & had the BEST time-it was SO SWEET of her!  :)
This week we were working on "friendly letters" in writing so my kiddos & I decided to write Miss Ellyn-our missionary friend in Africa.  :)
Alas, I have been forgetting to thank another one of volunteers-our book backpack volunteer-they have come in every week to switch out my kids backpack books that they take home & read.  They have been coming in for 2 months now!  They are SO AWESOME! :)  Mr. Preston & Mr. Myers came in this week too.  :)
We also did our weekly recycling for K & 1st grade this week.  :)
Current Total = 767!

Fall Break! (654!)

It was a short week but we didn't let that stop us from doing LOTS of AOKs this week!  :)
I got to give Mrs. DePew a baby coupon.  :)  I gave Mrs. Smith a thinking about you card.  :)
Candy abounds for Trunk-or-Treat!  We had 6 bags turned in this week!  :)
Shayla also turned in some pop tops this week for Ronald McDonald house.  :)
I got the sweetest card from Ioana today-SO SWEET!  Her Mom & Mr. Preston also came in to volunteer this week.  :)
Mr. Linginfelter came by & gave us a bag FULL of fun stuff to say Thank-you for his BD card.  He gave us two jump ropes & 2 bags of candy-SO SWEET!  :)
Steele's Mom sent in some yummy cookies for the class.  :)
We made 59 BD cards for the elderly friends at my Mom's church & two get well cards.
Last but not least we did our regular recycling!   Needless to say-we've been busy!  :)
HAPPY FALL BREAK!  :)
Current Total = 654!

Box Tops Abound! (556!) WOW! :)

We're still going strong & man did we have a good week!  :)

We donated 3 bags of pop tops to Student Council who will then turn them in for Ronald McDonald house-Coke-a-Cola donates 10 cents per pop top!  :)

We also had a friend turn in Box Tops just in time for the 1st semester contest!  We made a Math lesson  out of counting our box tops-we put them in groups of 10-we had 1, 209 box tops!  That means that we raised $120.90 cents for our school!  Mrs. H. thinks that ROCKS!!!  :)

I got to give Mrs. DePew another diaper coupon.  I also gave an encouragement card to one of my friends that is going through a rough time.  :)  

Makayla's Mom sent in TONS of fun stuff for our prize bin-just in time for our 40th day visit to the prize bin-the kids REALLY liked the new stuff!  :)

We sent 3 get well cards this week & 1 Happy BD card-these cards were ALL the kids ideas-I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!  :)  

Mr. Myers brought his K-9 dog & another officer from downtown & did an AWESOME program for all of 1st grade-it was AWESOME!  Even I learned A LOT!  :)  We wrote them a Thank-You card to them of course!  :)

Mrs. Smith wasn't feeling well so I watched her boys for her while she went to the Dr.  She brought me my favorite treat-D.Coke & Reeses-she TOTALLY didn't have to do that but she did!  :)  While her boys were hanging out with me Gavin helped me pass out a book order & Hayden helped put the next one to go home together.  We are SO LUCKY to have the Smith family in our lives!  Also-Mrs. Smith has been sharing some really cool copies for each new Reading unit.  Like I said-LUCKY!  :)

I got two sweet love notes from 2 of my kiddos-they make my day & fill my bucket!  :)  I also got the KINDEST gift from Cesar for thank-a-teacher week.  It was SUCH a  joy-it really filled my bucket!  :)

Aaliyah made me a bracelet-it didn't fit so I passed it on to my sweet Boo.  :)

We met as a grade level this week & we did a lot of sharing-I got 2 really good things-peanut butter/jelly partners & some cause & effect stuff.  I also got to share some stuff for author's purpose.  :)  Mrs. Hall shared "fridge copies" for our new reading series-such a nice way to send home our words for weekly practice.  :)  I also got a really cute-whole-part-part ladybug activity from a K friend.  Mrs. DePew & Mrs. Sebastian let me use their Velcro dots for a token board I needed to make for one of my kiddos.  Mrs. Gilliam helped me with a DVD Movie that I made for the kids-she made my music match up with the movie-I asked the perfect person for help b/c she knew EXACTLY what I needed!  I LOVE how our school staff shares & treats each other like family, it's a blessing to work with a staff like that!  

I also LOVE my sweet girl-her & her best buddy Kels have been sending letters back & forth to each other-I love how sweet they are to each other.  :)  I also love that Mady CONSTANTLY reminds to have child-like faith & to be the bigger person in situations-even when you're getting bullied.  I was humbled by my daughter's beautiful, kind heart this week!  :)  

We also could NEVER make it without my mamma & this week was no exception!  We refinanced our house this week-which was a huge blessing!   We needed to come up with some unexpected money for the refinance & my sweet mother loaned it to us so we didn't have to reschedule the refinance-always a blessing!  :)

Alas, I can't believe I have been forgetting to add the AOK of our volunteers!  They are AMAZING & they take SO MUCH OFF my plate!   I am SO GRATEFUL for our classroom volunteers!  I could NOT make it without them!  :)  

Finally, we did our usual recycling for K & 1st grade this week!  As you can see-we've been busy, busy, busy!  :)

Current total = 556!