Time to get ORGANIZED!

Ugh. What is wrong with me? I cannot seem to throw ANYTHING away! I always think "What if I could use this in a project?", "Maybe my kids will use this one day.", "This would be great for a lesson!".... I think of SO many reasons why to keep things. It is ridiculous! Last night, I went to Barnes and Nobel and bought a few magazines- organization magazines. They have some really good ideas on getting yourself organized. I'd like to make a mail organizer. I usually get the mail from the mailbox, sift through it for any bills, and then lay the rest on top of a pile of mail from the day/days before! It gets to be so overwhelming to go through the huge pile so I just leave it! Ugh! I organized my craft room and threw away some things today. Mostly papers. I am just having a tough time getting rid of things. Maybe I will do a better job when I go through my closet this afternoon?? We will see...

Kandinsky

I am super excited to show you a painting my class worked on inspired by Wassilly Kandinsky! Here is his painting:

Here is our painting! Each kid painted on a square piece of cardstock. Then, I put them all together and framed it! I think it turned out looking really neat!

Play Day!

Today was a beautiful day!! I think it was around 66 degrees out! SO NICE! I decided that today would pretty much be a play day at school (since it is supposed to rain the rest of the week). I usually take my class out twice a day for about a half hour each time. We ended up playing outside for almost 2 hours today! It was awesome! It was SO nice not to have to wear a jacket and gloves. I did not even wear socks today!! It was great! After work, I came right home and made a delicious salad. Then, the dogs and I went for a nice long walk!

Well, I just finished dinner. I made some Rice Krispie Treats for dessert! Yum! I cannot seem to get myself off of this couch. I need to organize one of the places on my TO DO list! I think I may work on the kitchen cabinets. I found mouse poo today in one of the utensil drawers. Ewwwww!! The lil' stinkers are back! Guess I will be setting some traps tonight. I wish Chad was home. He usually takes care of the gross stuff!

Home

This weekend, I went home to visit my family and celebrate my mom and grandmother’s birthday!! It went by super quick! I drove home late Friday night (took an extra hour because of a car that broke down on 495) and then got back to Virginia around 5pm last night. It was so nice to see my family. We went out to eat on Saturday night. Mesa and I shared a dinner. I actually tried some of the Caesar Salad and loved it! So last night, I went grocery shopping and bought lots of stuff to make salads. I also bought lots of fresh fruit and veggies too! My friend Kristin told me that she only shops around the perimeter of the grocery store where all the fresh stuff is. She does not buy anything packaged. Well, I am going to try to take on this challenge. Not all the way though! A little at a time!

This week, I am home all by myself. Chad is in Argentina and will not be back home until Sunday night. Ugh. I already miss him. To keep myself busy at night, I am going to do some SPRING CLEANING!! Here are the areas I NEED to organize:

1) Basement

2) School Boxes

3) Craft Room

4) Bathroom Cabinets

5) Kitchen cabinets

6) Bedroom closets

I think tonight I will tackle the school boxes. This will take FOREVER! I need to put away materials that I have been teaching with these past few months. They are piled up high in my upstairs hallway. Then, I want to go through and get rid of old books and materials I do not want/use anymore. **WISH ME LUCK!**

Thank GOODNESS for the SUN!

Thank GOODNESS for the SUN today! I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Seriously. My kids have been horrible this week. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE! Mostly my boys. They all have VERY strong personalities. They are constantly fighting with each other, hitting, punching, spitting (yes spitting), tapping, nudging, copying, calling each other names, and the list goes on and on .... an ON!!!!

Thank goodness that the sun was out and the day was beautiful. I had 3 free plays today! Probably about an hour and a half all together!! They needed it. I NEEDED IT! I was actually feeling myself shaking! And then, at the end of the day when the children were getting picked up by their parents, I told one of my parents to have a great weekend! Ugh. I thought it was Friday! Do I really need to go to work tomorrow!?!?!?!?

Sculptures with the Lil' Ones

This week, I have been teaching my class about famous artists. Yesterday, we learned about Pablo Picasso and then made salt dough for them to sculpt with. I took their sculptures home last night to bake in the oven. This morning, Chad was trying to guess what each sculpture was. He was totally off on mostly all of them (except the bowls)! I doubt he would have guessed that this one is E's mom with eyeballs all over her!

Dr. Seuss Chest Finished!

So here is the final product of our Dr. Seuss chest! The auction is next Saturday. I will let you all know how much $$$ it goes for! I wish I could keep it!
Oh... Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!