Monday Made It

Today, I'm linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics!  I always read others.... but this week I thought I would participate!! :)

While at Hobby Lobby a couple months ago I stumbled upon this FABULOUS burlap ribbon...

I didn't know how I was going to use it.....But...of course I had no choice, but to buy it! 

I then stumbled across a super cute wreath on pinterest.... Of. Freaking. Course.  it was the ONE time I didn't pin it.  I have SEARCHED and SEARCHED and SEARCHED for it with no luck.  Basically it was a wreath with a chevron bow in the center and then greenery on each side.  I thought it wold be cute to do the same thing, but with sunflowers, so off to Michaels I went!  Here is what I used....

Twig like wreath, sunflowers (I had 4, but one disappeared......I have a lingering suspicion that my toddler has hidden it...), glue gun, and THE burlap ribbon!  .......OH & a twisty tie that is not pictured!

I started with the bow....

I cut a piece of burlap about 2 feet long and made two loops.  The ends slightly overlapping!

Next, I cut another piece of burlap, but this one was about 3 feet long.  This picture shows it folded over, that helped me find my center for the next step!

I just made my loops and placed the ends how I wanted them to hang.

Then I was ready to tie it together ***I used a twisty tie that you get from bread.... but you can use floral wire ...

Lastly I cut about a 6 inch piece of ribbon and hot glued it on.  I started with one end in the back, glued a little in the front, and the last edge on the back.  I did have a little bit of leftover ribbon from the center piece that I cut off.  I used a chip clip from my refrigerator to hold it all until it was fully dried!

While the bow dried, I got started on the flowers!

I pulled all of the flowers off the stem and just hot glued them on.  Super easy!  My original idea was to put two flowers on one side of the bow and two on the other.  Well....then the fourth flower went missing and this is what I've got!

My last step was to glue on the bow!  I initially glued the center, but to made it a little more secure, I glued some parts of the back layer to the wreath!

As my toddler would say.... Ta-Da!  This took me seriously no more than 20 minutes to do, the bow being the most time consuming!

Also, if you didn't catch my post yesterday, I FINISHED my back to school math centers!

They are on sale until Tuesday at midnight for $4.00!!

Sunday Smorgasbord

It's Sunday and boy does it feel like one!  We have been L-A-Z-Y this morning & the fact that I have professional development in the morning, which makes it a REAL Sunday, doesn't help!  I am linking up with Michelle from Fabulous in First today!  For me, random and all over the place is how I feel most of my posts are so this should be easy for me! :)

I'm going to start of with B's room!  She upgraded to a BIG girl bed right before her birthday & mommy got new furniture, so it was only natural that I just redo her whole room, right?!?!  When I bought my house and moved in 2+ years ago, no painting happened.  The cream walls stayed because I was almost 7 months preggers!  I was just happy to get everything in the house, unpacked, and set up for her arrival!!! Two years later, you can only imagine how ready I've been to get some color on these walls!!  I just painted one wall in her room and one wall in my room for now, but I'm in love with how cute her painted wall turned out, plus she is SUPER proud of it herself!! She shows everyone that comes to the house!! love.  :)

Here is the before picture of the wall I painted.  plain. jane. .... sorry for the awful quality..... I rely on my iphone too much... must find camera charger!!

 Here is the after shot.  You can vagually see the pattern on the wall.... the next picture down has better lighting!  I made her sign, thanks to a sign I saw on pinterest!  I also made the teal and pink cross frame.  There is really no theme to her room... just lots of vibrant colors!  I plan to find more to add to the wall, but for now... this is it!

I shared some pictures of B's birthday on my post Friday.... but I forgot these & couldn't resist sharing!! If you follow me on instagram, you've probably already seen them!! :)

Can you tell how much B loved getting her nails done or as she calls it "pretties mommy!"

So I never explained a BIG part of the reason for my blogging hiatus.... My grandmother went into the hospital two weeks ago.  After spending a week there she was finally able to go home!  I spent two nights, plus several days that we went to visit on top of that with her!  I'm sure anyone who has had family, friends, or personally been in the hospital can agree that it is plain exhausting!  We also have gone to spend a couple days with her at home, too!! Here is a picture of B enjoying her ice cream at Nene's house!! Can you say spoiled??? 

 Beyond that we've been PAINTING!

 Singing and playing instruments! (dancing too, it's hard to get an action shot of that though!)

We've also tried to do quite a bit of swimming!! This was a day at our community water park! 

I managed to FINALLY get my BTS math centers D.O.N.E!  I've redone several of the centers, several times to get it all just right! I'm so excited about these and how many ways I was able to suggest and offer ways to differentiate in these!!

 I originally planned on doing 12 centers, but with all of the differentiation activities, I nixed a few of my original activities!  One was a number pattern one, that I actually made into a freebie that I featured in Friday's post! Click on the pictures to take a closer look or go download the preview in my TPT store.

You can get them {here} on sale for the next 48 hours... or lets just say until Monday night Tuesday night at Midnight for $4!  That is definitely a steal!  I can't wait to get them printed off tomorrow!!   Now my todo list continues!! I was eager to get done with these so I can start on the next things on my list!! :)  

I will leave you with the sweetest picture that just melts my teacher heart!

 What teacher wouldn't love their kids falling asleep reading?!?! She ALWAYS has to sleep with whatever book(s) we've read that night before bed!! Love!

Would you agree that this has been slightly random?!?!  It's hard to believe summer is almost halfway over! :(

Friday Freebie!!! :)

Oh. My. Gosh.  I can't believe how much I've neglected this little blog here lately!  I have been soaking up every little bit I can of this little girl!!

We recently celebrated her birthday!!! It is unbelievable that she is two!!! Whaaa!!  Where has the time gone??

Yesterday we spent all day with family & friends!  We started our day off at the parade, followed by a LONG nap, fish fry, swimming, & topped it all off with fireworks on the lake!!  Needless to say, it was a GREAT day! :) I hope you all had a fabulous fourth!! 

So since I've neglected this little blog, I felt it was only fit to offer you all a good ole freebie!! :)  Today I have a little math center called Pattern Pros!  It is an opportunity for students to identify the pattern in a sequence of numbers & then figure out the missing number!  There are two sets of cards included, as well as a direction card, recording sheets, & answer keys!  My kids loved this and it really helped when it came to identifying patterns! I also plan on using the different sets to differentiate between my high-low kids! 

I am also linking up with the FABULOUS Cara Carroll today for Favorite Pins Friday! :)

 I am in love with these super cute BTS activities from Michelle over at Smitten with First! Definitely on my TPT wishlist!

This is definitely a fun & different way than I've ever seen to get to know the kiddos in your class that first week!! I'm thinking maybe one a day for the first week!?!?

I mean seriously how cute?  Doesn't surprise me though, it is Amy Lemons after all! :)  If you're not following her on FB or Bloglovin' you should be!! Plus you get these free right now on FB! :)

I am loving this idea, but I'm already struggling with the reality of it!  First off....finding & spending the money on the bins & then finding the space in my classroom that already seems to be too small.... I'm contemplating it.......

Now onto other non-school related pins..... :)

I couldn't agree more! 

Enough said.

I'm FINALLY redoing my flowerbed!! This has been on my to do list for ehhhhhhh 2+ years now!! I have already picked up the bricks & sand...Oh & even already started the trench to lay these babies down.  This pin was totally my inspiration! 

Ok.... I'm gonna call it quits for today!! Time to go off and spend time with my bebe!! :) Enjoy your weekend, I know I plan to!!  

I think I will finally be able to hammer out the LAST part of my BTS math centers this weekend, too!! Fingers crossed! :)