Sailboats

I have always loved all things nautical. Most of my nautical things are red, white, or blue. When I saw PINK nautical clothing, I had to have it! This past weekend, my dad was in town at my grandpa's lake house which is in Northern Michigan. It's about a 6-7 hour drive. I was excited to go with my brother for the weekend to see him, but I got really overwhelmed with school stuff that has to be done throughout this week. I have a substitute teacher coming Wednesday. I have a Year 2 Resident Educator meeting that I need to have things done for. I have to finish all of my SLO's by Friday. I have had two new students, so I need to finish testing them to include them in my SLO's. I'm just very overwhelmed and I knew that would happen being a first year classroom teacher.

This weekend, I spent a lot of time in my classroom. I got a lot done too! I feel much better!

Here is my new favorite nautical clothing that I have in my closet!

 Sailboat Dress from Red Dress Boutique similar to this for $37.99.

Silver Sandals from Guess Outlet similar to these for $9.95.

Pink and White Striped Oxford from Tommy Hilfiger Outlet similar to this for $24.94.

Lilly Pulitzer Scalloped Sailboat Skirt from an Instagram Closet similar to this for $57.99.

White Woven Flats from TJ Maxx similar to these for $27.92.

Have a great week everyone! Hopefully you aren't as stressed and overwhelmed as I am. :)

Classic Neutrals

This week we have had a few days that have been foggy, but no school delays. Many schools surrounding ours had delays and even cancelled school because of the fog this week. I would have loved an extra two hours to sleep in, I have been exhausted lately. I get home from school and I eat dinner and I'm ready for bed. I have been going to bed pretty early, but I'm still so tired the next morning. I think it's the heat. It's so hot in our school with no air conditioning. We had such a cool summer and now it's deciding to be HOT HOT HOT! Ha!

This week when I was tutoring a third grader at our local Library I saw one of my students. It's the first time this school year that I've seen one of my students from my class outside of school. You should have seen his face. He was so stinking cute! He was so excited to see me. Ha! Have you ever seen a student outside of school? Did you feel like a super star? :)


I wore this outfit this week and I loved how comfortable it was and the statement necklace really made my basic neutrals POP! I always feel that when I wear neutrals, I need either a pop of color in a belt or shoes or you need statement jewelry.

Purple Peridot Necklace for $27.99.

Lauren Conrad Chambray from Kohl's similar to this for $24.94.

Brown Reversible Belt from Kohl's similar to this for $26.

Striped Jersey Pencil Skirt from TJ Maxx similar to this for $22.94.

Brown Flats from Payless similar to these for $15.99.

Happy Friday!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Back To School!

School has been keeping me so busy! First Grade is awesome! I absolutely love my class and they are doing so great learning all of the routines. I have to have my first substitute teacher of the school year next week for a training I have to go to. I'm so nervous about it. Does having a substitute teacher for your class ever make your nervous? I loved being a substitute teacher, so I shouldn't worry but I do. I just want my students to treat them nicely and I want the teacher to treat them nicely too.

This is what I wore to a Back to School cookout with all of the staff members from my school!

Polka Dot chambray from Stitch Fix similar to this for $24.

Gold reversible belt from TJ Maxx similar to this for $14.99.

J Crew Coral Shorts from J Crew Factory similar to these for $12.97.

Gold Sandals from TJ Maxx similar to these for $19.18.

I hope you are all having a great week!!!

Wedding Weekend!

This past weekend, my step brother who lives in Brooklyn, NY was in town for a family wedding we had. We had so much fun!!

On Friday we went to the fair to see my cousin do a routine with her horse. She was crowned Horse Queen of the entire fair this year, so she even got to ride with the flag for the National Anthem. I was a proud cousin watching her. She's awesome at what she does! We also enjoyed a lot of fair food!! YUM!

Saturday was another one of my cousin's wedding. It was so good to see my other cousins, aunts, and uncles. Colin came and he got to meet a bunch of people. It was a beautiful wedding and the food was delicious.

What I wore to the wedding:

Alfani Dress from Macy's similar to this for $29.99.

Black Wedges from TJ Maxx similar to this for $30.97.

 Brothers and I at the fair!

 My cousin (Horse Queen) riding for the National Anthem!

 My cousin and I!!

 Mom and I :)

 My family :)

 Colin and I <3

 The bride and the groom!

Most of the cousins! :)

I hope you all had a fun Labor Day Weekend!

Classroom Tour and First Day of School Outfit!

WOW!!! The past two weeks have flown by! I'm so sorry I didn't have time to blog! I was so busy with back to school stuff. I am absolutely LOVING first grade! I knew I would! Before I give you a tour of my classroom (in pictures) I need to share my first day of school outfit! I always LOVE going back to school shopping and picking out new clothes! It's been a hot first few weeks, so everything I have been wearing consists of dresses, skirts, and no sleeves. We don't have air conditioning in our school building and it can get pretty hot. I can't even imagine how it would feel teaching on the third floor, so I'm thankful I'm not up there.

First Day of School:

Red layered necklace from Premier Jewelry similar to this for $15.

Lace Top from TJ Maxx similar to this for $22.80.

Stitch Fix pencil skirt!

Brown Flats from Payless similar to these for $16.99.

Open House Night

I taped little bags of confetti inside the card. They each got to take one home to read on Sunday night before school on Monday. You can find this free printable HERE

I had stations to make it more organized and I had labeled buckets for their supplies at the front of the room. The editable stations I used, you can find HERE.

A glimpse of my Zebra and Neon Colors Classroom!

 DIY Crate Shelf

 I love all of the cool Calendar activities on the computer and SMART Boards, but I also know that technology can't be very reliable. I learned that last year being the technology teacher. I love my Math Calendar area. I have a Calendar Leader and then the rest of the students have a laminated version on the clipboards, so they can do everything with the Calendar Leader. They are laminated, so that they can use dry erase markers on them each day (saves paper).

 I love my magnetic dry erase handwriting poster! It's awesome!

 My awesome mom made my zebra curtains! She's amazing!

 If my students answer a question and knock my socks off, they get to "Kiss Their Brain!". They love it!

 Table Teams!

 Lunch Count and Daily Tubs!

 Word Wall!

 If a student has to go to the bathroom, I have them take the Pass (hand sanitizer) to their seat and leave it there while they go to the restroom. Then, when they get back they take one pump and put in back on the paper towel dispenser. This way I can see if someone is already at the bathroom if it's at someone's seat and I can see who is at the bathroom. Also, I KNOW that their hands are clean after going to the bathroom because they use hand sanitzer. :) 

All Star Work wall to display student work.

That is a glimpse of my first grade classroom! It used to be the music room, so nothing was in it. I love the way it turned out!

I hope everyone who has started back to school, had a great first week or weeks. If you start back today, HAVE A GREAT FIRST DAY!!!!

New Teacher Orientation!

This week I've been SO extremely busy getting ready for my students to come on Monday! I will do a classroom walk through SOON! It's still coming together! :)

This week, I have had New Teacher Orientation! It's been so helpful and beneficial to the new staff members to the district. There are quite a few new teachers. The meetings had a ton of new staff members! I even saw a few familiar faces from last school year and the year before. Everyone was congratulating each other and so excited to start teaching.

They had a few veteran staff members share some tips for us and during their speeches they shared many stories and experiences that have had throughout their teacher careers so far. I think I got the goosebumps three times because the stories were just absolutely so rewarding and touched my heart.

The other week when I met the rest of the first grade staff members that I would be working with, this is what I wore:

Sequin Striped Tee from Old Navy similar to this for $19.94.

Black Cardigan from TJ Maxx similar to this for 

Red Pants from Stitch Fix similar to these for $34.94.

Bow Flip Flops from Poshmark similar to these for $12.99.

I hope you all are having a fabulous week!! :)

New Store Review!

Our small town got another clothing store!!! Yay!!! The grand opening for the store called "Gabe's" was two weeks ago. Last week, I took the girl I nanny to the store for some back to school shopping. I was very impressed with how many designers they carry in their store and for amazing prices!! It reminded me of a more organized TJ Maxx and ten times bigger. You all know I LOVE TJ Maxx, so this store was great!

The girl I nanny found three dresses she loved and some of those cute nerd glasses. All of that was only $36!!! She goes WOW...that would be the cost of one thing at Justice. Ha! She was impressed!

I got an Express top for $9.99 and a Calvin Klein dress from $16.99!! I almost bought a pair of American Eagle jeans that were $4.99, but they were missing the button.

Overall, I thought it was a great store to shop in and I will definitely be back. The only thing you have to be careful of, is that they sell some things that have small flaws. Make sure you check over everything before buying! :)

What I wore on our shopping trip!

Pearl necklace (old) similar to this for $6.80.

Navy Lace top from J Crew Factory similar to this for $21.95.

Striped Shorts from Tommy Hilfiger Outlet similar to these for $22.94.

Brown Flats from Payless for $16.99.

Do you have a Gabe's near you? Do you like it?