Five for Friday 100 Follower Edition! Woot!

Yes, folks, I know I'm posting a belated Five for Friday, but I have good reasons and you'll see why! Basically each of my five things are also excuses for not blogging sooner! Be sure to stick with me until the end because I'm saving the best for last!




1.  I've been creating!  I got my first big TpT product of the summer up this week.  It's a clip chart with a Rock Start theme!  I'm really excited to use it with my kiddos.  You can find it in my TpT store  HERE.

 

2.  I've been shopping!  We are headed to the beach this Friday for our vacation and of course a girl needs a new suit.  Well, this girl found a deal at Old Navy and got more than one!  Besides shopping, I've just been trying to get things organized for our trip.  I hate packing at the last minute.

3.  More shopping!  I had to go on the hunt for the erasable pens everyone was talking about on instagram.  I found them at Staples, but they didn't have the pretty colors.  I got these to get me through and ordered the pretty ones from Amazon!  They even have highlighters and they do work!  Totally erasable without a mark left on the page.  They are going to be perfect for keeping my Erin Condren planner looking spiffy!

4.  It's hay season!  My husband's family owns and operates a farm.  My father-in-law and brother-in-law are the only full time employees so when it's time to get the hay in, we all pitch in.  This week there was lots of hay to do so that kept me away from my computer! During the week, we stacked square bales. On Saturday, we were in the field from about 10am until 8pm hauling round bales but we got it all in!

 

That's me and the hubby waiting on another load to come in.  Sorry for the poor picture, but it gets pretty dusty up there in that loft!

 

Yep!  That's me pulling that wagon!

 

 

5.  I told you I saved the best for last! I've been putting together a spectacular giveaway to celebrate 100 followers!

 

 

OK, the other day, I realized I was getting close to 100 followers so I started thinking about a giveaway because that's what we bloggers do, right?  My idea was to put together a giveaway pack that contained items from the bloggers that have inspired me and helped me get to 100 followers.  I thought I'd send out some "fan" emails to some of the superstar bloggers out there thinking that they might not respond to little old me.  Well, what do you know?!  I had a tremendous response and I'm BEYOND excited about the giveaway I was able to put together.  I mean, really.  You see an email from Deanna Jump in your inbox and you don't squeal a little bit??  She's been on CNN people!? And she e-mailed ME!  And so did all these other fabulously awesome bloggers! I was overwhelmed!  I kept telling my husband and kids, "I just got an email from (fill in the blank)!!!!" And they were all like "That's great!  Who's (fill in the blank)??"  They just don't get it . . .

 But I know you all will!

 

If I may get "mushy" for a minute, every one of these bloggers has inspired me.  Some of them are what I call my "go-to" bloggers.  They are the ones that I first started following last summer when I first got hooked on teacher blogs.  Among them are bloggers who included me in their giveaways, gave me my first opportunity to guest blog, inspired me to even start a blog and even puts up with constant texts from me and is one of my BFFs both in and out of the bloggy world (The Phonics Phenomenon).

 

OK.  Enough of the sap.  Onto the giveaway!  Here's what you can win, people!

Your choice of two items from my TpT Store.

 

Play Dough Learning Mats from Kindergarten Lifestyle

 

Mini Alphabet Set from The School Supply Addict

 

Sum Fall Fun from Queen of the First Grade Jungle

 

Whimsy Doodle Frames from Surfin' Through Second

 

Hands On Common Core Math Centers from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits

 

Blends and Digraphs Phonics Mania from The Phonics Phenomenon

 

Your choice of one item from Elizabeth's Store

 

Monsters!  Back to School Activity Pack from Kindergarten Smiles

 

Your choice of one item from Sara's Store

 

Alphabet-Tastic Learning from Kreative in Kinder

 

Citing Evidence Posters from Head Over Heels For Teaching

 

Hand Signals and Voice Levels Pack from A Cupcake for the Teacher

 

Need for Speed Kindergarten Addition and Subtraction Fluency from Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

Guided Reading 101: Printables, Strategies, and Word Work from Mrs. Jump's Class

 

 

 

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Isn't that quite a list?!  I'm very excited and I hope you will be, too.  Thank you all so much for following my blog and helping me get to 100!  Sorry for the long post--I hope you thought it was worth the read!

 

Now I'm off to Doodle Bugs to catch up on everyone else's Five for Friday that I missed while I was MIA!