Summer Fun and a Blog Hop

What a summer it's been! Here's a mere snippet of the fun we've had the past few weeks:

• baking for a teacher friend's boyfriend's birthday

• a visit from a teacher mentor I worked and learned from in college

 

•  my second Finish at the 50 race on July 3rd

 

 

• a rainy day July 4th play date

 

 

• a stroll along the Cape Cod Canal and a pool date

 

 

   

• numerous ice cream dates (which will continue Mr. Lovie!!) 

 

• kiddie pool fun at Memere and Grammy's

• a run-in with this cutie pie while leading the camp's Trailblazers group at the pond

 

• more cupcake baking for our school's art teacher

• a Trailblazing trip to the zoo

 

 

• a teacher-friend's fabulous wedding, lawn games, and cupcakes courtesy of Sweet Mack Bakery--that's me!

• Cupcake Club at summer camp

 

As you can see we have had one heck of a summer and it's not over yet!

But, I love back-to-school and I can't wait to tackle my ever-growing list of back-to-school tasks, set up my room, meet my newest kiddos....I just love it!

While I may not be doing much creating on the teacher front, (okay, none) I am happy and eager to share fabulous finds!

I recently finished prepping a few activities...

...like Hope King's place value Base Tents activity which she has as a Facebook fan freebie here.

3rd Grade Gridiron's Economics Vocabulary Mix Up (click on the picture to snag)

 
Baseball Multiplication freebie from Third Grade Doodles (click the picture to snag)

My future is so bright... QR Code and Regular Writing Prompts and Activity (click the picture to snag)

And just this morning I came across this SoCal blog hop....(click the image to surf away!)

  
and started following a few fabulous West Coast teacher bloggers like....

Teaching... The Art of Possibility

Sailing into Second Grade

A Grace-Filled Classroom

A Kindergarten Life for Me

A Teachable Teacher

 

Miss Kindergarten

Ramona Recommends

Fancy Free in 4th

 

...just to name a few!

Not to mention I spent an excessive amount of time gawking at Kristen's colorful organization tonight over at Ladybug Teacher Files and fell in love all over again with her fabulousness.

PTL for Teacher Pay Teachers' back to school sale this week!

August Currently: Short and Sweet

On a bright and sunny Thursday, here's a positive spin to a 3:45am wakeup....

Of course I would've loved a few more hours of sleep--especially with school starting in a little under 2 weeks. (!!) But I'll be honest, I did miss the munchkin. I ventured out last night with a few teacher friends to do some back-to-school classroom supply shopping at Lakeshore. (Fun but overwhelming, for sure! That's a post for another time!) Post-shopping we dined out at Stone Hearth Pizza and capped off the night with build-your-own cupcakes at Treat Cupcake Bar. (Thank you Mr. Lovie for the night out!) But I missed Miss K. Her spontaneous smiles. Those cheeks. Her sweet "talking." And those cheeks!

And, when she does wake up in the middle of the night/early morning, there's a good chance she'll nap for a substantial time (read: an hour or so) in the morning.  And voila-- I have a few minutes to pump, shower, eat breakfast, straighten a few things up around the house, run the dishwasher, prep laundry, catch up on a few Bloglovin' posts and maybe squeeze in a quick post of my own! (Several of those tasks being completed simultaneously, right Mr. Lovie??) :)

Excited to link up with Farley for my first Currently.

 

 

 (I'm only just noticing my typo under wanting and wishing I had edited it better! It's not an easy fix so I've got to let this one go. Better editing next month!)

 

*I am in love with all things Ladybug Teacher Files! I love how bright and bold her collection is--not to mention it will all match! Click here to check out her fabulous Teachers Pay Teachers shop.

Miss K is awake! Time for cuddles and a walk!