My New Roost

Well... it has been a long time coming, but the Annette Perry Falcons finally have a new roost. Tonight we had an open house for the families and the kids come tomorrow for our first day of class in our new school. I just wanted to share picts of my room. I really am proud of how cute it turned out. I couldn't have done it with out my cricut and Maya Road Chipboard. I just snapped a few quick picts as I was walking out the door tonight. Tomorrow I will take some better picts.

If I were taller, you could see the cool stuff I have up there. I'm not, so you need to come visit me.

I am so glad to have all my books out of storage. I have 18 of these great crates filled with picture books. This doesn't even count the tubs of chapter books that I have around the room. New teachers, I'm telling you....this is where you should invest. I've taught 1st through fourth grade and I have used these picture books in every single grade level. I love this paper- Websters Paper. Of course, everything looks great on a little Maya Road chipboard.

Here is the valance above my huge window. Lots of Jenny Bowlin and again more Maya Road, this time the stars and penants. (I don't think they make this one any more.)

This is the view from my door. I don't know if you can tell but I have this really kickin' document camera, computer and projector on the black cart in the middle. It is so cool. I am almost totally paperless except for my books. I invest in ebooks and materials that are pdf files. I love technology.

Tomorrow I will take some more close-ups so you can see some more of the goodies I made.

The goal was to make it tasteful and cute without being cluttered. I have a lot of students including my own son who don't need a lot of distractions.

Oh.....I don't know if I told you. From my window, I can see Dallas to Maypearl I bet. The water tower behind my mom's house is in the very center of my window when I sit down at my teacher table. I like looking there and thinking that that is where my mom and dad are. TFL!

Just Wanted to Share

Before the holiday season was over, I wanted to share a little bit of what Luke did for school before the Christmas break. He had to make a concert t-shirt for his made up band. He had to tour Europe and visit several countries. He was in the Christmas Spirit, so he created a band called Polar Pudding and the name of his tour was called "The Proof is in the Pudding Tour." He is quite a whitty guy.

Front of t-shirt

Back of shirt

Map

I helped him with his extractions, but he did a really nice job I think.

Christmas

I am a terrible blogger lately, but I have had the most awesome Christmas ever. I'm hoping to have some time to scrap it later. I also never got around to printing and mailing out my Christmas cards so here they are. I may remake them and turn them into New Years cards LOL!

This was the serious card.

This is the funny one.
We are all about joy this year. We had it great measure! I hope your Christmas was joyous as well.

Boys Will be Boys

This is a great printable book by Dawn Inskip. You can buy it at Pickleberry Pop. It is so easy, all you have to do is download, print and color. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. Since I love doing the digi thing, I did add picts before I printed out the pages. I noticed I hadn't made a complete album of the boys trip to the Botanical Gardens so I thought this would be great. After I printed out the book. Sam and I colored it with map colors. Then we added ribbon, buttons, brads, stickles, glaze pins and stitching. We had so much fun. If you don't have boys that's okay, I think this book would be great for everyone. Dawn has a great fall book as well so be sure to check it out.

My Borrowed Classroom

Here it is almost October and I haven't posted picts of my class. This is my borrowed classroom. We will move into the new school in January, so I didn't go crazy in here. The room is cute, but the picts don't really reflect it all. It is refreshing moving from first and second grade to fourth grade writing. I don't have to have near as much stuff in my room.

The last pict is a bulletin board about me whenI was in fourth grade. I covered the board with a sheet and I had a seam so I needed to cover the seam. I used the star and all the ribbons to do it. Thanks for looking.

Round Up a Cure

The Crafty Scrapper has the most awesome crops, but my favorite by far is the Crop for the Cure. This year for the name tag contest, I did a little hybrid project. I thought I would share it. It is the little Bingo Card with the Cowgirl ropin' up a cure.

Ode to Val

This is a LO I did the night I got him. My Scrappy Valentine. Sam says, "He was the only one who would play with me whenever I wanted." His playful nature was something we could always depend. He always made me feel happy.

On August 7th at 2:30 Val was escaped from the house and was hit by a car. Sam and Cody witnessed the accident. Clay and I rushed home from dropping Luke off at band practice. Val was still so sweet even though he had been through such a terrible ordeal. I guess it was the shock. When we took him to the vet, he stated that there was just too much damage. It was a terrible choice to have to make. Sam and I said goodbye to My Scrappy Valentine. Clay stayed with him to the end. The rough part was giving the news to Luke. I think it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.

We continued with our plans to take Cody back to college. So, we were occuppied for a few days. It was so hard returing home on Sunday. A certain energy seemed to have vanished from our home. It is very quiet. Our other dog Kipper seems to notice it as well. I'm just a little sad. I thought I would be over it by now.