Life: It's a new year...

Hi 2016!
2015 was amazing, crazy, scary, long, short, hectic, funny, thrilling, and so much more.
Let me catch everyone up quickly.
We moved back to Texas. I got a job teaching 4th grade at an amazing school. Tim works for a construction company as a project manager. We got the boys into a great daycare that we love. Cogley started walking...and now running. He is now 21 months old. Asher is doing therapy and getting a helmet to re-shape his flat head, poor baby. He is now 10 months old. He still isn't crawling, barely sitting up, and doesn't like baby food, but we are working on all of those things.
One of the most exciting things we did in 2015 was buy our first house. Over the last 5 years we have rented, so it was time to settle down and get a place of our own. WE. LOVE. OUR. HOUSE.
We are in the process of decorating and making it our own. The fun part.
Now for some pics!

Happy New Year and God Bless!

Life: Finally under control...I think...

Life seems to be coming together. I've got all my school stuff together, life stuff together, and soon etsy stuff together. :]

Here are some pics of how life is going...

1. My husband decided a while back that he was going to use this cute plush zebra, who we lovingly call Zooey, and hide her every night before we go to bed. I find it super cute and at the same time super annoying. :] The other night I found her on my vase on a hanging shelf. What a weirdo!



2. I have this really bad habit of twirling my hair. ALL. THE. TIME. It's to the point where I think I might be going crazy. Thankfully I have a ton of hair and when some falls out from twirling for hours I still have a full head of hair. Timmy and I were watching TV the other night and he saw me twirling my hair, so he picked up a few strands and started twirling it with me. I guess he felt left out.



3. I've been stalking this hair tie designer for a while. Her shop is called Knotieties and I adore her stuff. I finally bought some of her stuff from one of her Monday night sales that she does from her Facebook account. They came in the mail earlier this week and I have been wearing a few each day!



4. We took school pictures the other day and they finally came in. The teachers always get an ID to hang on their lanyard. I just love how this years photo came out so I thought I would share. AND yes I am still married. They put MS. instead of MRS., oh well. :]



5. This was my favorite part of this week. I received my first apple of the year from one of my students. She was so sweet and said she just thought I needed a red apple for my desk. I love my kiddos.



I hope y'alls week was as sweet as mine.

God Bless

Life: Finally under control...I think...

Life seems to be coming together. I've got all my school stuff together, life stuff together, and soon etsy stuff together. :]

Here are some pics of how life is going...

1. My husband decided a while back that he was going to use this cute plush zebra, who we lovingly call Zooey, and hide her every night before we go to bed. I find it super cute and at the same time super annoying. :] The other night I found her on my vase on a hanging shelf. What a weirdo!



2. I have this really bad habit of twirling my hair. ALL. THE. TIME. It's to the point where I think I might be going crazy. Thankfully I have a ton of hair and when some falls out from twirling for hours I still have a full head of hair. Timmy and I were watching TV the other night and he saw me twirling my hair, so he picked up a few strands and started twirling it with me. I guess he felt left out.



3. I've been stalking this hair tie designer for a while. Her shop is called Knotieties and I adore her stuff. I finally bought some of her stuff from one of her Monday night sales that she does from her Facebook account. They came in the mail earlier this week and I have been wearing a few each day!



4. We took school pictures the other day and they finally came in. The teachers always get an ID to hang on their lanyard. I just love how this years photo came out so I thought I would share. AND yes I am still married. They put MS. instead of MRS., oh well. :]



5. This was my favorite part of this week. I received my first apple of the year from one of my students. She was so sweet and said she just thought I needed a red apple for my desk. I love my kiddos.



I hope y'alls week was as sweet as mine.

God Bless

School: Dr. Seuss themed signs and classroom stuff...

Now that I have all my school stuff under control I would like to share some of the decor that I made for my classroom. This year I decided to do a theme: Dr. Seuss. I love my decision and so do my kiddos. My behavior system is called "Turffula Balls" and the kids can move up in their centers depending on how many Truffula Balls they have.

Here are some of the signs and labels that I used in my classroom. Please feel free to use them and enjoy!



















The Dr. Seuss digital clip art was from here. I love all of her stuff!!!

God Bless

Life: 1st day of school, graduation, ninja...

Hello, my name is Charlotte and I am an awful blogger. :[

So, to get you up to speed on what's been happening I'm going to make a list:

1. The first day/week of school has come and gone. The principal and 1st grade team decided to make me the 1st/2nd combo class. I was a bit sad at first, but quickly got over it. I love my kiddos and can't wait for this year. I have some of my 1st graders from last year in my 2nd grade. They are such angels. The cute 1st graders are so smart and are transitioning well into learning 1st grade things.



2. On the second day of school I was absent. I'm such a bad teacher, but it was for a good reason. Timmy was graduating from his Chinese class. I HAD to be there! He and another classmate gave the speech in Chinese and English. They did so good and it was funny, which is totally Timmy. I'm so proud of him and can't wait to see where this language takes us over the years. God is so good!



3. For funsies we love going to Target. It's like hanging out at Wal-Mart in the south. :] While we were there the other day I found these cute "fake" glasses in the kids section. I had to try them on and almost bought them. I've always wanted to wear glasses, but I have pretty good vision. Ha!! I know I'm weird!



4. Timmy came home one day with this little ninja. I don't know where he gets these things. At least he isn't bringing home stray animals. :] Anyways, he has been putting it everywhere. I found it on my purse one morning when I was ready to leave. What a crazy boy!



5. Finally, I updated my etsy business cards and just love them. Can't wait to send them with someones purchases. Oh, and I just got some great jewelry making goodies in the mail this week. When I have a free moment from school stuff and life stuff I will TOTALLY be making new stuff! :]



Have a fab week and God Bless