first grade funnies

1. a group of my kids were at a painting center. i overhear one of the girls (this girl has a bit of a speech problem and a grand imagination) saying this: "i turned my grandma into a BARFLY. she is the best barfly. she is a pretty barfly. there is no barfly better than my grandma!" i thought i was going to pee my pants! translation: BARFLY= butterfly. :)

2. during a journal entry, one of my boys (i actually taught this boy's MOM when she was in 8th grade!) drew a picture of me. next to me was a building with a sign on it that read: "BAR". so i said, in my best teacher voice, "wow. what a great picture. tell me about this place here." he says, "that's the bathroom, duh!" of course! my classroom is right next to the bathroom and he used first grade sound stretching to spell it out. :)

it's going to be a SUPER year!

hip hop, ya don't stop!

well we are hip hoppin' again over at unity stamps! if the beastie boys were scrapbookers, they would TOTALLY be hoppin' with us today! today is out of control! angela went all give-away-crazy and if giving away over $300 in prizes!! crazy, i know.

so, start at angela's blog http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ and get a hoppin'! the party will continue all day from 10am-midnight. pop in to splitcoaststampers sometime today and check it out!

after my blog, check out maren's blog http://zanynotcrazy.com/. she always has the cutest cards on there. you will dig it.

stamps used in layouts: love is toxic http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/9-kit_uk136a_love_is_toxic

operation hip hop

there is so much going on into the unity stamp world! continuing today is the HIP HOP THURSDAY party! here's the dealio: you start at angela's blog http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ again and hop your way from dt blog to dt blog, finally ending at the last blog. after leaving a commment, you could win the set "school rock star" (used above)!

BUT WAIT...THERE'S MORE! all orders are 10% of (use code HIPHOP) and there is a stamp you can buy for one flippin' penny! crazy, i know! if you check out splitcoaststamps.com, you can also win other stamps!

after leaving my blog, go check out robyn's! she's quite crafty (but not in the beaastie boys way!). http://herebygrace.typepad.com/here_by_grace/

4th grade rock star: http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/101-kit_uk191_school_rock_star
best friends: http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/75-kit_uk166_best_friends

can i get a HIP HOP?!?!?

sooooo...here is a cool new tradition at unity! each and every thursday, we are going to have a HIP HOP thursday. what does that mean exactly, you ask??? well, it means that you go to angela's blog to do a little blog hoppin'. each new blog will direct you to another. at the end of the blog hoppin', you will have a grand opportunity to earn yourself some free unity stamps!! shut up...it's true!!!!! so go here http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ right away and let the fun begin!!!

layout: deer hunter

stamps: alpha c camo http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/199-kit_alpha_c_camo

road trip http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/171-kit_uk145w_road_trip

layout: jen erickson unleashed

stamps: road trip http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/171-kit_uk145w_road_trip

good times http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/163-kit_uk132w_good_times

old skool http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/185-kit_uk141w_old_skool

fun night out http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/179-kit_uk192_fun_night_out

blog to hop after mine: brooke. http://brookelien.blogspot.com/ she is one of my new bff's. i know this because we took a photo cheek to cheek. :) you will LOVE her blog. she has funky fresh music and fun pictures!

day trippin'

the weather was beautiful at adventure land amusement park today. here are my highlights.

1. i learned a new phrase from ryan. "big fat mad." he said, "if we don't get to go on that ride, i'll be big fat mad at you." i love it and will now start using it.

2. another new phrase i got from a boy behind me on a ride..."ah..no! i dropped that on him like a BOMB!" (re: to the shocking news he told someone)

3. abby played a couple everyone-is-a-winner games and got 2 tiny and somewhat ugly stuffed animals. the first was a little penguin. she named him "PLAN B" wth?!?! who does that?!?!?

4. i had to take a few for the team and ride some spinny rides. not pretty. still recovering.

5. greasy food does not sit well with me. enough said. give me chicken and rice any day.

6. my youngest two love me so much and still want to snuggle and hug in line when it is hot and sweaty.

7. i am in mourning. while descending down the log ride big hill, my all time FAVORITE baseball hat (even though i have others, i always where this one...used to be black, now greyish) flew off. i was really sad.

trip grade A-
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