Five for Friday!! Posted on a Friday! :)

It's been a busy week. No time for blogging---FULL moon AND last week before Christmas break....geez who decided to have all of this at one time!!??

 

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.

1. We've had a blast this past week having spirit week at school. Each day was something different for the holiday. (Wear red/green, wear Christmas attire, etc.) And the last day was dress as a present day!! 

Two of our ladies at work went all out!!

 

Our kinders had Polar Express Day that same day---so I chose to wear pajama's.....why be in a box when you can be comfy!?! LOL

2. And because it was Polar Express Day----we had fun writing about what we would want our first gift of Christmas to be. 

One in particular stood out to me......

 

 I do believe he means "games" not "gas"....but I laughed so hard......!!!!

3. We had fun practicing our sight words with my new Sight Word Pack #2!!! 

4.  We made Santa Grahams.....not quite how it should look but they didn't care. They had fun and ate it up! :)

And we had fun by the "fireplace" while making these!!! (YouTube----crackling fire with Christmas music!)
 

5. Some of us bloggers are having a blast offering up one paid item for FREE for ONE day only!!! You have to check out our Facebook pages to grab the links!!! It's been a lot of fun and there are only a few days left!!!

Thanks Irene for making all of the buttons and organizing this!!

9 Days of Christmas---Freebies!!

It started today!!

Make sure you follow all of our facebook pages to stay updated on the freebies!! Each day a blogger will offer up ONE paid item for FREE up until Christmas!!!!! How exciting!

Christmas Questionnaire

 

I'm linking up with Michelle over at Fabulous in First for this little Seasonal Survey that she created. It's fun and I thought what a great way to get to know some others this season.

Hot Chocolate or Eggnog? 

Hot chocolate most definitely. I'm not a coffee drinker or anything else really. (Not even sure if I've ever even tried eggnog to be honest? Hmm??) but hot chocolate will be just fine.

 

Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them underneath the tree? 

Growing up Santa always left them on the couch. I had one side, my sister had the other side. Now Santa still leaves some stuff out and wraps the rest. My mom gets into that. 

We don't have any kids yet but when we ever do, Santa will definitely leave them out while they are younger.

 

Colored lights or white?

Always colored until this past two-three years it's been white lights. I like to change it up.

 

When do you decorate? 

Normally the day after Thanksgiving. This year---um last weekend and it's only the tree. The hubby's back is out of wack so we could only get down the tree from upstairs. So I just put that up and called it a day.

 

Real or Fake Tree? 

We tried a real tree when I was younger but my sis ended up being allergic to it. So from then on we've always had a fake tree, and now the hubs and I have had a fake tree all these years....so fake all the way! :)

 

 

What Tops Your Tree?

A bow this year. Again--only putting up the tree, all of my decorations are upstairs except for two boxes of ornaments. The angel that normally tops the tree is still upstairs. So I made a bow. 

 

Favorite Christmas Memories or Traditions?

Well my parents divorced when I was 8, so it's always been a sharing time for us. It always worked out and we were able to spend equal time at each house but knowing that Santa visited each house was really neat. Also, just going to my grandma's houses and seeing all of my family.

And now that I've been married almost 9 years---having a third house to visit as far as parents goes has made it even busier-----so it's still up at 5 am to start Christmas morning. 

Yes 5 am....and remember we don't have kids yet----and when we do.....everyone is taking a number or picking an hour and coming to our house! LOL

 

Do you remember your favorite gift as a child? 

Not really. I remember lots of gifts but never had a particular favorite gift that I remember. I was so excited just to see everything. I love getting stuff in my stocking! That was/is always fun. 

Do prefer giving or receiving? 

Giving. I get so excited for people to open the gifts I gave them to see what their reaction is. 

This is why I don't buy presents early----I can't wait to give them!

 

What is your favorite Christmas song?

Mary Did You Know? and I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. It's hilariously stupid, but the funniest song to me. I introduced it to the kiddos this week...they kept wanting to hear but my IA was looking at me like I had lost my mind! :)

Candy Canes. Yuck or Yum? 

I could really care less. I like peppermints sometimes, but just to eat a candy cane...nah I'll pass.

 

 

Favorite Christmas Movie? 

Prancer is always good. The Santa Clause. And of course the classics---Rudolph, Frosty, and Christmas Vacation.

Do you shop online or at stores?

At stores. Easier for me personally and I'm a touchy person. I need to pick up stuff and turn it over and everything to check it out! :)

 

Photo Cards, Letter or Store Bought Card? 

Anything. In today's world, getting real mail that is NOT a bill is so exciting! :)

 

Daily Deal and Reindeer Writing

Today only my new Sight Word Find and Practice Pack #2 is on sale for 40% off!!!!

Need a fun freebie??

Have your students create a wanted poster for Santa's missing reindeer!!! Or fill out a job application for a reindeer (Santa's reindeer are tired!)

Grab it here for free!

Five For Friday & Winner!

It's Friday!!!! Time for that fantastic linky about your most favorite things from the week or not so favorite...or I guess whatever you want to post about!

 

1. Elf on the Shelf arrived:

Meet Charlie---he's been up to some silly things this week!

 

 

 

2. Fun with some new math stations this week

                                            Rudolph Reindeer Roll and Count

    Not sure where the measurement cards came from...have had them for years.....

 Number Line Activity from my Gingerbread Pack

3. Here's a little joke I found on FB today to explain NC weather:

  

4. Fun song we've been singing this week

5. Winner of my giveaway for the Gingerbread Pack!!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

 

Currently & A Special Delivery

December sort of snuck (why does spell check want to fix this word?) up on me yesterday! Did a blog post and totally forgot about Currently. How did that happen??

Here it goes!

 

Listening----We are watching The Santa Clause (you know the one with Tim Allen) Such a cute movie.

Loving---This time of year. Pretty self explanatory. I love the reason for the season, the lights, the sounds, the sugar cookies and all other kinds of goodies....it's just fun! :)

Thinking--Whew I have a lot to do. We still haven't decorated. It's kind of hard to get the stuff out of the attic (and I can not do it by myself) and the hubby has messed up his back. So who knows if we will even get a tree up. Bummer. But I still have tons of other stuff I need to get done. It's the most busiest time of the year! :) 

Wanting--We have some stuff going on that I wish would hurry up and get figured out. Waiting is sort of stressful....

Needing--We usually have our kids make the applesauce and cinnamon ornaments for their parents. But this year..I kind of want to do something else (without necessarily spending any money...ugh) but wondering what else to do?! Any good suggestions??

Favorite Traditions---This one was hard. But I love watching all of the holiday movies that are on. I also love going to visit all of my family and being able to see everyone. It's hectic  but it's fun!

Today we had a special delivery show up straight from the North Pole. (I have no idea how our friend came up with the address for Santa.....)

 

I enlisted one of our librarians to help out. She brought in the package and it was freezing cold! (I had no idea my IA was taking these lovely pics of me...LOL what a face. I decided not to even post the other one! LOL)

 

     

They wanted to be able to feel how cold it was. I have never seen my kiddos so excited. It was all I could do not to crack up laughing.

And of course they were able to all help open the present. One of them said, "I like Santa. He is so nice." 

 

Then of course we read the story. 

And they all were able to pick names. Lister? Have no idea where that came from. 
 

 Once votes were cast....Charlie it is. So our friend Charlie will be up to some stuff I'm quite sure. Can't wait to share it all with you!


And don't forget my little giveaway for my Gingerbread Pack.

a Rafflecopter giveaway



And another little freebie for you for the holidays. Leave some love if you grab it!

 

Are you ready?? Freebies, Sale, & Giveaways!

Tomorrow is the day! Cyber Monday and Tuesday---HUGE TPT Sale.

Tons of stores will be 20% off PLUS you get an extra 8% with the code CYBER. Everything in my store will be on sale.....plus I extended my sale to last until Wednesday (you won't get the extra off that day but hey it's still on sale!) :)

 

Happy shopping!!


Oh, have you heard about the Illinois Tornado Relief Fundraiser? Tons of bloggers have gotten together to offer up some pretty cool bundles to raise money for those impacted. These bundles will be available through the whole month of December. Click on the button to head over to check them out.

                                   

This week we begin studying about reindeer (and we may have a special package delivered from the North Pole tomorrow). I'll post more about our reindeer activities later this week.

But here's a little labeling sheet I created last year to use. Maybe you need it as well. Grab it by clicking the picture.

And I thought I'd throw in a little giveaway to win my updated Gingerbread Pack.

 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway