Fall into the Weekend

I have a new found appreciation for the weekends since starting my career. Like I've said before, I LOVE my job, but I crave the weekends and sleeping in nonetheless. This weekend in St. Louis was FAB-U-LOUS! It rained (and I mean poured) Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were a perfect way to start fall. It was in the 70s and sunny. My heaven! Fall is my favorite season, so this girl was happy! Here are some pictures to recap my weekend:

Ok, so this was from last weekend, but how great is this view?!

 Saturday I ran errands, which included some shopping at TJ Maxx. I also stopped at Hobby Lobby to pick up some material for a new fall wreath. The night ended at the Clayton Art Fair, one of my favorite St. Louis events, didn't hurt that I got to spend time with my little buddy. ;)

TJ MAXX find

Milly guarding her new bone

Clayton Art Fair

What a nugget

Sunday night dinner, YUM!

This weekend was so fun and ended with a doggie playdate and making dinner. Feeling refreshed and ready for this next week of work. What did you do this weekend?

The Big Reveal

Hey y'all! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I sure enjoyed having an extra day off! This past week we had Back to School Night and the 6th graders led chapel, so needless to say the 6th grade teachers really deserved this long weekend (at least we think we did ;) Finally, I have uploaded the picture of my class room and am ready to share:

Before:

 The school I work for is a ministry of a local church and the school part is in the basement. Therefore...no windows. :( so...since I have no natural light coming in I decided to do bright colors and use a polka dot theme. I didn't do a ton of decorating but I am so pleased with how it turned out! 

After:

My desk

View of my desk/file cabinets

One of my bulletin boards that will eventually display student work/projects. Right now it just has a problem solver.

The main door to my classroom

Desks, rules and boards

My favorite part of the classroom: THE LIBRARY! I got cheap pillows and a bathroom rug from WalMart (college section) and then made the hanging flowers from tissue paper. DIY here. I altered mine a bit.

Classroom rules. I found this ADORABLE, FREE printable via Mrs. Heeren's Happenings. Check out her entire blog. It's awsome-sauce!

Name tags that are on the front of the desks

Love the way my classroom turned out, but already thinking of the changes I want to make for next year and things to add so it feels a little more filled and decorated.