New Blog Design, Making Connections, and Awards!

Don't you just feel like you are running like crazy at the end of the year?! Goodness! Here is a little bit of what I have been up to this week!

First of all, I got a NEW blog design!!! Don't you just LOVE it?!  I have waited two years and after messing around with doing it myself, I finally decided I just need to pay for it to be done.  Let's be honest...it took me an HOUR to figure out my little blog button and get it installed correctly! YEESH!  Tricia Nae at Tricia Nae Designs is who I have to thank for this beauty!!

Click on her button over there on the right if you want to check out her store! :)  She was fabulous to work with and her prices were wonderful!

In the classroom this week we are working making connections...for about the 3rd week in a row (Thank you CSCOPE! I'm so glad your lessons are going AWAY!!!!!) .  Here is what we did today....

We read this great book! We can ALL make connections with Alexander!

{click the image to purchase the book}

Then we wrote about our connections!

We also made an Alexander and then my friends made themselves, too since they were CONNECTING with Alexander and his horrible day!

{Alexander had a bad day.  This reminds me of when my sister was crying and I hardly got any sleep!}  As she was making herself, she said, "Mrs. Richardson, how do I make sleepy eyes??" Didn't she doe GREAT!?!

{Just like Alexander is unlucky, I am unlucky at basketball.} This one made me giggle! 

{Alexander didn't like pajamas and I don't like my Scooby Doo Pajamas.}

They turned out pretty cute!

One last thing...I finally finished my awards (that I started 2 weeks ago) last weekend and then went back and forth between uploading them to TpT and not, but I'm glad I did! They have been a hit so far!  Take a peak!

Check them out {HERE}!

Have a great rest of the week!! I'm off to enjoy the rest of my recorded TV!