Project 365 Week 3

Classroom Updates

Here's a few pinterest ideas that I've incorporated into my classroom. Somehow I always manage to miss out on getting pictures of my students doing the cool lessons I've found. Oh well!

This is our writing anchor chart for all the mentor texts we've read. Each strip has a picture of the mentor text and what we learned from that writer. Then we place it under the "Trait" it fits best.


This is my T-Do list. I never seemed to get back my pre-pregnancy memory.


This is my "new" file cabinet. I put a border on the side closest to my desk and covered the drawers wih bright paper just to jazz it up a little.



And I didn't see this on pinterest but i thought it was a cute idea I came up with all on my own ;) This group will all have a new baby within a 1 school year span. 7 babies (lindsey's still out on leave)!! Lots of new friends for Molly, Can you believe it.

Speedy Delivery

Kelly had a monogram swap a few weeks ago and Jamie was sweet enough to send Molly some M things. How cute are these!!

Thanks you!!

Bible Study

Molly and I started going to Bible Study at Miss Cindy's house on Wednesday night. It is such a blessing to meet with this wonderful friends to worship and study. Molly's done great playing on her own but this week I packed her her own Bible Study Bag. It has a few teething toys and the basic stuff but I included these great board books

And I picked this Coloring Book up at the Dollar Tree so it can grow with her as she gets bigger.

They also have these for when she's even older

Then I'm going to make her a blanket out of this material to put in her bag too.

And I made her this cute top. I saw one online and it was a little more than I wanted to pay. I think hers is just as cute!

Praise the Lord

My sweet friend Perla has been mentioning how much her little Harper loves her Praise Baby DVD. Usually Molly doesn't pay attention to the TV except to watch football with Daddy. Lately I've noticed she'll stop eating to look at the colors on the TV so I went to use my MLK Day coupon at the family Christian Book Store. I bought one of the DVDs for $8. I chose this one mainly because these songs are all on my favorite praise CD.

She loves it!

Wednesday Weigh In

The new challenge at school this week is going well. I lost 6 lbs last week so I'm back to my Pre-Christmas cookie weight. WHOO HOO! I bought myself a "5 lb" prize.

this is it, only mine is zebra and bright pink! Thought it was too cute and would be a practical "prize".


These soups freakin' rock! The beef pot roast is only 4 points for the WHOLE can! Which is better than I can say for the Blueberry thingys from Last week which were 2 servings per muffin DANG. The Chicken pot pie and beef and barley are my other favorites.


Here's a non-food favorite for this week. Baby Reps is a cool way to workout without having to take time away from hanging out with Molly.She thinks were playing and I get in a workout.

Recipe for the Week
STEAK SOUP
2 leftover steaks
1 lb brown ground beef
1 can diced tomatoes
6 C beef broth
1/2 t each of season salt, salt, black pepper, red pepper, celery salt
1 T flour

Mix all together and bring to a boil. Then simmer for an hour and a half


Stats for this Week
(feel free to leave yours in the comments section if you want to have another source of accountablilty)
lost this week: 6 lb
total loss in 1 weeks:6 lbs
Lbs left til Pre-Molly Weight: 12

Sensory Play

I'd been reading over on Play at Home Mom about sensory tubs. I decided that I'd make one for Molly since she's been getting more an more curious about things. It didn't cost much at all.

I hit up Wal-Mart and the Dollar Tree and bought 5 cup containers & a 6.2 Quart Steralite container. I also bought beans, rice, oats, pasta, corn, & Water Beads. I also have containers for rocks & shells, gems, and puff balls (pom-poms)

I put them into the storage containers and labeled them with my handy dandy label maker

Today I thought we'd start with the pasta

She LOVED it!