I have a confession, I can be the worst eater sometimes! I love cooking but I hate last minute meals. I much rather grab something on the way home from work then try to figure out what to cook once I get home. I figured this out some time ago so right away I began […]

Jimmy and I decided we needed to do chopped again. Our first go around was exciting, so we called on our judges to find us some more secret ingredients to complete in our home version of the show Chopped. If you are not familiar with Chopped on Food Network… there are three timed rounds: appetizer, […]

I’m sharing with you today my classroom’s February art project to be displayed in the hallway. I was very inspired by the artwork I posted on my February Favorites. I love doing art in the classroom and having students work together to achieve the same end goal. These handprint art projects came out better than […]

My teaching partner and I were lucky enough to SCORE a full day of planning (because we are newbies to this grade level!) with our instructional coach this week. We got SO much done, my little OCD heart is singing. With MLK day coming up really quickly, I knew that we needed to plan some […]

I wanted to share some photos of my classroom (Sorry for the quality, I was using my phone and in a rush). I’m so thankful to everyone who has helped me get here, especially my mom, dad and my best friend Marty! These are from last week when I was literally walking out the door, […]

One of my best friends and I decided to hold a chopped night. We both love cooking and thought the friendly competition would be fun! My boyfriend Jonathan and friend Jaime were our judges for the event and also the ones who selected all the secret ingredients. We also had the time constraints like on […]