Five for Friday! My first one! :) and a {{GIVEAWAY!}}

Hello friends! It's Friday and that means Five for Friday linky time over with Doodle Bugs Teaching! I'm so very excited for my first time linking up here as it seems my fellow bloggy friends just go BANANAS for it! :) So without further adieu, here are my five!

#1- This The Fabulous Life of an Elementary Teacher- she is PHENOMENAL! I started following her on Instagram and THEN she asked ME to help her kick off her new blog by using a few of my TpT items in her giveaway! OMGEE! I am just beyond thrilled about this and mostly because she has been such an inspiration through Instagram and TpT, I feel so honored! She had so many donations that she doesn't have just one giveaway- OH NO! She has FIVE- that's right, 5 giveaways! Holy guacamole! So head on over and give her some new-blog lovin' buy following her and OF COURSE enter the AMAZING giveaways while you're there! :) {Click the picture to head on over!}

#2- My classroom is slowly coming together! I know that many teachers have their rooms finished and mine still looks bare compared to yours! However, this being my first room- I'm proud! :)

#3 I love bringing my lunch- I love even MORE when my husband makes my lunch because he always puts fun stuff and cute notes for me to find, and I TOTALLY feel like a kid :) So, when I stumbled upon this on Pinterest today, I just knew I had to pin it! These lunch/breakfast/snack ideas are fabulous! Click on the picture to head on over to this fabulous blog! :)

#4- This birthday treat idea is adorable! I just cannot get over how awesome this is!  I found the idea on Pinterest, but it linked back to the fabulous Amanda over at Teaching Maddeness. I cannot wait to do this for my team members and other faculty at school this year! It's easy and you can TOTALLY make yours in advance! I would be so excited to get one of these on my special day, so I hope everyone else is as well! :) {Click the picture to head over and see how she made them!}

#5-  I had my New Teacher Training yesterday from 8:30-3:30p. I thought to myself at first - "AWW MAN! That's an ENTIRE day that I have to miss in the classroom!"… However, I was BEYOND blown away with the knowledge and ideas that I gained from this training! We got to meet our mentor coaches for the year who will come to our classrooms throughout the year to see how we are doing as newbies and what we can do to improve. I'm lucky to have such an amazing support system in my district and I feel so much more comfortable knowing that I have people to rely on. Not to mention- I TOTALLY WON A $50 GIFT CARD TO OFFICE DEPOT!!!! AHHH!! I never win :) So, I was SUPER excited about this! They showed us this video when we did our breakout sessions with our mentors- I actually have seen this video numerous times and I also showed it to my 4th graders this past Spring to pump them up before FCAT writes! :) It is definitely my favorite inspiration video/person!
Make sure to share this with your students! Could be a good first day activity! Hmm.. My wheels are turning now! ;)


Well, thanks for stopping by everyone! I hope that you will remember to follow me on Blog Lovin' and also don't forget to check out that awesome giveaway over at The Fabulous Life of an Elementary Teacher!