100th Day Celebration

HAPPY 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

Today we celebrated! All week long we have been participating in "100 activities week". We have done everything from 100 toe touches to 100 jump ropes to 100 jumping jacks. Talk about a work-out! It's almost as good as my Jillian Michaels dvd I've been doi

As part of our celebration, I let everyone bring in 100 of something to add to our special 100th day snack. Ugh, talk about a sugar overload!

For a special treat, I painted the girl's nails. I've never seen them so giddy with excitement.

Voila! Here is the finished result! They were so super excited to show off their little fingers. Notice the little boy in the red? Just to clarify, I did NOT paint his nails! He is just being super silly. This little guy is quite the character, and decided to pose for a few more pics for me:

This is what sugar in large amounts does to 5 year-olds. All I can say is thank the Lord it's Friday! Haha

Ian: "I'm batmaaaaan...."
Me: "Um, ooooookaaaaaayyyy... Hi Batman."
Ian: "Hahaha, Miss Jancy, you're cwaaaazzzzyyyyy!"

Fully tummies... of pure sugar. Next year, I am waiting until right before they leave for home to pass out their snack. I figure, since the parents are the ones who send the candy, they should have to deal with the consequences. Hehe.

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone! I'm doing a whole lot of relaxing, a bit of cleaning, and having some friends over. Enjoy!

Humor Has It...

So, we all know that children say the funniest things sometimes. Being a kindergarten teacher, I hear my fair share. I wanted to share something one of them said the other day.

I was sweeping the floor of my classroom the at the end of the day last week, and out of the blue, one of my little girls piped up and told me "Miss Jancy, you're so cute!" Although they are constantly telling me things like that, I must admit that it helped boost the ego a little, and I swelled with pride. For a second, for in the next, my bubble was burst when she continued "You're cuter than my doggie."

"Wow... um, thanks?" (Not feeling so cute anymore)...

At dinner with a church member and her family (who has a student in my class), I recounted the tale, certain it was good for a few laughs. Keon, (the one in my class) told me, "You aren't cuter than MY dog. MY dog is the cutest dog in the whoooollllleeee world!" (Ego level at about negative 20). Then he paused and said, "Wait, maybe you are cuter.... my dog stinks!" Haha. Oh well, at least I'm not smelly!

A Random Fall Day

First of all, let me just say, GO CARDINALS!!!! Awesome start to the World Series!

Do you think this hurt? It hurts me just looking at it. I'm sure adrenaline kicked in and he felt no pain then, but what about this morning? LOL

If I had a ton of time (and skill) I would totally do this! I actually wore a cardinals shirt last night to church, not knowing that I would be involved in our Patch Club program, and would have to be up on stage handing out microphones and helping with the program. Not that it's a big deal at our church or anything, but I prefer to be a little more dressed up. I know no one minded though, because... hello... it's the Cardinals! Ha!


Item number two. I am currently obsessed with Kate Middleton. She is so classy and cute, and her clothes are perfection. Here are a few of my "royal favorites":

Gorgeous Jenny Packham dress

Soft dove gray dress by a London designer and Jimmy Choo pumps

A gorgeous Zara print dress and a hat only the British could get away with. Sigh... :)


And lastly on my plate today is my kiddos. Of course I always have to mention them. Because, let's face it, I don't really have that much of a life outside of them. This year I have Hailey, the Pastor's youngest granddaughter. She is so cute, and is constantly at my side. I think she may be already turning into a girly-girl, though, because she always wants to take pictures with me on my phone. We usually end up blinded because of the flash, and see spots for a full five minutes following out "photography session". It's well worth it though, not because of the picture quality, but because we giggle the entire time we are doing it.

I always tease her that our hair is the same color, and I'm going to cut hers off and glue it to mine. Then she will be bald and I will have long hair. That sends her into fits of giggles, and so today she came up with a solution. She stood behind me and draped her hair over my shoulder. I must admit that I like the look (okay, use your imagination ;) and am excited because as of right now I'm attempting to grow my hair out.

We really do try to get cute pictures, but they usually turn out like this, or worse...

We were finally able to get one that we both agreed was "cute". :) After our photo shoot, I was cajoled into playing basketball, soccer, volleyball (all with a rubber ball that had the consistency of a beach ball) as well as "Sugga Sugga, Suuu Suu" (the train game). Haha, at least I'm getting a little exercise inside on these chilly fall days when we can't go outside for recess.

The Pumpkin Patch

This weekend I was able to take a quick trip home to Indiana with a friend and her children. I had such a wonderful visit with my parents, and were able to surprise my grandparents with a visit.

Don't you enjoy the subtle tribute to the Cardinals in the background? Ha! I must admit... I've jumped on the band-wagon and am a Cardinals fan full-force. So excited about them going to the World Series!!! Go Cards!

Don't my grandparents look amazing for being in their 90's??? My grandpa just turned 98 last Wednesday.

Today we went on our first field trip of the year- the the Pumpkin Patch.

We all loaded onto a van and headed out into the country.

There were so many fun things to do: a "sand box" full of corn

An awesome hay slide

Panning for "gold"

Okay, aren't the ADORABLE??? :)

There was also a small petting zoo, and we got to pet the cutest animals!

And then we went to the Pumpkin Patch! Each student was able to pick out their own pumpkin, and we took a hayride to get the the field.

The Day the Fire Department Came

This week is National Fire Prevention week, and today the Fire Department came to our school. They do this every year, and the kiddos absolutely LOVE it!

Sparky!!!

Sparky was obviously the hit of the show. :)

They even got to climb through the fire truck. Here is our cute little class.