Lately...

This past weekend we went to the park and saw Easton's best friend!!  He LOVES this little friend of his at school and I hear every day of what they play at school.  They were the sweetest things playing together.  We'll call Easton's friend, "D", for this post!

A few funny and sweet moments I don't want to forget:  

* D and Easton were going up the steps for the slide and D said, "What's this Easton?" Easton replied, "Oh, that's dirty!"

* When D was climbing up the slide, Easton reached down and held out his hand to help him up the slide.  What a sweet moment!  The same thing happened when D helped Easton up the slide. 

* They were so sweet playing together saying, "Easton, come on!" or "D, let's go!"

This is a sweet picture of Easton before bed last night.  I love this boy more than anything else in this world!!

Today I got a letter from my sponsored child, Emily, in Peru!  I always LOVE getting letters, but I was even more excited to get this picture of her!!  Is she not the cutest?!?!

Easton's Jungle Room!!

I have been dying to share Easton's big boy room!  When I thought about changing his room to a big boy room, I didn't really envision a jungle animal theme, BUT Easton loves them so much that I knew we HAD to go with it!  After all, it's HIS room and we wanted it to "fit" him!  We ordered the bedding online at Olive Kids bedding as well as the prints to go with it!  We are so happy with how it turned out and Easton LOVES it, too!  This is the view as soon as you walk into his room.  

To the left:

To the right...

By the bed...

We have a night stand ordered, but it is taking forever to get here!

LOVE his room!!  

Our Life in Pictures!

This morning...

I got this Saturday started off great with a 3 mile Providence Heart & Sole walk with my friend Kacey!  Although it rained on us the entire time, it was nice to get some exercise in and catch up with her outside of school!  It's about time for a ~nap~ though!  My mom ran the Country Music Half Marathon this morning so I am SUPER proud of her!

This week...

We took Easton to a local park to try to get some good pictures of him and we got several great ones!  I love this little boy more every day!  

At school...

Our school has experienced two sad events.  Last week a high school student was murdered.  I didn't know her, but the details have just about given me chills when I think about it.  Then, this week one of my students lost his mother.  I can't imagine how he feels and he is just so young to be without his mother.  

We have wrapped up our unit with LIVE animals!  At one time, I have 46 living creatures (besides my students, of course!) in my classroom!  Eeeekkkk! We had our class Betta fish, millipedes, African Dwarf frogs, and Fiddler crabs!  I cannot tell you how many times those stinkin' millipedes escaped and were crawling around my room.  

I also got some BIG news that next year I will be looping up with my fourth graders and I will be teaching.....

I was a little surprised, a little shocked, a little oh-my-gosh-are-you-kidding-me, a little no-I-love-4th-grade, and a little excited all at the same time!  HA! Here's to a new adventure in my teaching career!

New Bistro Set

I am loving my new bistro set that we got this week!  It was a great addition to my little front porch!  

Now I am on the lookout for a new welcome mat, possibly with our state palmetto tree logo.  Might as well embrace all of SC while I'm here!  I saw one at Bed, Bath, and Beyond that I may go get this weekend!  I also need a little something to go on the table.  Maybe a small plant?  

Landscaping

First, I want to say that my prayers go out to everyone affected by the explosions in Boston.  Why anyone would want to hurt innocent people is just beyond me.  Praying for all those injured and/or killed.  

This weekend we decided to go to Lowe's and Home Depot to buy some flowers, plants, etc.  Easton was just as happy as could be at Lowe's!

It was the first time I've ever wore a baseball hat out in public!  I think I'll have to wear it more often!  It sure was easier than getting my hair fixed!

We added more black mulch to our flower beds.  I can't wait until our flowers start blooming!

We planted ferns on our back deck.  I love these planters!

I also bought two of these planters for my front porch!  Love them!

One of these days I'd love to learn more about plants and gardening!