oh, hey there!

School is here. And I've been a busy little bee getting ready for my new school babies. I wanted to share some pictures of my classroom and a few things that we've been up to. If you follow me on instagram then you have probably seen the pics. {I think I might have a picture taking problem, oh well.} 

my desk at the beginning of the day and then after. ha! 

favorite travel mug. perfect. 

 grabbin' coffee after school, otherwise I wouldn't have made it to dinner. 

got this idea from a blog that I follow. the kids loved doing it! very excited about starting our interactive math notebooks this year! 

new behavior chart for this year! hopefully I like it better than last year's. 

new planner :))) 

meet the teacher day! got to meet my kiddos! 

As far as Birkeland babies go.. We are still in midst of praying about what's next. George actually showed up on Thursday, but this cycle I have done a few things different. As most of you know, my periods normally kick my booty... sometimes it hurts to walk... I know, ridiculous. This time though, I have only taken motrin a couple of times. {We are trying to rid our lives of harmful toxins, plastics, and antibiotics, etc. Check out the healthy changes label for more info!} I have also been using the essential oil, Solace. I'm pretty sure between the oil, chiropractor visits, and taking HOT baths, the pain has backed off. Y'all don't even know how amazing this is for me. It is certainly life changing. 

I also found out yesterday that a sweet sweet friend of mine that I've known for a very long time is pregnant with a miracle baby. She has suffered many losses and this is certainly her miracle. She conceived naturally without help from medicine or procedures. She and many other friends of mine have mentioned a book called "Supernatural Childbirth"... I started reading it last night and I am almost finished with it. I am blown away by the power of scripture and the fear that we think we just have to live in. THIS IS NOT BIBLICAL. We are suppose to be able to conceive a healthy baby, have a ill free pregnancy, and get this... a pain free delivery. These are things that I will be praying over myself until I have peace about moving on to other options. We are called to pray for what we've been told is impossible or that it might just not happen. 

I encourage you to check this book out, even if you aren't ready to become a mom quite yet. It's extremely eyeopening and empowering. 

Happy Saturday & as always, thanks for reading! 

KB

Weekend, 5dpiui, & TMI

What a fabulous, fun, and busy weekend! It all started with spending time with none other than Miss Brooklyn Chase! Boy, do I LOVE that child. Here she is reading. The child LOVES books, I mean, LOVES!

 

 

Here we are taking a sweet little nap... oh sweet cuddles. I could just eat her up!

 

 Random highlight: My Mom drove my car to run some errands and filled my tank up! She bascially rocks.

 

 

Something fun! I helped host a couple shower for two of our closest friends that are getting married May 24th. Dru is singing, I am a bridesmaid, my dad is officiating, and my mom is directing. Needless to say, we are all very involved :) Saturday night was so much fun. I tried to snap some pictures of the decor, food, and the guests! Oh, wedding season, you are officially here.

 

Now, on to the TMI...

that's your warning. Don't continue reading if you don't want to know some

not-so-appealing things about me.

 

I have had sore boobs since the day after my IUI, there I said it. I normally have sore boobs a couple of days before George starts, but that's it. The past two IUI/clomid cycles have not included the whole sore boobs thing. I also have been dizzy too. The other day at school I almost fell over. My poor schools babies were like, "Mrs. B, are YOU okay?!" So concerned. But then they laughed after I was okay :) Oh, I love them so.

 

I am also keeping myself distracted.

*See above*

I had to look and see how many dp I was! This is weird for me. I'm normally disturbingly aware of what CD I am and how many dpo/dpiui I am. I really feel as though the Lord is blessing me by allowing me to focus on other important things. I am very grateful. I have so many blessings in my life that need and deserve my attention. TTC should not consume everything about my life, but I'm ashamed to say, it does. I'm working, people. I'm working.

 

Now, to go finish washing clothes... Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone is taking some time to relax, spend time with Jesus, and your families.

 

Much love!

KB

 



Five For Friday!

Happy Friday! 

I probably should be posting more about my classroom, but oh well. 

1. My fam and I went to the AU Women's Bball game last Sunday! Guess what sweet baby sat in my lap? Yep, sweet BCF. Love that baby! 

2. Pretty sure I had food poisoning on Tuesday. I was sick pretty much until yesterday afternoon...had to sit out a day of school too. It was definitely bad news bears. This was my set-up. 

3. Yeah, pretty much. Legit. 

4. My school babies filled their "Marble Jar" this week, soooo Mrs. B had to come through on her promise! A TREAT, of course! I thought donuts was a great choice. They LOVED them :) 

5. Since George interrupted my joy of being pregnant this month, two of my sweet friends sent me flowers at school. I'm oh so blessed. It literally made me cry. I know, I know, surprise.. surprise :)  

Extra picture! Love that baby! She's definitely my favorite. 

Again, happy Friday friends! 

KB

Five for Friday (again, late)

Five for Friday (or Sunday) 

1. Added a new activity in the classroom to help the kids "sight" their vocabulary words in their reading, while talking to family or friends, or anywhere outside the classroom. They are loving it and doing a great job with it. They created a heart with the sticky notes... oh, those kiddos. So funny! 

 2. Valentine Hallway Display: torn tissue paper hearts, and a Valentine graphic from TPT! :) 

3. Oh, my husband... He is the best. We actually celebrated Monday with dinner at our house and Thursday with gifts and dessert. He got me a 1 hour massage and facial. It was divine. I got it done yesterday at a local spa. 

4. Here are some pics from our Valentine party at school. The children were crazy, but rightly so. It was a fun day and I was pooped. Look at that sweet baby that has his napkin in his shirt. Love it :) 

5. This weekend was also our marriage conference that our church does every year called, Ignite. It was a great time. Friday night we had some dance instructors teach us some moves and ended the night with some Soul Train :) Good times. I'm so glad my good friend, Stacey, caught us in action! 

There ya have it! My week at a glance! 

Have a great rest of your Sunday :) 

KB

My First Five for Friday (a day late)

So pumped to join in on the F-U-N! Five for Friday!  

1. We started our Plant Growth and Development Unit this week. Very interesting! Sorry, forgot to snap some pictures. 

2. On Tuesday, I had an amazing time with a dear sweet amazing woman named Susan. I seriously love chatting with her. She is so wise, loving, caring, and LOVES Jesus. What a blast! #hopebloats :) 

3. I finished up my last week of 3 chiro visits... I start with just 2 next week. Feeling great! Highly recommend this place :) 

4. My kid(s) will be on this wall SOON! (believing) 

5. Dream Team Party was last night! Amazing time celebrating the awesome people that serve every week at our church! So many laughs. If I find the video of the songs that they sang, I will definitely post it :) 

Yay for Five for Friday! 

Love, 

KB

random. smandom.

3rd grade is oh so interesting. {I love it, don't get me wrong!} These children crack me up daily. I have a few things that I've been meaning to share and I finally took pictures. Our school began doing Daily 5 this year, so here's my reference board in my classroom for my kiddos. We created the I-Charts at the beginning of the year, so we will know exactly what to do during our centers. Do you still think they follow the chart..?? Umm... no, but that's okay. At least we started off on the right foot. OH well.. oh teaching....

We also created Symmetrical Bugs about a week ago during our Geometry unit. The kids LOVED this activity! I, of course, saw the idea on Pinterest, but traced it back to this blog. A co-worker of mine tried it out.. she had great things to say about it. It was not as time consuming or stressful as I thought it would be :) 

Until next time... 

KB

Big Girl JOB!

As most of you know from Facebook, I GOT A BIG GIRL JOB!!!!! I really have been thinking about how to really express how excited I am and this is what I came up with.... AHHHHHH!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so as you can see I'm very excited and so blessed. Northside Intermediate is where I worked this past school year. It all started last August, which began my student teaching semester. Then, in January I was asked to be a contract worker from January 11th to April 27th, which involved working on Reading & Math with small groups of children. It was a great opportunity for me! After I finished my contract work, I was asked to finish the year for a teacher because she was sick. It was not under the best circumstances, but I was very grateful for the opportunity. So.... after all of this experience at Northside, of course, I wanted to work there. This is the work of the Lord, you can't tell me this is coincidence! Of all years, THIS YEAR, there is an opening. I am just in total awe of the Lord and his goodness. I will definitely give it my all and do my very very BEST!!! I will hopefully start moving in my classroom in the next couple of weeks. Lots to do!