First Blog Award!

Now I don't think my blog is much to brag about, and it's definitely not as creative as many other blogs I follow, but a BIG thank you to thegreatelephantsymposium for the Stylish Blog Award! Thanks again Mary! Mary is an incredibly strong and inspirational woman and fellow bumpie (meaning we both participate in the bump message boards).
Now on to the rules that come with receiving this award....
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award. (done!)
2. Share 7 things about yourself.  (done!)
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers. (done!)
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!  (in progress)



Okay, 7 things about me. Here it goes.

1. I was born and raised a Hoosier!!!!! Go IU!

2. I used to be in color guard. I miss performing!

3. I am a kindergarten ESL teacher and teaching is my passion.

4. I love margaritas, sushi, and Mexican food. I am kind of obsessed.

5. I am a warm weather gal all the way. I HATE snow. I love living in Arizona!

6. I love to travel. Santi and I are planning trips to Japan and Europe one day.

7. I want to get more creative with my blogging and blog more often! I am so inspired by so many great bloggers out there! I am also dying to get going on my kinder blog I attempted to start at the beginning of the school year. Life just got in the way, and between planning, prep time, meetings, assessments, phone calls home, PLC, CSTs, TRTs, XYZs, 25 demanding kinders, and no aide...it just didn't happen this year. I look at all these amazing kinder blogs and the types of things they are doing in their classrooms and I just wish I could do half as many wonderful things with my kinders. I would like to say "maybe next year"...but with a new baby on the way and maternity leave in the fall, I don't see that happening!

Award 15 great bloggers. Most of these are blogs of wonderful women I met on the boards at The Bump, many are my favorite kinder/teaching blogs, and a couple are foodie blogs because I love cooking:
1. Abra from When Baby Sleeps
2. Mrs. Tims from Beautifully Flawed
3. LC from Embracing Elijah
4. Lara from Heart in the Clouds
5. Michaele from Kindergarten's 3 R's: Respect, Resources, and Rants
6. Candice (she also happens to be my sister-in-law) from Live Wife
7. Emma from The Molarnator
8. Mrs. Spatafora from Kinderblogger
9. Lisa from K is for Kindergarten
10. Natalie and Rachelle at What the Teacher Wants
11. Ashley at The Polka Dot Patch
12. Kathleen at Growing Kinders
13. Annie at Annie's Eats
14. Stephanie at My Angel Aurora Rose
15. Valeri at Take Three