It's not even summer and I'm already tan AND buttiful!

Where to start, where to start?

I'll just cut to the chase.  Now don't get jealous guys....really.  But apparently, I'm tan AND Buttiful.  Yep, you heard me.  At least according to my precious firsties.  Now before you get all happy for me, let me explain.  My kiddos are doing our Blast Off craft and reflection on the year, and today they had to brainstorm 9 words to describe moi.  And, one little precious described me as tan.

Now, some of you are Fifty Shades of Grey fans...am I right?

Well, I'm fifty shades of white...no joke.  Paper white, lily white, off white, alabaster, porcelain, take your pick.  Tan I am NOT.  But this little friend is even paler than me, so in his precious eyes I'm tan.  First time in my life I've been accused of being tan, but I'll take it.  In fact, I'm basking in the compliment....lol.

As far as being buttiful, I knew what this little friend was trying to say.  He was just spelling phonetically.  But you see, I am getting kinda butt-i-full these days.  Going for the J-Lo look right now.  I even corrected the spelling for him before he recorded it on his real page and, you guessed it, he STILL wrote buttiful.  So apparently this is a sign that I need to start walking at night..and lay off the Little Debbie Cakes.  Oy.

If you want to see what your kiddies thought of you (and their year) you should check out this craft.  Here are some pics of the sample.  And I'll post pics of their projects later this week.  Click {HERE} to check it out on TPT.

This unit is suitable for grades K-5.

Now that I'm feeling all tan and buttiful, let me share a few goodies with you.  I haven't decided yet if I'm going to send home any workbooks or summer activity pages with my kids.  I bought some awesome first grade review books at this bargain store in North Carolina last year, but I haven't driven by there lately.  They were the Bridge to 2nd Grade/Summer Learning books and they reviewed EVERYTHING.  I got them for $2 or $3 each (regularly $10-12)...a total steal.  I'm a bit limited on copies right now, so I may not get to buy and copy anything from TPT.  Although I'm lusting over Faith Wheeler's cute new set {HERE}.

But I did get around to creating a summer reading log for my kids.  I kept it simple...no listing the book titles, pages read, etc.  They simply read for 15-20 mins, add a mini sticker from the Dollar Tree, and have their parents initial.  They can bring it back to me in the fall and if it's *mostly* full, I'll get them a treat.

Here are pics.  Click the pic below to download from TPT:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Reading-Logs-FREEBIE

Finally, here's one last freebie.  How many of you buy the little H2O basters from the Dollar Tree? 

These are a huge hit with the kiddos.  You can buy the short ones or the long ones.  This is one of the items that I'm including in my kids' goodie bags, and I've created a cute little tag to place on them.  Simply cut the tag and attach it to the blaster with bright ribbon.  I'm working on the other items for their goody bag, and I'll share the labels as I make them, so keep an eye out.  You can download it from TPT by clicking below:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Have-a-Blast-Summer-Student-Gift-Tag-FREEBIE

I'll leave you with one good look at my tan.  See, guys, I told you the kid was right.  ;)

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Now I'm off to celebrate my tan butt-i-fullness with a well-deserved Little Debbie Cake.  I kid you not.