Taste of Our Town & Classroom Panic

Last Thursday after a day of looking at houses (we think we found one!!) we headed downtown to a fun little weeknight treat. Our town hosted an event that showcased local food and drinks. They had over 20 vendors and some wine tasting. Because I was not able to partake in the vino taste testing I made sure to try lots of the food! :) We bought our tickets and made our way around the town square taste testing all the yummy things our town had to offer. My favorite was a pulled pork lasagna from a local BBQ place. It sounds weird I know, but it was soooooo yummy. I used 4 of my tickets to get two pieces! There was not only great food, but LOTS of desserts and a live band. We stayed about as long as I could take it because it was so HOT and we used all of our food tickets- all 20 of them. It was a great turnout- much greater than they planned. Many vendors ran out of food and it was a challenge to find a place to sit- but we loved being downtown just enjoying each other and yummy food! I am pretty sure Clark loved it because he had a cupcake, a meatball and a cake pop for dinner. Healthy I know- but hey it is summer and you are only 3 once right??!

My cute boy and his cake pop.
It was a super cute idea- cake with frosting in a push-up.
Loves it.

Please ignore my slight farmers sunburn...

Our little family of 3  5.

Because of the idea of moving to a new house (prayers appreciated that all deals work out and we make the right choices.) and moving to a new classroom I spent all day Friday working in my classroom. I figured I had better get one thing crossed off the list... right?? Well I walked into room 204 to find this...

OVERWHELMED does not even begin to describe what I was feeling. Not only was I welcomed with this HUGE mess, but the air conditioning was also turned off. But I was determined. I stayed from 9:30- 2:30 and emptied about 35 boxes. I filled a cabinet (NO CLOSET IN ROOM 204), put all my resource books in a filing cabinet, and organized my classroom library while sorting out all the books that were most likely too young for 5th graders. I took a few breaks to head down to the office- where the air was on and enjoy a popsicle to ensure there was no passing out and worked until I could work no more. I will be heading back next week in the evenings once Stuart is home to work some more. I promise it will look much more like THIS when I am done. It just may take longer than I would like as I am not as quick since I am carrying two extra sweeties and because I have NO IDEA what I am doing in 5th grade. But I do have faith that it will all come together- IT WILL RIGHT??

Happy 4th weekend to you!!

We are doing a whole lot of nothing around here. yay!