HUGE giveaway at Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade Tidbits!

My coworker and pal Megan at Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade Tidbits is having an AMAZING giveaway to celebrate 2 years of blogging and 1000 FOLLOWERS! Way to go, Megan!

I absolutely had to pass the word to my readers because this giveaway is just too good to pass up! There are tons of great prizes and better yet there will be lots of winners! Plus, I highly recommend following Megan because she has so many awesome ideas!


Here is the link to the giveaway:

Mrs. Wheeler's Giveaway!!

Now what are you waiting for?! Go sign up! (But come back soon :) )

The Versatile Blogger Award!

I want to give a special THANK YOU to Karlie over at We are ALL Special! for my newest blogging award! Karlie is a fellow SpEd with a fabulous blog so I highly recommend everyone heads over to check it out!

Here are the seven rules to follow when receiving this award:

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. 
2. Include a link to their blog.  
3. Include the award image in your post.  
4. Give 7 random facts about yourself.  
5. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.  
6. When nominating, include a link to their blog.  
7. Let other bloggers know they've been nominated.  

  
Here are the 7 random facts about me...

1. I love to cook! However, I really only cook during the summer because I am never home during the school year. 
2. This is the first summer I have taken "off" since I was 15 and I am going crazy! I don't know what to do with myself!
3. I am almost always the last person to leave school... I am a perfectionist (not a workaholic contrary to what some may believe!) and want everything to be perfect for my kiddos because I think it is what they deserve!
4. I live with my amazing boyfriend, Andy. He is very understanding of #1-3 and I am lucky for that!
5. I love to travel. Next week I will be in Philly, NYC, Cape Cod and Boston. Then at the end of July I will be spending a week at the beach in Hilton Head, SC... SO EXCITED!
6. I love to read. However, again this only happens during the summer :(. My favorite author or SpEd related stories is Torey Hayden, for romance I like Nicholas Sparks, and for a page-turner I go to Jodi Picoult. 
7. During the school year I do try to make time to read my two favorite magazines: Real Simple and Everyday Food (I am sort of a Martha Stewart nut!)

Since I recently nominated 15 fellow bloggers for the One Lovely Blog award I wanted to find a fresh bunch for this award. There are so many awesome blogs out there! I set out to my extensive Pinterest boards to find some "new" (to me) blogs!

Something to Chirp About

Luckeyfrog's Lilypad

Just Another Day in First Grade

A First Grade Teacher's Passions and Obsessions

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One Lovely Blog Award

I was super excited this afternoon when I logged on and saw that Lacey over at Challenges Make Life Interesting gave me my first blog award!

Thanks, Lacey! I am thrilled to have new followers and I am glad to see others appreciate what I have to share about my classroom and teaching experiences.

Now this award has some rules:

1.  Follow the person who gave you the award.

2.  Link back to the person who gave you the award.

3.  Pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.

Since I am new to the blogging world I tried to find some newbies out there and also share some of my favorite blogs I have found along the way. Most of them are teaching blogs and some are blogs from friends that I love to read. Here is my list:

Extra Special Teaching

Carried Away in Kindergarten

Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade Tidbits

Life in Special Education

Keeping it True in K-1-2

Love 4 Special Ed

How Long is this Hall?

Ms. Rachel's Room

Class Full of "Special" Kinders

Mrs. Mayas' Kindergarten

Celebrations by Shari

Classroom in the Corner

ClevelandRage

Laughter Could Be the Missing Piece

GrowCookPreserve

I encourage all of my readers to check these blogs out. There are lots of freebies, tips, and great reads!