Dropped Off the Face of the Earth...

See the Earth?  Do you see me on it?  Nope!  

That's cause I dropped of the face of the blogging planet!  

These last few months have been a virtual hailstorm of "stuff" in  school, at home, in life...and blogging fell off my radar.  But with the end of school, I wanted to write a quick hello and hope that you hadn't given up on me.

Today was our sixth graders' promotion ceremony, and it was really lovely.  The parents did a great job decorating the gym - making it special, but recognizing that it is, truly, only sixth grade.  It was both appropriate and celebratory.  Our kids received yearbooks, class t-shirts, and water bottles that say "Class of 2018!"  It took some of my kids longer than others to realize why the water bottles said 2018, when it is only 2012! 

They even included a page for the drama club that I run!  Pictures of both shows I have done with this class! I was really touched that my club has been included in the yearbook - we're in the BIG TIME now!

Tomorrow is out last day of school with the kids, always a bittersweet day.  In sixth grade we play a teachers vs. sixth graders softball game.  Each class gets one inning (there are six classes) and it is a ton of fun.  As far as I know, the kids have always lost, but every year they claim this will be their year.  I don't contribute much to the team, but I cheer really loudly and am usually good for at least one base hit.

I made my class little gifts for tomorrow - just a little something to let my kids know I will miss them.  Take a peek:

 I am going to upload the JPEG versions of my tags...I think you will be able to copy and paste them right from the blog if you like them...then just sign your name and you are off to a perfect end of the year treat - although it might be a little late for most of you lucky teachers who have already started your summer.  FYI - the font is called "cinnamon cake" and I downloaded it from dafont.com and the images are from KPM Doodles - a shop on Teachers Notebook.  She makes the most amazing downloadable clip art and I adore it!  So hopefully, you all can just copy and paste these and use them next year.  I have uploaded these into my Teachers Notebook Shop as a freebie - so help yourself!

One final thing to share...I made these cute "thank you" cards for my students.  I just open them up, add a text box and print...Easy Right?!  These images come from Fancy Dog Studios, also a shop at Teachers Notebook.  These are also available at my TN shop!  Hope you can use them!  

So...now that I am back on the blog-o-sphere...what's next?

The Great Room Make-Over 2012

Stay tuned to see what I have in store...I think next year is going to be a fresh start and my room will reflect that!  The new room is going to be pretty similar in color and theme to this blog...so it should be cute!  Next week...you'll see some before pictures, and hopefully a few afters, once I tackle some projects!  

Happy Summer!