December Currently

I can't believe December is here. It seems like this time of year just flies by. I want to soak it all in. My children are 5 and 3 and this year is the best year yet. They are such believers in Santa and his elves. Our elf in its shelf arrived in the mail today. I told my kiddos that it arrived from the North Pole our package had red circles indicating it was from Target  the North Pole. All night my son has been picking up after himself and on his best behavior because he knows Elphaba (named after the witch on wicked I thought it was a cute elf name) is watching. 

It's time for Farley's Currently. I love reading what other bloggers write. Also it's a fun way to find other blogs to follow. 

I usually don't talk about personal issues but I thought I would mention this one thing:  A family friend's son was in a pretty bad burn accident. Him and several boys were walking home from school. One of the boys found some gas cans and had a lighter. Well a lighter and gas don't mix. 5 boys were injured. Her son was the worst off. He is only seven and he was a bystander. He is still in critical condition. So if you are a person that believes in prayers please pray for him. If you would like to check out their blog the address is leviandkali.blogspot.com  Hug your little ones tightly. You just never know what life is going to bring. 

Christmas Countdown

Don't you just love the Christmas season? I've been busily getting all my Christmas cards out this year. I have never sent them out this early. However I know if I don't do it now, then I'll forget all about them. I actually made my Christmas cards this year. Now that I know how to make products. I figured I can make Christmas cards too. So I gave it a try and I think they turned out pretty cute! My kids are already asking when is Santa coming? So Christmas countdowns have been on my mind a lot. I always buy my kids those chocolate Christmas countdowns. They love getting to eat a little chocolate each day.        For school, I used to make a Christmas countdown in my class with the green and red strips and the kids pulled off a strip everyday. Well I changed it up this year. I made two different countdowns. The first one is a 1st Grade Sight word countdown. Each day they have to read the sight word they take off. My First Graders are really struggling with sight words so I hope this helps! 

    The second countdown is a math fact countdown. It includes: doubles, adding, subtraction,and times tables. That way you can fit it to your students needs. It really works for any grade level. Click on the pictures if you want to check them out. I recently dyed my hair and I hate it! The first person to guess the new color of my hair, you can choose between these two packets. Have a blessed weekend! 
    One last thing! I will be having a sale on all of my products on Cyber Monday and Tuesday. Everything in my store will be 20% off. You can also enter the code cmt12 at checkout to get an additional savings!

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The Best Apple Pie

 First Grade and Fabulous is having a Holiday recipe exchange.This is not teacher related but with the holidays fast approaching. I thought I would share my favorite apple pie recipe with you. Every Thanksgiving I make this apple pie. It seriously is the BEST!! I got this recipe from my mother-in-law. My husband craves this pie. In fact last year I took it to Thanksgiving. He snuck my pie out of the main area and hid it in the laundry room. Hoping no one would notice it was gone. That way he could take it home and eat it all himself. :) I found this tutorial on You Tube. It's the same recipe but at the end instead of crumbling the topping I mash it all together and spread it over the top. Either way it tastes the same. 
 

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish?