It Runs In The Family: We're Baaaack!

Well...we are home from vacation :( Vacation always seems like it is going to last forever...but then it flies by so fast that you would swear that someone is playing an evil trick on you. Anyway, we had a blast in Disney World. We went mainly to golf (which was fun, but slightly embarrassing for us beginners), but we did manage to squeeze in a park or two.

Here is the new friend that we met at Animal Kingdom. He came right up to my dad (who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and he just happened to be wearing a yellow shirt that day...we decided that the giraffe thought he was a new addition to the park...hehe).

The fun did not stop there..oh no...that night as we were all snuggled up watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey (my addiction), the fire alarm in the hotel went off. Being the good teachers that we are, we all exited the building quickly and calmly (and looking like a hot mess). We hung out in the rain for a while and when we finally got the go-ahead to re-enter our rooms I decided to ask the nice young man working what had happened. He answered "fire alarm." Thanks for clearing that up.

Later that week (between golf outings), we ate in Canada! Not the real Canada, unfortunately, but the one in EPCOT was quite delicious.

Here are some other pictures from the trip. With three girls in the family, these are the only ones that got the approval for the blog :)

In the midst of all this fun we have even managed to get something new posted on Teachers Pay Teachers! I don't know about you, but we always decide to change things up in our respective rooms year after year...and this usually means spending a small (or not so small) fortune at the teacher's store. With this running through our minds, we decided to make our own back to school pack that includes some of those things that we buy every year at a fraction of the price. Soooo...here is is:

Included in this pack you will find a classroom alphabet, a classroom number line (0-25 with a choice of tally marks or dots), meet the teacher goodies, "How am I going home?" book bag tags, "Ask me what I learned today!" tags, name plates, and much more! Whew...111 pages of back to school goodness!

We have a few other things up our sleeves for the beginning of the school year and here is a little hint: