A Little "Award" Tagging and Valentine's Day Surviving....

Honored, Excited, Elated, Ecstatic, Happy....you get the idea:)  Considering I've been slowly getting more followers to my humble little 1st grade blog....1st GRADE ROCKS, I can honestly say that the words listed above truly described my emotions when I received my 1st "Liebster Blog Award" from Jen at  Hooked on Teaching a couple of months ago!!!  Needless to say, yesterday, when I received the "Liebster Blog Award" again from 

Amy @

  The Crazy Adventures of a University Grad

 and Trish @ 

First Grade Frosting,

 I was Exuberant!!!!! 

Here is my AWESOME Award!!! X's 3!!!!!:)

I am posting the rules for the "Liebster Blog Award" and I hope that the blogs that I will be nominating will feel the same Excitement about being awarded as I did!!!

The "Liebster Blog Award" is for bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. 

Here's the award rules:

Thank the award presenter and post a link back to their blog.....CHECK!

Put the award on your blog.....CHECK!

Pick 5 blogs with less than 200 followers, let them know about the award, and encourage them to pass the award on!....CHECK!

Now....onto my 5 Blog pics:)

Jessica @ Glitzy In First Grade

Today In First Grade

The Bubblegum Tree

Littlest Scholars

Michele @ New Adventures in First Grade

These are AWESOME blogs that you really need to go and check out!!!!

Now, onto a little VALENTINE DAY pics:)  Even though I pretty much have NO voice due to a NASTY cold that had me out last Friday....(and I'm STILL sick with:( )....we had a pretty great day!!! 

PS....I started my day at 5 AM baking these beauties.....

We used them to decorate our very own Valentine Cupcakes during a math activity :) I have to say that my handy, dandy, cute as a bug in a rug cupcake carrier which my Honey "Valentine" bought me last year was a BIG  HUGE hit!!!

Here are a few ways that we celebrated....

We did the Morning Calendar using the smart board and thinking of ways that we could make our Growing Number Day of 110!!!! Here's a pic of their thinking....

Here are a couple of pics of our Interactive Writing Lesson summarizing the book The Day It Rained Hearts.

This is a pic from a Word Study Literacy Station activity that I posted last week!!! Reading the Room with Valentine glasses! They LOVE this for some reason...??? "Firsties":) 

Here are some pics of our cupcake decorating....

I hope that your Valentine's Day was VICTORIOUS....just think, we don't have to worry about it again for another 364 more days:)  I {Puffy HEART} this fact!!!

"Love" Linky Party & Valentine's FREEBIE!!

Happy Sunday y'all!!!!  What a "SUPER" day!!! Haha...go Giants!!!!

Okay...so I am joining Funky First Grade Fun's Linky Party!!!

Here is a list of what I LOVE!!!!

 Why don't you consider linking up so we can all read about what you love!  You can either use the document below and add your responses or just type your answers into your own post. 

Can't wait to hear about what you "LOVE"!!!

Don't forget to link up!!! 

In addition, here is a Valentine's Day Center Packet that I am placing in my TpT store as a "FREEBIE"!!!! It has several Word Study activities and some Writing activities!!! Enjoy:)

Come check it out here...TpT!!!

I've Been Cliparting.....:)

 So MUCH FUN!!!!! I'm having a great time learning and being creative:) Check out my clipart in the making.... 

My FAVE!!!

Shy one!

Yummy!

Fast Delivery!

Fave with more color:)

I'm just learning, but it is SO much fun:)  I hope that you find use for these free graphics:) Feel free to use them for your classroom needs!!! Happy Valentine's Day......Enjoy Blogger friends!!!!