Lots to Celebrate!

If you've been keeping up with my blog, you'll notice I've been gone for a little while. And if you've been keeping up with my blog (or social media sites), you'll have probably guessed why! Yep! Baby Isaac is here!

My little chunky monkey in the hospital. I'm a little sad because he has already lost a little bit of those chubby cheeks! But in this picture he was less than a day old so... he was a little puffy. <3

Our first family photo. So in love!

So now you know where I've been! I will continue my online presence as much as possible and to celebrate Isaac's arrival, here's a brand new freebie in my shop! And for those of you who are waiting for the Second Grade Wonders Unit 2, it will definitely be ready on schedule based on my goal date of September 30th! In fact, I'm trying to aim for sooner than that, so keep your eyes peeled!

Thanks for your patience, readers. I can't wait to continue to share resources with you and your students.

Wow! What are the chances?

I JUST posted today about my buddy Celeste's big 300 follower giveaway... how prophetic that I, too, would hit 300 followers TODAY!

Well, I have to celebrate somehow! But with all the giveaways going on, I thought, why not a FLASH FOLLOWER FREEBIE and a HUGE store-wide sale?!

If you follow my TpT store, you will be receiving a follower freebie in your inbox today! I can't wait for you to see it and use it in your classrooms!

And now for the big sale! EVERYTHING in my store will be buy one get one free through this week and it will end on Saturday the 24th.

Here's what to do:

EMAIL ADDRESS: DaisyDesignsTpT@gmail.com

If you aren't sure of the product combinations you want, take a look at the deals you could get!

So many possibilities!

If you do not currently follow my store, make sure you do, so you can get that follower freebie TONIGHT!

Thank you for everything, dear followers! It is because of you that I can share my creations and ideas and I truly appreciate all the support I have been given from each and every one of you.

My Amazing Week

What an amazing week so far and it is ONLY Tuesday!! Yesterday began the super fun Back to School Sale on TpT and I was able to get a lot of good deals (as you already know from my previous post)! I also am feeling so blessed and extremely fortunate to have such a fantastic team of teachers on my side at my new job.

Sunday I attended the youth production of an incredibly difficult musical called "13" at The Ocala Civic Theater and it was nothing short of impressive. I was blown away. The entire cast was made up of kids from 7th-11th grade and it was professional grade. Congratulations cast and crew on a spectacular run!!

Yesterday I spent all day in my classroom working hard! My supervising teacher from my internship was so sweet and she came to help me for a few hours! It was nice to see her and catch up. It was so neat to see her get excited that I'm teaching Kindergarten! I also had a chance to go to other classrooms, one of which was being pretty much gutted after a teacher moved across country and didn't want to take all of her classroom things with her. You can see where this is headed... I inherited some AWESOME classroom supplies for free that will help me tremendously. I can't believe my luck! I didn't snap any photos, but plan to tomorrow when I go back to work.

Why didn't I go in today you ask? Well, that's because today is my one year wedding anniversary! My first anniversary, ya'll! My hubby and I had an incredible lunch at a local restaurant called The Ivy House and it was nothing short of fantastic. If you are ever in the Ocala area, it is a must go. It seems fancy and expensive because of the decor, the building, and the quality of the food, but it was very affordable and we stuffed our faces!!

When we first started dating almost 6 years ago, Ryan took me to a restaurant called Ipanema and called ahead to see if they could surprise me with anything special. Apparently they were known for their pretty calligraphy on the plates of desserts, so he went with that on a delicious slice of caramel cheesecake. Well, today he asked for the same at a different restaurant. He explained to me later that when he asked they were reluctant to do so because they never really did it before. But they pulled through. They made an exception for us and while it wasn't script writing or a work of art, I was so touched and felt so special during our lunch. And the chocolate cake was the best chocolate cake I've ever had in my life... and I don't say that lightly. It might be worth just coming to Ocala for that one piece of cake, so come visit!

Camera phones have come a long way, wouldn't you say?

In addition to taking me out to a delicious lunch, Ryan also surprised me with more flowers than I've ever been given before! Look at this loot!

That little white paper says, "PS Check the fridge..." where I found cheesecake!

It has been such a wonderful week so far and it will keep on going that way, too. Tomorrow I go back to work on my glorious pirate classroom and Thursday I begin my New Hire Orientation with all the other friends of mine that I graduated with a few short months ago.

Here's to a great year!