Hi there!

I can't welcome you with a "Hi Y'all!" like so many of my favorite teacher-bloggers because, well, we just don't talk like that here in Michigan! (Although I kind-of wish we did!)  So, I'll just say "Hi there!".  I'm so glad you're here!  This little ol' blog will be a new adventure for me and I am SO very excited to get to know each one of you!

I'll share a little about myself... I've wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember (except for a brief time when I wanted to be an oceanographer....that one definitely didn't pan out!).  I spent my first year teaching 1st grade in sunny south Florida (no snow days there!!), and have been back in my home state of Michigan ever since.  I am in my 10th year of teaching, and my 9th year of teaching Kindergarten.

Wanna know a secret???  I cried when I got hired to teach Kindergarten.  I wanted 2nd or 3rd grade.  I had no idea what I would do with the little littles!

Silly me!  I love, love, LOVE teaching Kindergarten and can't imagine doing anything that would fit me more perfectly!

I have an amazing hubby and two great kids.  My hubby is a teacher too.  He teaches high school history.  We definitely have some fun dinner conversations about our adventures at school! :)  My son is a Kindergartener himself this year -- WOW, has that been a F-U-N adventure!!!  My daughter is 3 (and a HALF!  That half is VERY important to her!!), and she keeps us on our toes!

As a family, we love traveling, playing games, and having dance parties (well, the hubby usually stays out of those...hee hee).  And me?  I love reality TV, the color green, singing loudly in the car, hazelnut steamers, family traditions, and, of course, polka dots!

I can't wait to get to know you too!  Thanks for stopping by!