Something {else} New

“Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19

Life has some funny twists and turns.

Just when you think you have things all figured out, the unexpected throws you for a big fat loop.

One of our biggest “unexpecteds” was an extra line on a stick two years ago. :)

After news of Baby #3’s impending arrival, I made a big “Something New” announcement almost two years ago to the day {wow!}. We completely upset our fruit basket and made the decision to stay home and homeschool.

Now, two years later, another “unexpected” is here in our lives, but wait, stop! Don’t get excited… no baby this time. :)

I am absolutely thrilled about this twist in our path, though, and I’m so excited to share it with you all.

This fall we’ll be switching gears, and I’ll be back to the School Room… teaching 4th grade to a classroom full of cherubs. ;)

Haylee is through the roof that she’ll be off to class with her friends, and I think it worked out pretty well that I’ll be in her grade level during this transition year back. This means I’ll be able to help her in a greater way since I’ll be doing exactly-ish what she’ll be doing each day.

I don’t know if Wade really, truly, understands all of the “we’re going to school” hoopla in the house, but I am loving that teaching him kindergarten will NOT be falling on me! That task seriously terrified me!

{I do hope the Kinder Teachers are still my friends afterwards, though, ha!}

I have to say that this decision is NOT because homeschooling wasn’t working for us. I still think that homeschooling can be great and awesome and fabulous, and it served us WELL these past two years. I give MAJOR props to all you fabulous homeschooling mamas who I know are doing such a spectacular job!

That being said… I think maybe God has sparked a bug of excitement in me for this upcoming year that I just can’t extinguish.

I am now completely obsessed with searching out ideas and plans for lessons and organization and behavior management and on and on and on.

Teaching POST-Pinterest is literally blowing my mind. There are just so many ideas out there from some brilliant teachers.

So MANY ideas!

I’ve just been “liking” everything so far, but I’ll be categorizing it soon by topic so I can keep it all straight! I apologize in advance for the pinterest feed clogging that will likely soon occur.

My creative juices are flowing, and I’m wildly brainstorming. As I’ve done before in the months of July and August I’ll be sharing lots of school related projects as that is what’s on my mind right before a new year. :)

Here’s a few ideas I hope to try…

A Homeworkopoly Bulletin Board from Ladybug Teacher Files…

Every student who’s had completed homework all week long gets a chance to roll the dice and play on Fridays. Certain squares will be small prizes and other squares will get a review question. Super awesome right? This is a free printable… Just print and attach!

Our school is launching a pretty amazing program putting iPads in the hands of every 9th grader as well as 25 iPads for the elementary to use as a portable lab! All 3rd to 12th teachers {including me, woot!} already have in hand a brand new Mac Book Air as well!

As the former technology teacher, I am pretty excited about all this technology, and in honor of that I want to do an Ipad Bulletin Board with “Welcome to our ‘Pad’” and “Here’s to an ‘App’ealing Year.”

I’ve got some other fun tech themed boards in the works too that I’m really excited about {think angry birds and scramble!} so stay tuned! :)

I’m also considering re-launching my classroom blog or maybe creating a new classroom wiki.

I know that going back to work full time with THREE kiddos now is going to be challenging {ah, that darn alarm clock, blast it!}, but I know that I can rest in God’s faithfulness to provide where He guides!

I’m planning to do lots of prep work ahead this summer to make the new year run as smoothly as possible… something I learned from growing up in the house of one super dedicated awesome teacher… my mom!

In case you’re wondering… I’ve been doing the blogging thing since 2006, through many phases of my life… including my most recent three years of teaching.

All that to say that I definitely plan to keep blogging. It will be fun to see if I can really make the weekly meal prep plan successful as a working mama. :)

You can expect to see more bloggy design as well as my {sometimes} funny take on whatever else happens to inspire or amuse me at the moment.

I will probably change my Homeschooling page to more of a general “Schooling” focus where I can share any teaching related fun stuff too.

Blogging for me is just an extension of all the craziness running through my head. It has been truly amazing that I’ve found a chance to share all my racing thoughts and ideas with people who will listen. {My hubby thanks you, truly.} :)

I hope you will stick with me during this fun new chapter of our crazy lives!!!

Now, fess up. How many of you are let down because I didn’t announce a surprise baby #4???! Isn’t it crazy how married women of a certain age simply can NOT reveal a surprise without people assuming it’s a pregnancy? :) I guess that’s what we all want to hear right?

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