Welcome Friends! February is one of my favorite months of school, because it is full of thematic and holiday celebrations!  I am linking up with Pawsitively Teaching and Inspired Owl's Corner again for the fun linky to bring you some vibrant Valentine's Day ideas! My class loved it when I read the Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo aloud this fall!  Who wouldn't love a porcine wonder who eats hot, buttered popcorn and wears pink tutus, right?  I think they are going to love these pig-inspired projects this month!  Our class party is going to be  "hog-wild!"  HA! Original Pin Credit: CreativeMeInspiredYou Check out this fine swine swag!  These are just painted toilet paper tubes that are filled with Hershey kisses and folded at the top and bottom!  Original Pin Credit:   Crafty Morning I just love the heart-shaped hooves and noses on these pigs!  My students' ......

Happy February! The new month has started with a wintery vengeance here, and I am tucked under my favorite afghan tonight, sipping tea, resting my weary bones, and blogging a bit! I spent the weekend traveling and visiting family in weather that was not road trip-friendly, and am just taking this evening to decompress and rest before heading back to Room #2 tomorrow.  So.... without further fuss, I will share my Farley -inspired CURRENTLY list! The national news just mentioned Chicago and Toledo....the city I just visited and the city I just returned home to!  They are saying that the blizzard that just blew through the Midwest (and covered the roads my sister and I needed to travel) for the last three days may start again tomorrow afternoon! Here's a view out my back window of the heavy, hard-to-shovel white stuff that has me nursing my back with a heating pad this evening! Resilience and perseverance were t......