So excited... my First Award!

I have been absent from Blogland for the past two weeks, and VERY present in my classroom.  School has started and is in full swing now.  Imagine my surprise when I finally checked my blog yesterday, and saw that Mrs. Wyand over at Keeping it True in K-1-2 left me a comment, and has awarded me with my very first blog award! I ran around telling everyone who would listen (maybe I'm not modest enough...), and now I get to post about it!  It's the Versatile Blogger Award.  

Here are the rules:

 The Rules after accepting the Versatile Blogger Award are:

• Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.
• Share 7 things about yourself
• Pass this award along to 15 recently discovered blogs. 

Thanks Mrs. Wyand!!

7 things about me:

1. I don't watch T.V. except for the occasional PBS cartoon with my boys.
2. I do, however, watch certain shows on Netflix, and I get so addicted I watch the entire series in only a few weeks.  My loves:  Grey's Anatomy, Glee, and Merlin (the current one).
3. I am also addicted to chocolate - only the real stuff. I dream of DARK chocolate cakes and brownies.  
4. I know how to make old-fashioned ice cream sodas, milkshakes, etc. as I used to work in an old-fashioned ice cream parlor.  
5. I am a listmaker - I have a list for everything!
6. I love writing my family's menu each week, and trying out new recipes I find on blogs.
7. I enjoy children's books and young adult novels more than books written for grown-ups.  

15 blogs I've recently found: 

1. Shenanigans in 2nd Grade (Very creative teacher!) 

2. A Teacher's Touch  

3. Counting Coconuts  (Montessori-inspired activities for preschoolers!  I heart this website so much!)

4. Gluesticks

5. Miss O's Library Land  (Great idea for a blog, and great place to find new books for kids)

6. Miss B Busy Bee   

7. Pencils, Glue, and Tying Shoes  (Wow!  I haven't checked this one in a month or so and she has tons of cute stuff up -- some of my same ideas, too.  Great minds think alike! Ha!)

8. Playground Duty

9. Quench your First

10. Smiles, Crayons, and Endless Stories

11. Stickers and Stars

12. Teach it with Class

13.First Grade to the Core  (I linked up to a GREAT idea!  Buying my brain today! ;-)  )

14. Teach Play Smile

15. Tickled Pink  (New one for me -- I need to explore it more!)

Thanks so much for reading my blog! :)