Urinalitis, Killing Crayons, and a party for a spider

It is Saturday...
and WHeeeeW
what a week it has been!!!
CRAY to the Z
CRAZY

what better way to recap my week than to join Doodlebugs and her

I am pretty sure Kacey will forgive me for posting a day late.

So if you follow me on instagram... 

you already saw this

but my kiddo decided to play in the urinal last Friday...

and he got in trouble 

apparently he did this disgusting thing several times throughout the day 

UNTIL he finally got tattled on...

so the next morning he woke up with...

 Hubs and I had discussed the night before
what we could do to make him not do this again...
so bring out the purple eyeshadow and whaa law
I got up early to perform this clever trick
 and as I was in my final swirl of purple eyeshadow on my fingertip... in walks Bubs...
ahhhhh soooo plan B
I walked up to him...
purple fingertip hidden and said
OH MY GOSH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU...
and proceeded to touch his face randomly with my purple finger as I said...
YOU HAVE PURPLE DOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE...

ah ha... it was a success
he ran to his bathroom and screamed...
what is this... what happened
I went in there and took this pic...
I told him to go show his dad-oh
who was still asleep...
Bub runs to our bed and comes back out...
Dad says it is URINALitis... because I played in the urinal...

I pretended to call our Dr
and the Dr said
NEVER FEAR...
your spots will fade away IF
you have a good day!!!

spots were gone by that night...

WHY because we had a party to go to!!!

and when he got a little cray at the party 

I would say

OH NO ... I think I see a spot coming back... and that was that!!!

Every Monday after school

Bub and I decorate this dry erase board in my hallway.

OK really I decorate it because I am a control frAAA REaK

and I tried to let him do some doodles and lines... um it turned into WWE and soooo 

I do the final publishing and he has a little dry erase board that he does the rough draft... 

no more Hulk Mamma versus I Can't Draw a Straight Line BUB

It sits in an awkward little corner...

the board is actually mine BUT in my new room it doesn't have a home soooo...

here it sits...

EVERY kiddo from k-5th comes down my hall throughout the week...

because the music room is at the end of our hallway

and so I THINK... every kiddo gets to see our little board!!!

Bub and I LOVE doing these together!!! 

It makes Mondays a bit happier!!!

I did a sponsored review for BiC a few posts back 

click the pic to go see it if you missed it...

WELL they LOVED Bub's little review so much they sent him some more mechanical pencils...

HE LOVES THESE

his review was cute and TRUE!!!

it was so sweet of them!!!

and

he was so excited to get these...

especially since he was sent home with fever that day!!!

poor guy he is still having fever off and on today... 

Dr. said it is NOT Urinalitis but some virus... 

usually lasts about 72 hours 

so we wait, hydrate, and rest and we are on hour 60 something

fingers crossed this ends soon!!!

note... he hasn't had continuous fever... it goes away for awhile and then BAM... it comes back...

go away fever and stay away!!!

I did this lesson last year... 

and it was a hit

click on the pic to go to the post from last year...

so this year I pumped up the theme...

ALL WEEK we had CRAYON themed readings and plays and poems...

it was a ton of fun!!!

Everything we read was a wonderful example of personification!!!

My kiddos really loved the book 

before I was even done reading...

all the peach crayons in my class were naked...

and throughout the week whenever they had to color 

a lot of them used yellow and orange together because they didn't want them to fight anymore

so needless to say we are super attached to our crayons

SOOOOO when it was time for our science lesson on 

what happens to a solid when heat is applied

I had a lot of...

you are killing them...

what did they do to you...

OH NO... STOP!!!

I kinda felt bad!!!

After the art/science experiment was done...

they thought it was the coolest thing  

and I was back in their good graces 

and was no longer on the Most Wanted List for 

killing crayons

if you follow me on instagram (farleyfarleyfarley) 

you can go and check out a little video clip and hear their comments

it is pretty funny!!!

of course we celebrated Tallulah's Birthday...

what better way to celebrate than with spider cupcakes...

the other goodies on the plate are from our smores solar oven disasters...

let's just say our school yard needs to be sprayed for ants...

thank goodness I bought extras!!!

so Tallulah's Party had extra goodies!!!

my kiddos truly love this tarantula and it makes my heart happy 

I have a blog post in the making that goes into more details bout our little girl Tallulah...

and her scary birthday week... 

I think you will find it terrifyingly terrific!!!

check back in a few days!!!

ok that is my week in a hop skip and a jump...

go check out other peeps' 5 for Friday 

over at...

My Calendar Area... questions answered

 so I posted this pic on instagram..
actually I have posted about it a few times...
when the month changed... and
I probably will do it... again and again...
lol
I love my calendar area...
just absolutely positootley
it makes me HAPPY HAPY HAPPY
so I share my happiness...
and AND AND
everytime I share this pic or one like it...
I get lots of questions...
so I thought I could do a post about my Calendar Area!!!
here it goes!!!!

OK here are the links...

click on pics to go to your desired destination

destination... to Bridget's Lovely Blog

destination...  Bridget's TpT store to see this and BUY IT

destination... this is Bridget's too... this will take you to her TpT store so you can snatch this up

destination... my blog post about this first week activity
BUT really this is a GREAT activity anytime!!!

ok
one last thing before I go...
my friend Aris
over at Sailing into Second is having a HUGE
and I mean HUGE
giveaway to celebrate her blog makeover...
I donated and so did TONS of FABULOUS FRIENDS...
this is really HUGE... go check it out and tell her Farley sent ya!!!

destination.... an amazing giveaway... go enter... go now... BYE

2 VERY random things a winner and a story

First things first... winner

a Rafflecopter giveaway


yay to Monica
you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE your goodie box of BIC products!!!

**********ok now the second thing... story*******

Bubs and I were home alone this weekend...
AHHHH the thought...
Hubs had a nerd convention out of town
WAY out of town...
and so he left his little family all alone...(guilt trip ... yes... I am a brat)
ALL alone...
so...
no biggie
I am not a big chicken (yes I am)
I was happy that he got to travel with his
Turtle Crew to the outskirts of Texas
(not really I am selfish and like him all to myself... but I do share with Bubs)
Turtle Crew???... Yep I knew you would ask...
see

he is the blue one...
Leo
see I married a full on NERD!!!
I think it is pretty cool...
he and his buddies made these and they travel all over Texas for all kinds of events...
last weekend they were commissioned to go to Laredo for a collectors event (aka Nerd Convention)
because my nerd loves doing this I had to say
Go Ninja Go Ninja Go (cue Vanilla Ice)
and send him off with his Turtle Crew

so any who... it was just Bub and I...
home alone
and so we decided to watch a movie...
it was pouring outside and watching a movie was PERFECT
so we put in




it was soooooo good...
we were watching every minute of it...
it was hilarious
informative
suspenseful
and THEN...
with 15 minutes left...
right when you find out if the babies live or DIE...
the electricity goes out...
WHAT!!!!
so now I am home alone...
the rain is pouring
and the electricity is OUT...
oh and did I mention my mom and dad who live like 5 blocks away...
well they are gone too!!!
nice!!!
OH and did I mention right before the electricity went off...
I noticed my phone only had... 20% left
TWENTY PERCENT!!!
 I felt like the dumb girl in all those horror movies...
oh and to top it off...
I had to use my phone's flashlight to find other sources of light... (down to 12%)
and
I could only find the lantern... that you have to crank to keep lit... stupid battery free lantern
and then Bub had his giant flashlight from like the 70s...
seriously we found it at a thrift store... and it is so old the plastic (not even glass)
the plastic is yellowed
and even though it has brand new SIZE D batteries... it still only works at certain angles...
so I have a forever dimming lantern... and a YELLOWED sometimes it works flashlight
OH and I am a chicken... a big fat chicken...
so I lit every candle in the house too...
so my house smelled like a bath and body store...
except on crack...
if there was a flavor called cucumber melon vine ripe tomato peach bellini sugar cookie...
that would be my house... it was BAD...
so now I am home alone (ok I have Bub but he is 6)
and the lights are out...
what lights we do have are wonky and stinky
and my phone is now at 7%
I quickly send a text to my hubs and parents...
letting them know of my situation
and knowing they know I am SCURD... really really scurd
no one replies...
NOT ONE OF THEM...
Bub and I play a few board games...
we started getting headaches...
I wasn't sure if it was from our in and out yellow light or from the over abundance of aroma
it had been about 2 hours since the lights went out...
my phone was dead
and so I blew out all the candles
and we hightailed it to bed...
of course we went to MY bed...
all of us...
me, bub, and the 3 dogs...
did I mention my dogs are big chickens to!!!
they should BOCK instead of Bark....
and they were barking at every little noise... thanks girls
and so there we were... laying in bed...
all 5 of us... this is not normal
and eventually we all fall asleep
ZZZZZZZZZ
at about 11:30 (almost 4 hours after the lights went out)
voooosh.... all the things that were on before the outage... come back on...
and it was loud and BRIGHT!!!!
Bub stayed asleep
I got up and went to the front of the house... then I see
headlights... shining down my sidewalk...
and then I see someone walking up my sidewalk towards my house...
MY HEART skipped a beat until I saw a streak of PINK hair...
it was my mom... she and dad were checking on us.
thanks mom... we survived...
I stayed up til like 2 because let's face it I was still a little scared... ok I HATE being home by myself
and I stayed up until I couldn't anymore
the next morning...
BUB finally woke up and insisted we watch the movie again...
and we did...
again and again and again
I LOVE this movie
LOVE LOVE {puffy} heart LOVE it...
I want to show it to my kiddos...
when we cover our life sciences
it is rated G so I could...
BUT there is just one thing...
it shows bear boobies...
big bear boobies
I have no issue with that...
Bub even questioned if that is where the milk comes from...
I was super excited he knew this... YAY Bub
BUT I could just see bear boobies being an issue...
sad BEARY sad
what do you think???

ok so that was very random...
but thought both were worth sharing...

toodles

BiC Fight for Your Write... Bub tells us what he thinks of their new KIDS line and a giveaway

I was super excited to hear about their new writing campaign called

Fight for Your Write

I am a writing teacher

and so this had me wanting to know 

MORE MORE MORE

what better way to explain it... but to give it to you exactly how they presented it to me...

BIC’s main goal this year is to encourage students to write more often, because writing is by far one of the most important learning tools for a child’s academic success and growth. As you know, writing fosters children’s emotional and cognitive development, helps foster critical thinking skills and improves academic achievement.

To help achieve our goal, BIC has launched the “Fight for Your Write” campaign, which reinforces how fun and empowering writing can be. The campaign, which can be found at www.bicfightforyourwrite.com, offers information about writing and tips from literacy expert Pam Allyn to help parents, caregivers and students make a commitment to write more often. 

I couldn't have explained it any better...

it makes me giddy to know BiC has the same opinions about writing as I do...

I am passionate about getting our kiddos to write...

so on to the review...

ONE or TWO of the things that really caught my eye 

were the KIDS pencil and pen

with Bub starting Kinder this year 

he is starting a lifelong journey 

and I want him to start this journey with a LOVE for writing...

and these products 

will help set the foundation...

everyone knows you have to have the right tools 

and BiC has the right tools...

be sure to watch this video...

Bub talks about his new pencil

super cute if I say so myself

so I am not the only one to {puffy} heart BiC!!!

and you will too...

The FAB people from BiC are going to give one of my followers a BTS goodie box too!!!
just enter below :)

before you enter YOU MUST VISIT... BiC's Fight for Your Write 

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