I am sitting down to write my second-to-last paper of my entire masters degree. I literally only have 3 classes left until graduation. I can...

This has been a trying and unsettling two weeks in the Coats' Household. Bittersweet for sure. We are not use to jumping out of our co...

I wanted to post a little celebration on here because I just took my last final of the semester! I have been so ready to get my classes over...

Field day at Smith Elementary is a little different than at other schools. It's just a tad bit better. :) K-5 has their own field day an...

The Friday before the big TAKS week our school had our 2nd annual Rock the TAKS day! I did a much better job with my rocker costume this yea...

Just a cute picture of two sweet girls in my homeroom that got all of 6th grade to sign this poster they made for me! Did you see how at the...

This is what I woke up to on Thursday morning when I opened the garage door and I was shocked! I did NOT think there would be any snow and I...

The week after Halloween (that tells you how far behind I am with blogging…) was Young Reader’s Week at school! Each day the kiddos did some...

I took the day off. Yes, that's right. Don't judge me for it (Beverly, I'm talking to you :) haha)! I was sick Wednesday nig...

There were soooooooo many times last year where I did NOT like my job. For whatever reason there were bad days. Either the kids were bad, I ...

Is anyone else feeling overbooked these days? I am. I have had this type of week. Or month rather. This school year has just felt this way a...

This is my 2 nd year of teaching. When I go to work Casey says I am really grumpy compared to the summers I have off. This makes me laugh. ...

Well, this week I started back to school for staff development. I went back on Tuesday. It was a tired, busy day. Wednesday and Thursday wer...