Hi everybody! Today is Sunday and my last day of freedom until February. Winter break has been wonderful! I relaxed, read some great books, spent time with friends and family, and revamped some curriculum. I am just about ready to go back and to help get into the swing of things I am linking up with The Teaching Trio to review my first week back.

I just signed up for my next semester of grad school and now I have to go pick up my textbooks and some new notebooks. I'm such a nerd because my favorite part of starting a new class is picking out the perfect notebook. It is so much more fun to take notes in a pretty notebook :)

I have gotten sick of writing our daily schedule on the board every day so I created schedule cards. Now I just have to finish laminating them and add magnets.. I guess I should get on that since I'll need them tomorrow....

My mother-in-law bought me a hand-crafted drying rack for my birthday so I am actually excited to do some laundry so that I can use it :)

For Christmas, my husband and I received snowshoes from our secret Santas. But we have had a weird winter so far and have not had any snow of the ground for the past month. We got a few inched today so I am hoping to get home with enough daylight so that Audrey (my puppy-dog) and I can go for a walk and try them out tomorrow :) If we make it out, I'll post some pictures!

Christmas was trying on our living room floor.... the tree stand had a crack in the bottom of it and by the time we realized it, we had leaked about 7 gallons of water! Needless to say, the carpet is ruined and needs to be replaced. My husband and I have talked off and on about replacing the kitchen floor with hardwood and this has given us a reason to do it now rather than later. But I am struggling to make a decision - light wood or dark wood? What do you suggest?

Lastly, I am happy to celebrate my birthday! Birthdays have always been a big deal in my family and I am looking forward to a nice celebratory dinner with them.

What are you looking forward to this week?