Tortoise vs. Hare

Kids need to know the classics like
The Tortoise and the Hare.

My class read the book.
One of my favorite versions:

Buy your own on Amazon

We were inspired by Mr. Wildsmith's art work:
LOVE all the colors.

The kids chose their favorite animal to illustrate with oil pastels.

Then they got a larger piece of paper to do the background on.
We used oil pastels for this too.

The kids glued their animal onto their background.
Then we speckled the paper with a rainbow of watercolor paints.
*I intended to use tempra paint to speckle but it was too thick!

 We let it dry overnight and it was ready to hang up.
The kids also wrote a story to go with their animal
explaining all of the reasons it was the best.

I LOVE how this project turned out.

It took 2 days to do this project.
You'll need 2 sheets of cardstock, 2 large piece of white paper,
1 sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, watercolors, toothbrushes,
water & Clorox wipes to make this project happen.
Give it a try!

Friday Favorites

The highlights of my week:

1. Made Mom's Texas Sheet Cake and it was delish!

 2. Oliver & Topher seem to be even more lovey than usual.

 3. I survived an all day field trip to The Planetarium with 81 kids.

 4. An oh so rare moment when in May 100% of my students 

are on task and in their seat... heaven!

 I usually give these cones to my students...

 I found this on my desk - sweet.

 5. I'm super excited for summer to start in 19 DAYS

so I can spend LOTS more time with these guys!

I'm linking up with Lauren:

Thief of Joy

via notesondesign

What I Wore Wednesday

I'm linking up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy

Here are my favorite outfits from this week:

1. Pop of Coral

Stripey seer sucker jacket & neutral belt - TJ Maxx

Coral cami - Limited

Green skirt - Thrifted

Bronze flats - Marshalls

earrings - gifted

 2. Summer

 Jean jacket, t & belt - GAP

Green skirt - Loft

Leather button earrings - Polka-Dotty Place

Bronze flats - Marshalls

Initial wooden necklace - getdolledupboutique

*I bought myself this necklace a few years ago and l.o.v.e. it!

  Thanks for stopping by! :) Whitney

White Cheese

Are you a fan of the white cheese dip at Mexican restaurants?

I love it so I was thrilled to stumble on this at the grocery store.

I've found plenty of recipes on-line 

but the long list of ingredients has always deterred me.

 heat for a few minutes

 These are the yummiest chips

I was a little skeptical but

It was a tasty combination!!

I will probably add some milk to thin this out a bit next time.