Teacher Bag!

I saw this little link up over at The Inspired Apple and wanted to jump on the bandwagon because I LOVE teacher bags! My bag of choice is a Vera, because I'm a sucker for loud and punchy patterns and I love how structured and sturdy they are! I switch mine out here and there depending on what I need, ex: for my summer school class I used my "messenger" Vera Bradley b/c I was walking home every day and it was much more comfortable to carry, lately I've been using this cute black and green one because it fits my lap top and "teacher" binder perfectly b/c of the length.

Thanks Grandma for my cute teacher bag! This was a Christmas gift last year!

And here are the goods inside! Seriously it's completely a Mary Poppins bag.

Teacher Binder, full of lesson plans, class work to correct/ laminate, copies, worksheets, etc.
Oh and complete with my own personal silhouette collage. Which was the art project I had the students do on the 1st day.


Teacher treats...
Lunch bag, coffee mug, and water bottle ;)

Personal planner, stickers and band aids round it all out hahah.

Among these items are also my sub badge for the other schools I work at, about a million pens, and I always have my camera in there as well to capture all of the learning!

There it is folks! Looking forward to seeing my 2nd graders tomorrow I have lots of fun things planned for us, one of which is a nature walk and outdoor art project on big quilts and blankets to celebrate the 1st day of Fall!

Hope all of you teachers out there enjoyed my little teacher bag tour! For those of you that aren't teachers if you've made this far give yourself a little pat on the back and a sticker for making it to the end hahaha.

xoxo- miss v.

I heart the weekend.

Another lovely weekend coming to a close too soon yet again. We spent the weekend with family and friends and a little us time today. The perfect combination for any weekend in my opinion.

The weekend was off to a great start on Friday with the arrival of my brother who is in town visiting again! He is such a sweetie and stopped by my classroom to visit and even read a little story with the kiddos. They LOVED it and I was so excited to share my little world with him as well.

"Lilly's Big Day" read by none other than the worlds cutest baby brother.

The kids were so cute and could not understand how he could possibly be my baby brother when he is so much taller than me? He must be my BIG brother?? hahaha.

We also did a great Constitution Day activity that turned out really cute. I mean you can't go wrong with having the students create their self portrait. Love how the completed activity turned out. Also loved that we were able to combine, art, lang arts and social studies into one great lesson.

Such cuties.

I also have to give a big thanks to Mr. Jones for helping with the banner in the middle! He did a great job! Nice to have a resident artist in the house ;)

My little helper hard at work.

After a busy day at school I headed to the Joneses for the Mr.'s birthday dinner. We had a great time eating, chatting and enjoying a few bottles of wine a great way to end the day and start the weekend.

The Birthday boy!

We woke up to a perfect Indian Summer day (finally it seems that summer has arrived in the Bay Area) and I relaxed outside while Mr. Jones and his dad washed cars ;) I was busy snapping pics and playing photo shoot. ha.

While these two were hard at work... I was busy snapping away..

I never get tired of taking pictures of their home. This is the front "garden" so serene and picturesque! Love weekends here.

We headed out and back to the city with a few extra treats thanks to Mum and Dad Jones! A few sweets for the birthday boy!

English candies and delicious tea cakes! They are similar to a moon pie if you know what those are...highly addictive.

Today was another warm and sunny day, we spent it brunching outside and lounging by the pool. Why can't I just have one more day of this...

I heart the weekend... sighhhh...

And not only did we spend time with family, had dinner with friends, (failed on the photos.. sorry Jules!) brunched and sunned until our little hearts were content, we also managed to run a few errands and pick up some stools to complete the new kitchen island!! Finally real dinners around a table. Cannot wait.

Voila! Dinner like real adults. ;)

I must say thank you to Mr. Jones' brother for gifting us with a Crate & Barrel gift card for Christmas that we've been hanging onto for just the right thing. I love the new stools and they are the perfect addition to our home.

Hope all of you have had lovely and relaxing weekends filled with love and fun. Looking forward to a busy week but I have to be honest... I'm already counting down to Friday! What can I say.. I heart the weekend.

XOXO- Miss V

Crazy Beautiful.

I'll admit...it's been a teensy tiny bit overwhelming lately. Between a new schedule that has me one million and one different places during the week, a packed social calendar until the end of the month, and trying to stay on top of my usual "stuff" I have put blogging totally to the wayside. I have been snapping away so that when I did have a minute I could sit down and share what life has looked like during the in between time.

Between all of the craziness that is the work week life has been quite wonderful. It helps having the photos to prove it to myself, otherwise, I'm pretty sure I'd only remember the last few weeks as a total blur. It's all been a crazy kind of beautiful though and I know that I'm just around the corner from finding my groove yet again.

We've been spending time enjoying a quiet moment people watching and lunching in the sun.

Perfect Saturday afternoon retreat...

With my favorite date...

We've headed out of the city to spend time with the Joneses and enjoy quiet small towns.

Mr. Jones' "American" Home Town.






Mr. Jones and I made a dinner pick up at his old stomping grounds...

Posing outside the restaurant he worked at in High School... still so proud ;)

We've been hanging with the Joneses celebrating birthdays...

(How sweet is that card... "mummy"...melt my heart Mr. Jones)

Birthday girl glass.

All of the handsome men working hard in the kitchen...

Looking forward to a repeat this weekend for Mr. Jones' birthday.

And Mr. Jones isn't the only handsome face occupying my time. Tuesdays are instantly sweeter since I get to spend them taking care of this little man.

Thank you Mama Kylie for sharing your little guy with me. I love spending time with your sweet babe.

I've been spending a little time working in my "garden" planting a few new things...

And adding in a few new additions...

Enjoying the view on a perfect weekend morning.

While I'm looking forward to things kind of slowing down, and feeling a bit more settled I wouldn't trade these days for anything. It's a perfectly crazy, beautiful, life.

Happy almost Friday my lovelies!

xoxo- miss v.

Viva Las Vegas...

Whew. Things are out of control busy over here so wanted to update on what's been going on! 1st off school started last week, and it has been crazy. If you didn't already know my schedule is all over the place. I was hired in my district in two different job shares, so I'm sharing two classrooms with two different co-teachers on two different days a week. Got that? Ha. Basically my new schedule looks like this: M: Teach 1st grade, T: Nanny Mama Kylie's lil man. W: Sub (or do testing or resource work at my school) Th: Sub or same as Wed. F: Teach 2nd grade. Cuh-raa-Z. It's just an all over the place schedule that I'm trying to get used to and feel like I'm 100% on top of everything, like anything new it will take a bit to adjust but before I know it, it will totally be the norm.

Our 2nd Grade room!

On top of all of that I jetted off to Vegas for the long weekend to celebrate roomie's bachelorette! But not before grabbing drinks/ apps/ and a photo shoot with my cutie pie sister who was in town!

A little blurry but couldn't resist love my Sissy!

I really wish I had taken more pics in Vegas but there was so much going on at all times that I totally failed! So I have a few but fingers crossed I can steal a few from the other ladies who went!

For the few weeks before the trip I had a few crafty plans up my sleeve to surprise everyone with once they arrived...

After lots of glue, craft scissors, paper and a great design thanks to Mr. Jones' brother..

I had my banners and goodie bags all set!

Finished products!

I wish I had taken a photo of the goods inside, but basically the gift bags included all the necessary girly items for a weekend in Vegas, mini champagne, cute undies, a shot glass, a pink water bottle with initial decals for each girl and a manicure set ;)

Oh and note the roomies name tag... is the Queen of Diamonds! Get it... get it... haha my cleverness kills me.

Viva Las Vegas!

Once we were all checked in we kicked off the 1st day in total weirdness just like I had hoped for! Masks, wigs, and cocktails were clearly number one on the agenda.

Off to the pool we go!

Super sparkly for the 1st night out.

Grabbing cocktails in the casino bar.

The next day was the joint guys and girls day as this was a joint bachelor/ette party. Total fail on the 2nd day! I think I was too busy soaking up the rays by the pool with the bride to be.

MOH & Bride to Be...

See...told you I've been busy. Yikes coming back from a long weekend in Vegas and jumping into my almost 1st full weeks routine has been rough. Not gonna lie. But tomorrow is Friday and I can't wait to hang with my 2nd graders and spend a relaxing weekend at home!

Hope all of you have had a great short week and have nothing but good things planned for the weekend!

xoxo- miss v.

Fantabulous Friday!

Breaking from my 10 day (ahhem) challenge I just wanted to discuss what I'm currently obsessing over right now... Have you seen this?

Once Upon a Time on ABC
Trailer Here

Are you kidding me? This show is right up my alley and I cannot wait to watch! I also adore Ginnifer Goodwin and it's from the executive producers of LOST which was one of my favorite shows. Anyone else having a total nerd fest over this modern day fairy tale?

In other news it's Friday! Woo, 1st week of school almost down! Drinks and apps with my Sissy tonight who is visiting from NYC...

Sissy Love.

And... then off to Vegas in the am to celebrate roomies bachelorette!

Here's to hoping things get super weird.

(circa. 2007-ish or at least before we were grown ups. Clearly I am soo much more mature now.) wink ;)

Lots to celebrate, hope all of you have Fan-tabulous Fridays!

XOXO- Miss V.