Wishing all of our frugal family and friends a HAPPY HOLIDAY!  We hope Santa was good to you! Melissa is celebrating with her family in Stewart, Florida today while I'm here in good ol' Ocala celebrating with mine! We are both resting up to hit the after Christmas sales tomorrow!  We'll be sure to post about any amazing deals, finds, and/or bargains!  Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Long I freebie

Finishing up our Long I packet so here is a little freebie for ya! Hope you're having a great weekend!!!

Happy Anniversary and a freebie!!

Hi friends!!! It's been so hard to keep up with blogging lately and for that I am truly sorry!!! I have gotten three new students in the last three weeks and it's starting to feel *crowded* in our little room! I tell my students to kick back and read for CAFE and they usually literally "kick back" by putting their feet up on their desk and reading for their given time (we are at 14 minutes) it's a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e. However, right now they can't fit in their usual, comfortable kicked back position! We are jam packed and our teams are practically touching! I love all my new students, they are sweet as can be, but we have maxed out our space and are over capacity! Hopefully that's it for awhile!

Meanwhile, it's Brittany and Matt's ONE MONTH wedding anniversary tomorrow, Nov. 20th ! Since we seek out any and all reasons to celebrate, we have decided to post a freebie from our newest packet for Unit 3! We are also going to put everything in our store on sale tomorrow 20%!!!

The newlyweds are loving married life and they are busy building a new back porch that they hope to have completed before it gets chilly! Fire pit time! Can't wait! Brittany also got some new wheels!! October was definitely an amazing month! So happy for my best friend!

On another bright note our unit 3 packets are coming along smoothly and unit 3 week 2 should be posted tomorrow night! Just going to add a few new things to keep our first graders engaged! We decided our packets needed a few more center activities for unit 3! We have been overwhelmed with the fantastic support from all of you and are so very thankful!!

Hope everyone has a great night!!!

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Unit 2 Week 4

Hi friends! It's been another busy weekend with yet another wedding and Brittany even spent a little time at the craft fair! Wish we could've gone together like last year!!! Remember that ... Craft Fair 2012: The Teaching Curse??? I got back late from Jacksonville so I quickly finished Unit 2 Week 4 (consonant digraph) packet! It's on TPT and here are some freebies for you to enjoy!!!

CLICK HERE for the freebie!!!

I plan on finishing up Unit 2 week 5 tomorrow and posting them as a bundle!! Thank you for being so patient! Have a fantastic school week everyone!!

She's married!!

Brittany was the most beautiful bride yesterday!!!

Mrs. Maio and her flower girl, Madison

The ceremony and reception was held at the White Room in St. Augustine. 

Most of the evening was spent dancing on the outdoor loft but we haven't gotten Britt's pics back yet so you'll have to wait and see!! 

Now let me share with you the entire wedding weekend extravaganza! It was truly one for the books!!!!

It all started Friday, October 18th...

We arrived in St. Augustine on Friday morning and Brittany booked an adorable, quaint house for the entire bridal party to stay in together! 

Many laughs happened
on this porch! 

Oviedo House

We spent our first day in St. Augustine sight seeing and talking about the BIG DAY!!! We also went to visit our hair and makeup girls (Amber and Alex) for Brittany's trial appointment! We loved them and were instant friends! For dinner, We ate at a delicious restaurant called Mojo Old City BBQ. We were so thrilled to hear they will be opening in Ocala next year!!!  

We did some sight seeing and "touristy stuff" together as well! 

Check out these tourists! 

After dinner on Friday night we enjoyed some of the haunted parts of St. Augustine and even went zombie hunting!!! It was a blast! 

The groom LOVED it!

The boys were a little scared!

On Saturday morning we woke up early and went to brunch before the rehearsal. Unfortunately, Brittany's alma mater (The GATORS) did not pull through for her wedding weekend, but we were having way too much fun to even notice! 

We spent the evening with family and friends at the Chianti Room and enjoyed a delicious italian cuisine. Many friends and family members joined and it was a wonderful night!! 

Brittany with her bridesmaids before the rehearsal dinner!

The girls had to say goodbye to the groomsman (the entire bridal party was couples) and head to the BellaBay Inn. 

Bridal Suite!

Brittany surprised us with monogramed robes and we quickly put them on and went to a few local venues to show off our robes! It was hilarious and so much fun! 

Brittany and Kelly in their robes! 

We called it an early night because we had a big day ahead! 

We woke up early the next morning and went to the same spot we had brunch on the day Brittany picked her venue. Later we headed to Starbucks for Brittany's free BRIDE coffee! We even wore our robes! It wasn't her favorite, DUNKIN DONUTS so she didn't drink much of it! 

Soon Amber and Alex, our fabulous beauty team arrived and helped us get primped and beautified! They were wonderful and we enjoyed their company! Before we knew it was time for the big reveal and pictures!!! 

At 4:00 we hid Brittany in the "holding room" and the rest is history!!

Just before her walk down the aisle!

 More details on the perfect day and many more pics to come!!! It really was a flawless wedding day and the most fun I've ever had! Plus, my best friend is married to her other half!! AHHH!!! The wedding venue looked almost as beautiful as the bride!!!

Here's a little sneak peek of our stunning bride and her handsome groom!

She was breathtaking! After the most perfect wedding we spent the rest of our St. Augustine trip talking and sharing stories about her AMAZING wedding!!! Now the newlyweds are home and planning their a winter ski trip for their upcoming honeymoon! Brittany's student's are slowly getting used to calling her "Mrs. Maio" instead of "Ms. Peterson" and so am I! More pictures from the wedding reception and ceremony to come!! Thanks to all of our blogging friends for being so patient with our lack-of-blogging while the wedding festivities were in session! We're back!

Freebies and wedding updates!!!

So friends, our girl BRITTANY is getting married in 5 DAYS!!! I can't believe it's getting so close! I'm spending my evening finishing her programs! Everything for her wedding is very vintage and elegant and I know the big day is going to be absolutely beautiful... just like the bride! Back to programs and spray paint for me but here's a freebie for all of you! It's from our new Unit 2 Week 3 packet! Enjoy!

Get Freebies HERE!!

Brittany's Wedding Week

It's official.. Brittany and Matt are getting married THIS WEEK!!!!! We are only in school for four days this week and then we are heading up to St. Augustine to celebrate the wedding of my best friend and her sweet groom! The weekend can't get here soon enough!

Unit 2 week 2 is up on our TPT and we will try and get Unit 2 week 3 up before we leave for St. Augustine! Wedding cramming and blogging are NOT a good combo so we can't make any promises! Have a great week everyone! We ABSOLUTELY Will!

Unit 2 Packet and a FREEBIE!

Hello, hello! The frugal girls have been B-U-S-Y doing many things completely UN-school related!!! We spent the weekend celebrating Brittany's bachelorette in Orlando! Pics to come! For now we just wanted to post our first packet of unit 2! Sorry for the delay folks! In LESS than two weeks Brittany says "I DO" so we haven't had as much time to blog as planned! Thank you all for your patience and we promise to be more prompt as soon as the upcoming nuptials are complete! 12 Days and COUNTING!!!  I can hear the wedding march now...  AHHHH!!!


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Here's a little preview of our packet:

As always... Freebie Here!!!

Brittany's Bridal Shower

Hi, friends! It was a busy weekend for the frugal girls! It all started on Thursday with Open House! Next we celebrated Brittany's school shower. This fun little event was on Friday. Since we've only officially been at our school for a month we weren't expecting a huge turn out... however, the staff was amazing and all came to celebrate Brittany! It was so wonderful! Finally, on Saturday we celebrated Brittany's bridal shower with family and friends and a Lake House not far from home. It was a fun filled morning brunch with lots of laughs and many new memories to add to the wedding timeline!

Yum!!

Wish I would've snapped a shot when the yogurt bar was finished being set up! Oh well, I was to busy enjoying the shower! :) 

More food!!!

JENGA!

Our beautiful bride!

Brittany and three of her bridesmaids! :)

More pics to come! We are working on unit 2 week 1 and are adding a whole bunch of new things and lot of new writing activities! We have Brittany's Bachelorette this weekend so we'll try and get it posted tomorrow! :) Thanks for stopping by!