Please welcome...Tanya from Ms. Solano's Kindergarten

I gotta go back, back, back to schoo-oooool! 

Greetings!  I’m Tanya from Ms. Solano’s Kindergarten and I can’t tell you how happy I’m to be guest blogging for my BBB {Best Blogging Buddy} while she’s away on a wonderful family vacation.

Within the next couple of weeks, most of us will be back to school {with kids}.  When I hear those three little words back.to.school. it kinds makes wish for a grand entrance like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQGkx5LpuA

It would just kick start the school year.  Don’t ya think?

Anyway.  I like most teachers have an intense love for going back to school.  Weird you say?  Let’s just see how many of you nod your head and sigh with agreement when I say {or type}...

opening that first brand new box of perfectly sharpened crayons

your best bulletin board display...to date

crisp, never opened composition books

the deal of a lifetime~twenty-five folders for $1...with brads no less

brand new, never touched by little hands Mr. Sketch markers {admit it, you’re im agining taking the lid off of the brown marker and inhaling deeply right now, it’s okay}

bragging enthusiastically sharing about the wonderful time you had at the I Teach K conference in Vegas

My list can go on and on.  But as teachers, we tend to get wrapped up in all the B2S hustle and bustle by thinking of our administration, the upcoming families, and the twenty something littles that will be entering our lives and hearts for the next nine months, that we tend to forget about the Queen Bee, the Big Kahuna, the Top Dawg, la jefita {pronounced Hefita, the boss in spanish} bottom line: US.

So.  I want to know what you do {for yourself} to get ready for back to school?  This is what I do to kinda pump myself up for BACK TO SCHOOL:

I have to have a new bag.  It doesn’t matter where it comes from.  If my son gets a new backpack...so does momma : )  On that note - I recently became a member of Little Black Bag.  OH.MY.GOODNESS.  In love with this site.

I hit the mall a few times to cash in on those 60-80% off deals and get a few outfits to get me through the fabulous Colorado fall.

I treat myself to new face moisturizer and eye cream.  These are my faves:



I don’t wear a lot of make-up, but I cannot live without mascara and some color on my cheeks.  So I get these:



I'm not a mani/pedi kind of gal so I just make sure my cuticles are well moisturized.

{I am not getting any kick backs from Philosophy, Kiehl’s, Almay, or Stainiac.  These are just the things that make me feel fresh, young, and ready to face a room fu ll of 5 year olds}

Although my car is still pretty new, I take her in to get detailed.

I stock my classroom mini fridge with Starbucks iced coffee, Fresca {citrus flavor}, Coke, cheese sticks, turkey lunchables, and a bag of mini carrots.  I stock my closet with yummy chocolatey snacks, crackers, nuts, and dried fruit.

I buy a new pair of slippers to wear in the classroom {I love going in my bare feet so my feet and I are enemies the first few weeks of school}.

Finally, I make sure I’m in bed by 9. Eat right. And during the school year I treat myself once a month to a small reward.

In honor of YOU, the Big Kahuna, Queen Bee, la Jefita...I am giving away two of these babies worth $25 each to two lucky winners.

You don’t have to become a follower or like my facebook page.  I simply want you to leave a comment about what you do for yourself to get ready for back to school on my blog.  

The lucky winners cannot, I repeat CANNOT use these gift cards to purchase a si ngle marker, a pad of paper, or border for your bulletin board.  You have to pinky promise you will use these gift cards for you and you alone : )

One lucky winner will receive this fantastic Lotsa Dots Cinch Thermal from Thirty-one.

Here’s to a WONDERFUL school year to each and everyone of my friends!

Cheers!