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 Happy Tuesday! Linking up again with Blog Hoppin' for #TeacherWeek2015!! Today it's: I love food. Like love, LOVE it. I can eat everything at all times of the day. But sometimes I just don't want to spend time making it!! So make ahead meals come in handy. Here are some of my faves! Protein Salad: This is a Whole 30 recipe that I have simply loved since I did my first Whole 30. Super simple to make and create that I make a batch every Sunday and pack it for lunch throughout the week. I've stuffed bell peppers, used it as celery dip, topped green salads/spinach with it - it's really quite versatile. I like to add golden raisins, apple cider vinegar, walnuts, and chopped Granny Smith Apples!! Pair with a side of fruit and your lunch is done! YUMMO.  I also do a TON of Freezer Meals. These are so simple and I'm so happy when I come home after one has been cooking in the Crock Pot all day!!  My faves - Pulled Pork, Chicken and Sweet Potatoes, Citrus Chicken Salad...

Happy Monday, y'all! I am so excited to be linking up with Blog Hoppin' for this fun Teacher Week! Up today: Five Fun Facts! Here goes: I love my job!! I work as a first grade instructor at Mayfair Laboratory School in Baton Rouge. We do so much fun learning that I am always excited to go to work!  Loving what I do is something of which I am very proud!    Here are some pics of my kiddos from last year! I have an awesome family!  My sister Jennifer has two kids: Jessica and Casey. My cousin Kathleen lives in Omaha, Nebraska and is becoming an Occupational Therapist. Every year we have a Vicknair Family Reunion! And every year we take a vacation as a big family with my parents, my aunt and uncle, my sister, and my grandmother.  Last year we went to Philadelphia and the Poconos. Read all about that fabulous adventure  {HERE} .    I have a 14 year old daughter, Carly, who is in HIGH SCHOOL! Here she is at 4 and at 14.  Oh, and btw we LOVE Disne...

Hi yall! It's been a BUSY week over here in Louisiana. Not to mention HOT - upwards to 100. Can't wait til September. But first of August means back to school :) I just wanted to share with you how my first week back went! I made cookies for everyone!   {HERE} is my fantastic recipe.  Teachers reported on Tuesday where we got to sit in on all that really fun and exciting review of policies and handbooks and all that jazz. But my principal is so awesome that she makes those mandatory PowerPoint presentations into fun games. We did a Quiz-Quiz-Trade and a Tarsia puzzle. Have you used this before? It's amazing! District Policy Awareness Our fourth grade teachers use it with the kids to review facts and help to study. One side of the triangles has the answer and the another side has the questions. You read the questions and try to find the answers. And then the puzzles come together as diamonds, triangles, hexagons, etc. Pretty cool! That night was back to school Open House/M...