I had a "Top Banana" award when I was in 1st grade and remember it well. The award went to the classroom that was the quietest in the lunchroom. I recall walking into the lunch room daily and looking to see if the poster of a banana was sitting above my table from our day's before performance. Oh, to be top banana. What a great memory! Of course, we never had a cool plastic banana trophy like this one!
Second of all, I wanted to share with you that I ALMOST completed everything on my Spring Break list.
1. Paint the walls (As you saw, I modified this...painting the walls was overrated, so I chose Mixed Media instead).
*2. Vacuum out van (Done, but now needs to be done again. Ugh!)
*3. Barnes & Noble with Sherri (Yes, we went with many much younger and very gothic Twilight fans)
4. Project 365 kit up to date (Kind of, I did get a lot of it done, but there's still lots of journaling left)
*5. Dog groomed (Yup! Ranger looks like a schnauzer again instead of a sheep dog)
*6. SCC Scrapfest (You betcha! I had a great time!)
7. Report card done (I stress out about these until the last minute, so until that deadline is up, I can't ever consider it done.)
*8. Bathrooms cleaned (I scrubbed three bathrooms from top to bottom and for what?! They need cleaning again!)
*9. Shrine Circus (The kids had fun and I enjoyed seeing them take it all in.)
*10. An outing with my co-workers (We were going to Raette's lake house, but plans changed, so we went shopping in Omaha and hung out at Cindy's. I had a great time and didn't get home until 3:00 am. Isn't that nice to enjoy hanging out with co-workers? A wonderful thing!)
*11. Baking with Madison (I helped Madison make a Mexican dessert for a Brownie patch and we did it!)
*12. Sleep in until 7:30 (I slept in this morning until 8:00, so that one was met too!)
That sums up my Spring Break...I had a glorious week and wish that I could get a repeat! I guess all good things must come to an end!
love the top banana award! you got a lot done over break...way to go!
ReplyDeleteI am super impressed with how much you got done. Do you have extra hours in your day? Ant the TB award is too cute. :)
ReplyDeleteKeep us updated if the Top Banana award is motivating to your students. I hope it does the trick. :)
ReplyDeleteha! i love the top banana award! i've been meaning to stop by and say hello ever since you dropped me a note. i hope the kids love the trophy!
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