Have you seen this on pinterest or at a craft show yet?
That is what I have been telling Jay lately. This happened to me when I was pregnant with Charlotte. I normally can not fall asleep at night due to my creative juices flowing about what project I can jump into next. When I am pregnant all my creative juices dry up. It is like all of my creativity goes into making a little person. Sounds weird, but totally true. I have many projects that I should probably start and one that I must start (antwi family your beautiful little family's quilt is coming, just slowly), but I have no passion or umph to me at all these days. Add on top of that the first week of school and I have been doing a lot of dead beat mommy-ing and going to be at seven-ish every night this week. Add together my lack of creativity and my complete exhaustion from those fifth graders and you have someone that can barely have enough self control to peck out a blog post to show our moms back home my classroom this year. I have finally done it though, I have:
1. remembered the camera
2. taken pictures that were not fuzzy
3. opened my laptop with the intention of writing a blog post
It looks like I am well on my way, one blog post down! Anyways, here is my new classroom this year. It is way bigger than last years and I am loving it! I have a lot of the same stuff as last year and some new additions. Take a look!
I think above is my favorite part of the room. I got cute lanterns that were pennies marked down at michael's and then took photos of the kids on the first day of school. Matted them on paper and put them up. I like the look of it, and the kids like to gaze admiringly at them selves! 
Writing Station
Library Station
Front of the room.
Maps and my desk.
So, these weren't the best pics and of course I had the 50mm lens on so I could not zoom in or out at all, but you get the general idea. I am also working on a classroom blog that I will share when it is up and running and on its feet. Hope all my midwest teacher friends are loving their classes and my east coast friends are recovering from their long first week!
-melissa