Sunday Smorgasbord!

I was going to start this post by saying that I have been such a lazy blogger this week... but then when I thought about it, it seems that I have been a lazy person in general! I'm linking up with Fabulous in First to share a bunch of randomness from my lazy days.

In no particular order...

It's really, truly Winter here at the moment!!  Temperatures often get very cold overnight - but this was during the day! While the sun was out!  Brrr.

My plan for the holidays was to get my eating back on track.  Usually I eat really healthily - lots of fruit and veggies and no lollies or chocolate.  The last few weeks of term I was super disorganised and ended up eating lots of junk so I had planned to avoid treats when the term ended.   See the above photo for an example of how that went!!   Last night in an attempt to eat well I made my favourite, baked salmon!

So easy and tasty - just season with salt and pepper, add a few lemon or lime slices to the top (if you want) and wrap in foil.  Bake at about 180 degrees C for 20 minutes or so, sometimes it takes a little longer if the salmon is thick.

I've also been trying to get out every day for either a walk by the beach or to the gym.  This photo was from a late afternoon walk - it was cold but the views were lovely.

Finally got a new rug for my 'office'.  The photo doesn't do the gorgeous green colour justice.

And since I was in the shopping mood, I grabbed a new teacher chair and some more classroom storage from Ikea.

Spent some time with my precious nephew on Saturday.  Here he is waiting for his 'pet snail', Slimey, to come out of his shell.  (He never did!)

We played 'Turtle Rescue' - he was the injured turtle that we had to save from the open ocean.  My brother does a pretty good impression of Shellington from Octonauts so he was the preferred rescuer.  In this photo he is checking the turtle's fin before attaching a tracking tag and releasing him. :)

I think I can hear the housework calling me... it might be time to get off the couch and get some stuff done!  My plans today include updating my Reading Fluency Card Game Bundle with my 2 new games - when I do that I'll increase the price a little so if you grab it now you'll get the lower price AND the new games when they're added, too! I also need to email the winners of my 'Pin it to win it' giveaway - Sarah B. and Bec!

Have a wonderful day friends. :)

Sunday Smorgasbord! End of term randomness and holiday plans

I'm only three days into holidays and already woke up this morning thinking 'what day is it??'.  Gotta love that feeling of total relaxation... but it does mean that I'm way too late to link up for Five for Friday!  Luckily, the lovely Michelle at Fabulous in First hosts another fun linky that doesn't require me to count. :)

Our last week of term was nice and relaxed - we played lots of games and revisited some activities that were favourites!  (Click on the photos to go see the products in the various stores they are from.)

Stretchy Snake Bingo in the sun - we've moved from the kidlets just listening to the segmented word and blending the sounds together to them stretching the sounds out for their friends. 

Shark!  I put this game away at the end of reading groups and it mysteriously made it's way back out for free choice time.  I don't mind... a bit of extra reading practice never hurt anyone! :)

I Spy the -ap family.

More reading practice, this time with sentences.  I really think my kidlets love to play this game just so they can call 'Arghh!' when they find a pirate.  It's called 'Shiver Me Timbers!'

Our end of term party was 'Frozen' themed - we had lots of fun snacks and watched about half of the movie.  We ran out of time to finish it - but since the kidlets have all seen it about a million times at home they didn't mind. :)

My plans for the rest of winter break are fairly simple - this was the view of the beach yesterday afternoon so I'm hoping to do many more walks to enjoy the sun and fresh air. I have a long 'to do' list, but am hoping to balance work with something relaxing each day.  My main goal for today is to create my first bundle on TpT! I must admit I'm a little nervous. :)

I'm off to get out of my PJs in an attempt to feel motivated... but let's be honest, I could still be here on the couch in an hour! 10am on the first Monday of vacation is surely the best time to veg out?