It's My Birthday & I'll Host a Giveaway if I want to!

Today is my birthday and although I usually celebrate it quietly with my family, I thought I would also celebrate it with my followers.  My favorite thing in the world to have on my birthday is an ice cream cake (I'm lactose intolerant so it's a VERY special treat)

This is the YUMMY ice cream cake my sister got me for my birthday!!

For the winner of my giveaway I'm offering a $20 gift card to Cold Stone Creamery!!!

 It's summer, it's hot, let's celebrate!  In order to win it's very simple:
1. Post a comment letting me know you are a follower
2. Post a comment telling me how you celebrate birthdays in your classroom
3. Post the giveaway on your blog and leave me the link.

That's 3 entries per person

Now for the best part - BONUS entries!!

Mechele over at Barrow's Hodgepodge is hosting a postcard exchange for the 2011-2012 school year.  We are still in need of a few states.  If you are currently teaching in one of these states we would LOVE to have you join up with the postcard exchange.  AND it will earn you a bonus entry into my birthday ice cream giveaway.

We still need teachers from the following states:

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Idaho
• Maryland
• Maine
• Minnesota
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Utah
• Vermont
• Wyoming

The giveaway will end Monday evening and I will choose a winner on Tuesday morning using Random Generator.  Good luck!