Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Wednesday...half way there!

Two more days till Friday! Yeah! I'm ready for the weekend! My Aunt is coming in town and I think there is a date night involved for me and Jeff! So love a date night!

Norah went to painting class again today and here is her latest...
How cool is that! I love it! She is really enjoying the class and cannot wait to see what next week will be! I'm kinda amazed what she can do with a paint brush at age 5...I know, I know...I'm her mom so I think she is the greatest! :)

So I found something fabulous on-line one day and must share it here...
Yeah...how awesome is that bike and pink too! Too bad it costs a lot of $$ because that would be fun to sport around the beach! You can check out their website HERE

Speaking of internet finds...found another interesting website "Becoming Minimalist" and you can check it out HERE There is some great information there....I really want to pare down our life more over time...it is such a work in progress!! Well off to bed as it has been a long day! :)

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tuesday Things!

Our friends Ellen and Will had their 2nd son yesterday! They named him Smith and I cannot wait to meet him! Congrats!

Today another teacher and I took our 6th grade (minus one student that was unable to attend...we missed him!) to Charleston for a History walking tour and a Geometry Scavenger Hunt. It was glorious weather...beautiful! We were so happy that the sun came out as it rained so heavy last night...it actually woke me up. But look at that sky...perfection!
Here is a slideshow I made as I did the Geometry Scavenger Hunt too! You had to take a picture of different geometric shapes. I cannot wait to see what my students did! I already heard one student state that they were making an iMovie with his pictures...so cool!
Click HERE for my Geometry slideshow!
After we ate packed lunches at the Battery Park we then got some ice cream on our way out. It was a great day!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Monday Quotes...

Sometimes I just stop and think about all the good in my life. My life is by no means perfect but I rather count all my blessings then think about the negatives. I also love quotes. If you know me...you know that I always have a quote of the week for my students so I constantly look for them. I love to read and love finding meaning in words. I have put some quotes on here before and thought I would put a few to think about this week as sometimes you just need something to inspire you.






And we found a new blessing for Norah to say...how cute would this be printed out too! Norah really liked it!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Week in Review...

This will probably be a random post as this week was pretty busy and a blur. We had school where my kids had standardized testing so we worked on our tessellations. I will have to post pictures when they are all done. They are so cool! The weather is turning warmer which is awesome! We were able to open the doors at our house this week some and let the fresh air in! Love it! There is pollen everywhere but it does not seem to be as bad as it was in Charlotte.
Norah went to the painting class again on Wednesday and this time painted surfboards.
She is really loving going to the class and it works out awesome because her art teacher at school is able to take her after school to it for me. I always have a meeting on Wednesday after school so I like knowing that she has something to do while I'm at the meeting. I wonder what they will paint this week!
Friday night Jeff went to spend the night out on a "island" to do some fishing and hanging out so I finally got to watch the movie "Life of Pi"...I cannot say enough good things about it. Having read the book and knowing what would happen...it still made me cry and utterly mesmerized by everything (the film itself is beautifully done.) The movie is now one of my all time favorites! I cannot get it out of my head...it may be a movie I own so I can watch it again and again! I loved all the actors who played Pi but especially the adult Pi. Just an amazing movie and story! It makes you think about all kinds of things. You have to watch it now!

Saturday we went with friends to the baseball fields in Georgetown for their opening day. I took my sister's son, Alex, with us. After we finished watching some baseball, I picked up a lunch for them and took them to a park to eat and play. It was so beautiful outside that I didn't want to spend anytime inside. We ended the night having pizza with my mom, Denny, Glenn and all the kids at my mom's house. The whole day was great and the kids had a blast!

Today we went to Church and of course Norah sported some green! And had dinner with my mom, Denny and Alex. Jeff cleaned his boat and I cleaned out my car...a relaxing Sunday!
This week is set up to be pretty busy and crazy and will end with a bang as this Saturday is a 5K run/1 mile walk at our school. I will be volunteering at the race and Jeff and Norah will be doing the 1 mile walk. It should be a great time and there is still time to sign up at www.mindsontherun.com

Well now it is time to do the normal Sunday night routine to prepare for tomorrow. I will leave you with a picture that Jeff took with his phone of Norah that he sent to me and said that Norah looks just like me! What do ya think? I love my Jeff and Norah!!!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Book Club, Beach and TV Shows...

We had book club Thursday night (Thanks for hosting Jan!) and discussed our book "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" which was great! My mom is now listening to it on "tape" and I cannot wait to hear her views as it is one of those books that makes you think about things. We ended up putting some names of books in a "hat" and Jan picked one randomly. Up next is "One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Right Where you Are" by Ann Voskamp.
Friday we had a lock down at school due to a bank robbery in the area. We were able to dismiss the students at regular time and luckily we were all safe and nothing happened at our school. I thought our school did a great job working together and taking all the necessary precautions. It was an experience but so happy with the outcome. We knew we needed a low key weekend to regroup from all the busy we have been doing. So we took the dogs on the beach on Saturday to let them run. It was a beautiful day! It is always refreshing to be on the beach...there is nothing like it! Norah collected a lot of great shells and Darcy and Finn had a blast running wild!





So in our down time we watched some TV shows...We recorded "The Americans" and watched the first one. I think it will be a good show to watch this Spring.

Next I recorded the first "The Bible" from the History Channel and watched it. I thought it was interesting. I think it will be a great mini-series to watch and am recording the rest of them.
Also we randomly caught the show "Banshee" on Cinemax and it is far-fetched, random and very adult but it is entertaining because it is crazy. It is not for the faint of heart...
Today we went to our friends Amanda and Lilly's birthday party! Amanda and her daughter, Lilly, share the same birthday...how cool! It was a great time and met some wonderful new folks too! I love that so many people we are meeting live in our neighborhood. I think Norah is going to have a great time growing up here. Also at Church today, a student from our school (she is a senior) sang a solo and it was great! I was so impressed! Well I am excited that it should start getting lighter later with the time change which will make me feel like I can get more done in a day! Hopefully Sping weather will be following soon too! Well time to gear up for the start of a new week!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Wednesday Whatnots...

Whew...another week that has been a blur...and it is only Wednesday. Monday I had a meeting after school and was there from 5-7 pm. Tuesday had Women's bible study and today...a teacher meeting. Norah had a big day today as her class went on a field trip to see the play "Sesusical" done at a high school in Myrtle Beach (she said she liked it! She also said that her favorite part is "when the Cat in the Hat shaked his fanny." Ha!) and then went went to a children's paint class and painted this...

How cute! It is a pineapple and she choose the colors to use which I thought was creative. She had a lot of fun too so I think she will do the class again. Once I got there and she finished the painting...we left at 5:25pm! Since it was family night...we decided that it was too windy to go on the beach so we just went out to dinner at Habanero's Mexican together. It is nice to do something with just the 3 of us.

Tomorrow is book club night...which will be fun! And I decided to try a new recipe to take to book club that I saw for Raspberry Crumb Bars from Barefoot Contessa...they are in the oven now. Hope they turn out yummy! Oh and to add to my week...I got a sty in my eye and one of my thumbs swelled up twice the normal size and cannot bend...what in the world! Ha! Needless to say....that come Friday...there will be relaxin' happening at the Hoppe house!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Weekend over...

So sad that the weekend is over...I just need one more day! Friday after school we went to our Church and made cookies, brownies, and chex mix with the Youth of our Church. It was a lot of fun and today they got to share all the goodies with the Church after the service. I think the kids had fun doing it and were proud to host the table today! Saturday we went to our School's big event called BASH and we had a blast! It was so nice to go to an all adult event...there was good drinks, great food, fun music and awesome company. There was also auctions and we bid and won the artwork that Norah's was part of...I love it!


Today we had to say goodbye to my mom (We miss ya!) and went to Church. Then I had to stop and take a nap!! I was so tired from the past two weeks have caught up to me! Jeff ended up taking Norah with Keith on a boat ride which gave me time for that nap. Then I did a little school work and a trip to the store. I made this RECIPE and it was so good!! I mean we loved it! Next time I will double the recipe so I can freeze some. Make it now! Well off to finish some school stuff for tomorrow and get ready for another Monday and another busy week...