Have you been watching the Olympics?

One of the most exciting things to happen this summer have been the Olympics.  We've been watching a little bit of the action every day.  We watched the Opening Ceremonies to see how London would welcome the world to the games.  We've also been watching some of the high-profiled events, like the swimming races, gymnastics, diving, and beach volleyball. I even saw a few events I didn't know much about like archery and trampolines! I didn't even know jumping on a trampoline was an Olympic event, but apparently it is! So far the USA has won 63 medals (29 Gold, 15 Silver, and 19 Bronze)

Some of my favorite moments so far were watching the Ladies Gymnastics get the team gold medal, and seeing Gabby Douglas win the Individual All-Around gold medal (also for gymnastics). I enjoyed watching Michael Phelps become the most decorated medalist....22 medals overall, 18 were gold!

Have you and your family been watching the Olympics?

What's been your favorite part so far?

Cloud Pic of the Day--August 6th

My family and I were coming home from the fire station tonight and I could see that some storm clouds were brewing. I caught this picture from our driveway.

Pretty intense, but strangely enough, we barely got any rain, thunder, or lightning from this storm!

Cloud Pic of the Day--August 5th

Today is Sunday, and I always get up first so I can get cleaned up and start getting my family ready to go to church. Today, though I had to get up a little earlier so I could cook something to take to church for our special Breakfast Day.  I was letting our dog Dixie out into the backyard for her morning stroll and I noticed the sky looked pretty. From our backyard, it's hard to see clearly for all the trees, so I went quickly to the front yard and saw this.  What a beautiful morning sunrise!

Now would be a great time for a trip to the zoo!!

I just saw on our local news website that the NC Zoo has a new member! A female gorilla gave birth to a baby just this morning!  This is an exciting time for the zoo. The last time a baby gorilla was born, I was in 5th grade....1989!!  That was 23 years ago!  And another female gorilla is due to have a baby in November.

Want to see what this little cutie looks like?  Then click here!

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Cloud Pic of the Day--August 3rd

Tonight we had to go out to the store. As I was loading my boys into the truck, I noticed this huge wall of clouds in the sky. It seemed as though these clouds covered almost the entire sky. I couldn't even get them all in the picture. I've never seen clouds look quite like this before. It was absolutely beautiful!

School Starts Soon!

It's already August.....hard to believe!  It seems as though it was yesterday that I was saying goodbye to my students that I had taught for two years.  Now I'm looking forward to a new group of 5th graders.  Our time together will begin on August 27th....only 24 days.  All the teachers will come back to work on August 20th.

This weekend is the annual tax-free weekend in NC, so this might be a good time to do some back-to-school shopping for clothes and supplies.

Click here to see our school system's generic supply list.

Click here to see what is considered "tax free".

If you are like me and don't care to get mixed up in the crazy crowds of shoppers, you can wait until Open House to get the supply list from me. Many stores have good sales other than this weekend as the start of school approaches. There are a few things on the generic list that I do not use in my classroom.  According to the district's web page, Elementary School Open House will be August 23rd from 5:30pm - 7:30 pm.

Cloud Pic of the Day--August 2nd

I didn't get a picture of the clouds yesterday. I was too busy celebrating with my husband for his birthday.

I did get a picture of the clouds today, just as the sun was peeking out.