What a busy week! I guess
by doing my blog on Sunday night, I can include this weekend as well! Sooo last weekend, Darren had 4 hockey games
and Trevor did not play at all… I missed 3 out of 4 of D’s games as I got to go
to Bemidji, Minnesota to watch my niece play hockey instead! WHOOP WHOOP!! It was
a flying trip, but when my sister-in-law asked me Wednesday night if I wanted
to go and stay Friday night, I could say nothing but YES!!! So away I went! We left Friday morning at 8:00, stopped at
Devils Lake for gas, McDonalds in Bemidji and then to the rink for game time at
3:07!
My ticket!
And what a rink! The Bemidji State University sure knows how
to do a rink up right! I was impressed
that the women’s team was treated very similar to the men’s team (not that I
have been to a men’s game, but I imagine it’s the same).
Penny and I
The mascot was there, they introduced the
first line-up, they even had “chuck the puck” and “closest puck to the beaver”
during intermissions! I was
impressed!
The Bemidji Beaver
The girls fell 6 – 1 to the
University of Wisconsin, who is ranked #1 in their league, but still, not too
bad. After that game, we waited for my
niece, Missy, then headed out for supper and a tad bit of shopping. On Saturday, we went for breakfast at a
FANTASTIC restaurant called Minnesota Nice –
Missy and I at the restaurant
so amazing, then dropped Missy off
so she could get ready for her game and we hit the shops again. I didn’t buy much, but just nice to check out
what’s there. Game time again at 3:07,
this time with better hockey! They lost
4-2 but were able to score first as well as tie the game up at 2, so not
terrible either!
Beaver Territory!
Then we left and headed
for home! Got home about 12:30 in the
morning! It was a fast trip, but well
worth it! My kids are mad that they didn’t
get a chance to see Missy play, but maybe if their own hockey schedule wasn’t
so stupid, they would!
How my kids can see her play! Pictures only!
I was able to
watch Darren play with the Pee Wees on Sunday and they tied Souris! Was a good game! As for his other 3 games… I think they lost 2
and won 1… not sure… I was in Bemidji! Trevor had a game on Tuesday in Wawanesa
and beat Parkland 6-0. Considering they
hadn’t been on the ice for a week, they did well.
So this weekend,
Darren played Friday night (Feb 10) – I had to work the booth, so didn’t get to
watch the game much, but they won! Game
1 in league playoffs vs Carberry – success.
Game two coming this Tuesday… will see how that goes down! He also played with the Pee Wees on Saturday,
but we billeted him so I could also attend an information session on the MJHL…
lucky me. First off on Saturday, I traveled to Wawanesa to watch my nephew play hockey as well as my brother
coach. So different watching novice
hockey now! It was so much fun!
My "cool" nephew and I - had to bribe him to take a pic with me though!
After that, I headed back home just in time
to jump in the truck and head to the info session in Deloraine. Well… must say I did learn something… but I just
wish it was further away from happening than it could be. I still have a couple years to wait, but I am
sure the time will come faster than I will be able to prepare myself for! Then Game time at 6:00 vs Winnipeg Warriors –
what a game! It was fast and rough but the Cougars pulled it off and won… well…
in a shoot out!! So exciting! Today they played in Wawanesa and beat
Eastman 6-4. Another great game! I was beginning to believe that Trevor would
never score a goal when I was watching, but today he proved me wrong! I was so happy to finally see it happen for
myself! So another weekend of hockey is
over with one night off (for me) until 2 games Tuesday night! I don’t think I will be able to make it to
both games though…. School runs too late for me but I will make it to one at
least!
Not hockey talk…
Wish I knew something
different sometimes! So this is actually
not hockey… believe it or not! So
Thursday I received a call from the Hartney Principal desperately looking for a
substitute teacher on Friday. Of course
I said yes, even knowing I would be the band teacher for the day… yes… band
teacher. Ok, so I did take band in high
school, but … well… that was quite some time ago! However, I think I pulled it off. The kids were happy and they said they had
fun. I think it helped that I knew
pretty much all of them, so I didn’t have any behaviour problems that were out
of the ordinary for the classes! The
Principal did come and check on me once and asked if I had been having any
problems and I told her nothing that I couldn’t handle, which was true! When I asked Trevor if I embarrassed him in
class, he told me that I was “sick” which apparently means awesome. Darren told me that I wasn’t “sick” but that
class was fun! So if I didn’t wreck my
own children in their school, I must have pulled it off ok. Not sure if I EVER would want to be a band
teacher, mostly as I had no clue what I was doing, but I wouldn’t turn down another
sub day in there. I think I am almost
feeling back to normal now… like a school hangover… I was completely exhausted
and my brain playing nasty band music at me all night, but I think I survived!
Tech talk
I had seen the
Kahoot logo on Pinterest when I was searching for Evaluation and Assessment
methods on Sunday night, so I was very pleased to actually see it in action on
Monday! I think it is definitely something
that I would use in a classroom for older students. I thought it was a fun way to use assessment
for learning or even a tool to use to activate their learning before teaching a
certain unit. I would then use the same “test”
after it was over to compare their learnings.
I also like using
PIXLR to create our “Learning is…” image.
I think they all turned out fabulous!
I feel like there are so many little things that we need to remember and
as I am using the computer for most of the class, I forget to write down all
the tips and information that we need to do, in order to save the information
to use in the future.
I think I found
some better images than my stupid cats to use for the video that we need to
make this week… at least I hope that they are good and it turns out ok!
TTFN!
Connie
