“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it” – David Foster Wallace, American author. Teaching is My Gift I pressed the ding-dong doorbell hanging from my lanyard. At the signal, they all raced to my kidney-shaped table. Who can grab the stool closest to me? Who can pick their favorite color erasable pen first? As I pull…
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I was challenged to create an awesome fall craft with $25 worth of supplies from Dollar Tree. Challenge accepted! I entered the store without really knowing exactly what to create {since I did not know what would be available} so I began by simply wandering around, looking for inspiration. I really liked all of the fall scarecrow craft items, so…
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Have family fun with these Spider Superhero Halloween Party Ideas! To celebrate the release of MARVEL’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron on Blu-ray/DVD, we hosted a Spider Superhero Halloween Party! Can I just say that this party was so fun to plan? I wanted to pick a theme that captured MARVEL comics in a way that was different than my previous…
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Celebrate the season with this Fall Apple Party! While the weather may still be hot for the next month or so, I am definitely ready to say “hello” to Fall! Pumpkin patches, fields of sunflowers, jeans and boots, hot coffee, hay rides, trips to the farm – Fall is my absolutely favorite season! Last year, we went apple picking in…
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Use water bottles to make this Upcycled Pumpkin Patch! This time three years ago, I wrote a blog post that I thought was a wonderful idea for an upcycled pumpkin patch. Problem is, I had only been blogging about a year and a half, and I had no clue about good blog photography or how to promote my posts. Because…
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