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Archive for December, 2009

December 28th, 2009 - 5:42 PM § in 2009, Christmas, Holidays, Silly Stuff

Five to Fifteen in 3.5

Wish I'd been a fly on the wall when her mom got her ready for a bath that night.[...]

December 22nd, 2009 - 10:07 PM § in 2009, Christmas, Cooking

Christmas Cookies: The Next Generation

This year, Mikayla helped me make the cookies. I figured it was time for the next generation to understand this so I don't have to still be doing it when I'm in my wheelchair. [...]

December 17th, 2009 - 7:35 AM § in 2009, Christmas, Holidays, Kindergarten, School Events

Writing a Book

Kelly ripped off her badge, handed it to me and said, "Here. I'm sure you want this so you can rag on me in your blog."[...]

December 15th, 2009 - 10:24 AM § in Christmas, Crafts

It Takes a Village

December 15, 2009   To add a little fun to Christmas!   This little Christmas village is made from recycled Christmas cards.  That’s about all you need (unless you want to add some little battery-operated tea lights).  What a fun and easy idea to help make the house look festive. Â[...]

December 11th, 2009 - 8:46 AM § in 2009, Cooking, Kindergarten, School

If I told you I had pancakes for breakfast…

But there's no one in the school cafeteria heating up lunches for six hundred million little elementary school kids. [...]

December 10th, 2009 - 10:35 AM § in 2009, Hobbies, Swimming

Go Fish Go!

Mikayla's turn comes. You guessed it. She's half way to the other end of the pool before the instructor can catch up with her.[...]

December 7th, 2009 - 9:12 AM § in 2009, Birth Events, Events

December Showers

The baby shower to celebrate the impending birth of my next grand daugher, Leilah Nicole, was a resounding success. [...]

December 6th, 2009 - 10:43 AM § in 2009, Birth Events, Events, Parties

A Birth and a Death

So I get a plastic bag. I open the trash bin in preparation for the extremely gross offering I'm about to provide. I throw the bag over the ...mess... without heaving. [...]

December 4th, 2009 - 10:03 AM § in 2009, Kindergarten, School

Rth

As usual these days, my job at center time is to help kids stretch out words. They don't need to know how they are really spelled. They just need to write down how they sound for now because they are being taught the sounds of the letters, not how to spell.[...]

December 2nd, 2009 - 10:30 PM § in 2009, Kindergarten, School, Silly Stuff

I Must Be Poor

So our assignment was to make a list of five words that were Needs. They'd talked about it the day before so they had a good idea that things like air, a house, clothes and food were Needs.[...]