School Birthdays

My littles both celebrate their birthdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  This is interesting considering my “master plan” called for late spring birthdays…you know, when the weather is warm and before classmates scatter for summer vacations.  Of course, in said “master plan” all three of my children were perfectly coiffed and properly smocked little girls with… Read More

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He’s Baaaaack!

Our friendly family elf, Scout, is back for the holiday season.  Yippee!!!  He flew in last night and worked his little elfin fingers to the bone preparing perfectly elf-sized portions of breakfast favorites for our second annual Scout’s Snowflake Breakfast. The littles could not believe their eyes when, coming downstairs for a regular weekday breakfast,… Read More

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Cowboy Party {Activities and Badges}

With ten little buckaroos to entertain for two hours, some strong daughter-of-an-educator characteristics came out in me.  What started as a marshmallow shoot-out turned into an elaborate and highly orchestrated assortment of games and activities.  The boys started the day as cowpokes and underwent a series of eight training activities, for which badges were earned,… Read More

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