Tuesday, February 14, 2012

St. Valentine, I'm All In.

I am celebrating Valentine's Day this year. For the first time in many. Probably the first time since I've been married. When I was in high school, I'd obsess over V-Day. Would I get a surprise bouquet of roses? Would I have a secret admirer? How many carnations would my friends send me and would I have more than the chick with the locker above mine? Would that boy I looked at in English class...

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Great Books for Children

UPDATED 4/27/12 I’ve compiled a list of our favorite children’s books. This list is for a true reader. I have not included any little children's books or beginner reader books. There are just so many fabulous books out there, so I stayed in the land that I know well – Children’s Literature 2nd – 11th  grade (give or take). I haven't had time to organize the books by order of difficulty. Here...

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