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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 22 years. Our children are Hope (19), Lenny (15), Lily (11), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (6). Six doggies round out our happy brood. |
Woodrow for President Recently, I discovered this series of books on someone’s blog (can’t remember who???). We’ve only read the first one about Woodrow the mouse who runs for president. It does a great job of explaining about voting, campaigns, and elections. It presents the whole election process in a very enjoyable manner. The other books in [...] Over the last several years, my husband and children have enjoyed “raising” butterflies. They bring either larval eggs or the actual larvae into our observation tank. We have raised both Monarch and Black Swallowtail butterflies. (You can click on the pictures to get a larger view.) Here are some Black Swallowtail [...] Before I had my children, I was one of those arrogant teachers who thought she knew exactly what to do with children and would gladly offer you advice to help with your out of control kiddies. Well 15 year of parenting has knocked me down to size to say the least. My favorite saying is [...] Recently as a change of pace, I asked my 14 year old daughter, Hope, to make up a quiz/Jeopardy-style gameshow about Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. This book is historical fiction about the Revolutionary War period. We had just completed this book as a family read-aloud and I wanted to assign something different [...] |
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