November is National Adoption Month. This started almost 20 years ago to bring awareness to children in foster care. It first started in 1976 when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis announced an Adoption Week to promote awareness of the need for adoptive families for children in foster care. In 1984 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week. In 1995 …
Traffic Jam Linky Party #167
WELCOME TO TRAFFIC JAM WEEKEND LINKY PARTY #167! Show us your old posts and more on Traffic Jam Weekend! Come on in to link up, share, and learn something with us. #trafficjamweekend For any newcomers to Traffic Jam Weekend, this weekly linky party is all about linking up your old posts so you can get some new comments and …
A Rough Weekend…
I am so thankful for insurance. I know. That is a strange way to start a blog post. But I have never had to think about it before. What seemed like a normal weekend coming was interrupted on Friday morning when Little Girl woke Daddy and me up in tears. She said she did not feel well and was wobbly …
The Ghost of Adoption…
The Ghost of Adoption… What is the Ghost of Adoption? No matter where I am or what I do there is an invisible person in my life. The car, the house. Church. Always someone else with us. We adopted our girl this past February. Before the adoption, she lived with us for almost 3 years. She moved in with us just shy …
What scares a teacher…
As a teacher for many years there are certain things that strike fear into my heart…below is a short list 1. When you get the email from a parent that says lice in the subject line 2. Dealing with hot lunch money. 3. When a parent says the child was not feeling well this morning but I sent them anyway… …
Traffic Jam Linky Party #164
WELCOME TO TRAFFIC JAM WEEKEND LINKY PARTY #164! Show us your old posts and more on Traffic Jam Weekend! Come on in to link up, share, and learn something with us. #trafficjamweekend For any newcomers to Traffic Jam Weekend, this weekly linky party is all about linking up your old posts so you can get some new comments …
Hidden Chili…
It is time for fall. Time for warm comfy foods. Here is a recipe for Hidden Chili. What is hidden chili? It is a pot full of goodness with loads of healthy things inside! Hidden Chili What you will need 1 large zucchini-finely diced 2 onions-chopped 2 tablespoons of crushed garlic 1 green or red pepper-chopped 1/2 head of broccoli-finely …
Corn maze, the stuff of nightmares…
I was at Beech Hill Farm in Contoocook (Con-took-cook) NH with Little Girl and my niece. We decided to try our hand at the corn maze. Not sure what a corn maze is? Below is a picture of one from Beech Hill. It is a path or maze that winds you through a cornfield. The corn stalks are over your …
Gymnastic moms…
Gymnastics class. A place for moms and a few dads to sit in absolute quiet (except for the loud talker) and watch our children bend, flip and flop through a large window pane. It is an hour and a half each week where I can sit with my own thoughts (again except for the loud talker) and exhale. While …
Could you answer this…
Could you answer this? Would you rather… My family and I were having dinner at a local eatery. We tend to play quiet table games while waiting for our dinner. Games like I Spy and Would You Rather. We were mid-round of Would You Rather when Little Girl posed a question to me that I could not answer. It came out …
