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A few weeks ago, I used the word "retired," for some reason, and a boy raised his hand and couldn't wait for me to call on him...

For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Co...

The class writes about their favorite part of the Christmas story...

For fun, and as a lesson in writing complete sentences and reasoning, I had the kids choose one or two or more things they want for Christma...

I mentioned that someone was retired, and a boy raised his hand right away to say: "I heard on the news that Larry King is retired!...

Penny doesn't like the snow at all. I think it's just too cold for her little body. She shivers and jumps up to be picked up. She...

Penny had a grooming appointment last week. She's still only six pounds! She looks even tinier now that they cut a lot of her hair. She...

I posted about guacamole awhile ago, but I liked this version better. I am bad about winging recipes and not writing them down, so I'm w...

Happy birthday, Taylor Baylor! I love celebrating your birthday with you.

Sweet potatoes are the healthiest vegetable in quite a few categories, I just read. I also found out that a town in Tennessee called Gleason...

This weekend we started decorating the apartment for Christmas. Penny is so bad about handling new things and so she barked angrily the whol...

We just learned about degrees and measuring temperature, and this assignment introduced using transitional words like first, next, then, and...