Santa, Trampolines & Other Musings

It all started with me pleading with my husband for a trampoline for the kids this Christmas.

What transpired over the next 24 hours was SO interesting to me! 

Standing in my kitchen, making my case for a trampoline (yet again), my husband told me NO WAY - there will be no children of his going to the ER with broken bones! My husband doesn't often draw lines in the sand, but he did with the trampoline request. 

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Learn About The Nutcracker - A Unit Study

The Nutcracker is one of those beloved Christmas classics.

But how much do your children (or YOU) really know about the story behind the ballet and its well loved music?

Each year I taught elementary school music we would study The Nutcracker IN DEPTH. There is so much to be learned from this ballet.

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The Christmas Clothespins and YOUR Chance to Win

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I am the youngest child in my family (by 11 years).  

 When I was a little girl my older brother (who was high school at this time) hadn't been very good that year.  I don't even remember now exactly what he had done, but that's irrelevant.  My parents repeatedly warned him that Santa would fill his stocking with clothespins if he didn't straighten up.   Hearing this as a the six year old I was seemed HORRIBLE to me.   Surely, such a thing wouldn't happen.   

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