Collage Friday - Taking Time To See Beauty (and a LEGO Update)

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." 

This is one of my favorite quotes. To know that it is from Anne Frank is even more amazing. How could she find beauty in her circumstances?

In the past year there have been some not so beautiful things I have witnessed: a friend's husband with Stage 4 Melanoma, a friend from church hit by a drunk driver - he's paralyzed now, the death of a wonderful woman I knew from Ovarian Cancer, a homeschooling dad of two gone because of cancer. 

Perhaps it's my age, or maybe these events, but I'm trying to seize every moment and see the BEAUTY around me. 

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LEGO Learning With Simple & Motorized Mechanisms

I thought we knew a lot about LEGO.

In the past several weeks, however, I've discovered we've just scratched the surface with all of the goodness LEGO Education has to offer.

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LEGO Deals that Don't Break the Bank - Plus a Clutch Powers Giveaway

Today I'd like to share some fun LEGO products for your kids that don't break the bank. 

I will also be giving away the LEGO resource that has gotten the most face time in our house since January.

I like to keep a stash of LEGO things on hand for rewards, birthday presents for friends, Easter baskets, or simply just to say I love you.   

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