Valentine’s Day is a-coming, and it’s bringing panic and overspending with it. I could write a million things about what is wrong with the way we celebrate Valentine’s Day, but I won’t… instead, I’ll say that the best way to tell someone that you love him/her...
I’m a fierce lover of the library. I can’t help myself. Maybe it’s because I remember our family filing out of our light blue Dodge Caravan, all of us headed towards the library to check out our books. I think that when I was about 11 or 12, I remember being limited to 10...
Impossible, you say? Granola bars that do not come in a shiny foil wrapper must taste like sawdust and faintly smell of patchouli? I hear you. I was a disbeliever too. I also tried and failed at making a decent granola bar that wouldn’t fall apart into a thousand little pieces of…...
When I told my mother that I was making Responsibility Charts for Lila and Lucy, she said, “Oh, ever the teacher you are, Tara.” And maybe that’s true. I’ve struggled with whether or not Responsibility (or Chore) Charts are the way to motivate children. As a teacher, I...
Recently, a wee girl has joined the family of a dear dear friend of mine. Of course, I was chomping at the bit to hear of this babe’s arrival – I was itching to create some onesies to send her way. I used my Cameo to cut out the phrases. The “Princess” is an image […]
