Friends, I’m so excited to share what we’ve been up to with you because it’s EASY, it’s CALMING, it’s ENGROSSING, and we loved it. You may have noticed that many children’s book illustrators are offering art tutorials for FREE. This is an exciting development! My 2nd grader and I grabbed some paper and markers. We… Read more »
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I’m gonna tell you something I often have trouble admitting. I’m scared. I’m telling you this because you might be scared, too. In a matter of days, Coronavius has brought our world –as in the entire globe–to a stand still. Many of us have elderly loved ones living in isolation. Many of us have children… Read more »
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Eureka! Friends, my boys and I have an activity for you that is a WIN for our quarantined kids. It is a WIN for our isolated loved ones. It is a WIN for our bookstores who are struggling in the economic crisis. WIN! WIN! WIN! And as bonus, it will help your favorite authors put… Read more »
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One day, when our children are in their 70’s and have a gaggle of grandchildren gathered around their kitchen tables… at some point, the question will come up––where were you during the Covid Pandemic? You didn’t have to go to school? Was it fun? Were you scared? Did it change your life? Did you plant… Read more »
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Today was hard. Not going to sugar coat it. It was like that time when I was pregnant and realized that I was actually going to have to give birth. Terror. It’s dawning on me now that no one know when the kids will be back in school. No one knows when life will be… Read more »
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Friends, you know when you are stuffing your face with chocolate by mid-morning, things might be getting intense! Eats Chocolate. Moves on. Here’s what went right today! The boys made drawings to send to local nursing homes. The idea came from an awesome Facebook post floating around. With our nursing homes in lockdown mode, so… Read more »
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Hello Dear Friends and Readers! Day #1 of our Camp Covid is officially in the books. Here’s the cold hard truth. It was not without tears and frustration, but it also came with some incredible moments. We are making our way and hopefully tomorrow, we’ll feel a little more settled in to our new normal. I… Read more »
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I don’t know about you, but Covid-19 is changing things in our community quickly. For starters, school will be closed for the next two weeks at least. So I find myself plunged into the deep end of homeschooling while working from home full time. It’s a deeply unsettling time for us grown ups from worry… Read more »
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The Voice Actors Studio with Emily Lawrence Friends, I am so excited to talk to one of the two super talented voice actors behind the amazing audio edition of Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World. I don’t know about you, but I constantly listen to audio books, as do my boys. So if… Read more »
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It must have been horrific. Elon Musk was just a kid, but every school day was a nightmare. As he’s described it, bullies hunted him down. They were verbally, physically, and psychologically abusive. Eventually they beat him so badly, Elon woke up in a hospital. And his home life was no picnic either. While Elon… Read more »
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