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This is the final post regarding our Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament.
My daughter made riddles for two different tasks. Here they are:
For Task 1 (the Champions had to pass a mysterious “monster” who made them correctly guess who he was before they could pass):
In the Forbidden Forest I hide, I have many legs and many […]

Our Task: Write up four riddles for the four champions in our Harry Potter class’s Tri-Wizard Tournament Task 2. [Here are links to the clue and prizes for Task 1.]
Here’s what we did and how we did it:
Task 2 had the kids (champions) diving into a local public swimming pool in order to […]

Having attended Pie Party 2007, I’m thrilled to advertise the 6th annual Pie Party 2008. There will be over 150 pies and they are all vegan (raw, gluten-free, and sugar-free options available)! Amazing! Everyone in my family highly enjoyed the party last year. There were door prizes, raffles, t-shirts and pins […]

Yesterday was Pi Day, one of our favorite days of the year. We ended up making seven pies to celebrate — all vegan, of course: two Chicken-less Pot Pies, one Creamy Strawberry Pie, one Chocolate Pudding Pie, one Blueberry Pie, one Apple Pie, and one Cherry Pie. Here are photographs and recipes of […]

Part of bridging to a new level in Girl Scouts is helping to plan (or completely planning) a ceremony. My daughter, in preparation of bridging from Junior Girl Scouts to Cadette Girl Scouts decided to plan our ceremony last month (she doesn’t actually bridge until May). She, with my husband’s and my help, […]

I’ve met a lot of people lately who are feeling stifled and uncreative. They’ve been working hard at parenting, other caregiving (of parents, friends, or other relatives), or in their careers. I hear women, in particular, say there is no time for themselves. No time for pleasure or creativity. No time […]

A few years ago, I was feeling guilty that my family doesn’t celebrate a lot of holidays in traditional American ways. Some, we don’t celebrate at all. What was I doing to my kids???
Then, it occurred to me. We do have traditions. They just aren’t the same as everyone else’s. […]

This was a hard one to narrow down to ten. In no particular order, these are the top 10 Christmas movies we like:

Christmas In The Clouds; Only peripherally Christmas. We just watched it and I said, “Wow, that was a great movie.” My husband said, “It was only an hour and a half? Seemed […]

Here are our Top 10 Board Games (in no particular order). All games are family friendly and would make wonderful gifts! We especially love having board game parties.

4 Player Mancala; Mancala for four people! We play this ALL the time. It’s easy enough for little kids to learn, yet challenging enough […]

Few of these came out in 2007, and many are underrated by critics and reviewers. That doesn’t stop us from forming our own opinions as to the best movies and television shows we’ve seen this year. If your family and friends don’t have these, consider them for presents this upcoming Holiday season. Again, these […]