MOTHER'S DAY OUT, Vol 1., No 6. 12/23/09
Christmas Cornucopia, inc: a post-feminist holiday shopping jaunt, Juvenile Book Picks by Mrs. Claus, and some recommended Christmas reading on Scribd and...
MOTHER'S DAY OUT, Vol. 1, No. 4 (I think...I can't remember!) kathleenfitz was in the mood for Rice Krispie Treats this week but my scriblets have been clamoring for these. While they bake, enjoy...
The historian Joseph Ellis is one of my favorite college professors but is there ANYONE who has never scribbled poetry while he or she was supposed to be paying attention in class? (Well, I was pa...
MOTHER'S DAY OUT, Vol. 1 No. 3 October 31, 2009
Halloween treat: A mischievous foray into Current Events by a decidedly non-political writer (I've got much bigger fish to fry! Like Literature, a...
This is a 95-word Mad Lib for boys who have their party on, full of body parts, liquids, weapons, and an adverb or two because they know what that is now. Ages 10-13. Word list at end.
MOTHER'S DAY OUT, Vol. 1 No 2.
Required reading, quiz on the first day of school!
Table of Contents:
p. 1-3 Featured Article: "Welcome to the Kindergarchy"
p. 4 Info on upcoming issues, waivers...
Here's a fun customized Mad Lib for a little girl's birthday party. Remember: give them absolutely no clue as to the theme! Do it towards the end of the party when you're trying to ramp them down.
Welcome to the inaugural, seed issue of MOTHER'S DAY OUT, an interactive (love that buzzword!) newsletter to be published at erratic and serendipitous intervals.
Disclaimer: men can read it too. ...
I had audience participation on this one:Dad--"bungee jumping" Eldest Son: "reading" Second-eld...
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I had audience participation on this one:Dad--"bungee jumping" Eldest Son: "reading" Second-eldest son: "being annoying" Daughter #1: "spending three hours on her email" Daughter #2: "Diet A&W Root Beer" Youngest Son, aka Blessed Event: :"having lunch with me on the bleachers and watching the baseball game" (5/27 Ptld Beavers vs. Memphis Redbirds 5-4 in the 6th inning)
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Lately I've been reading:
"Suite Francaise," Irene Nemirovsky; "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disast...
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"Suite Francaise," Irene Nemirovsky; "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster," Svetlana Alexievich; "The Che Guevara Myth," Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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