Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas Eve---After Dinner


We opened gifts.  The children had drawn names, but, somehow, most of the boys wound up with Mizzou gear!  (Grandpa was already wearing Mizzou)

 Then, it was time for the annual Gingerbread House building.  This year, we used graham crackers.  We never remember how crazy it gets because the kids are so engaged most of the time.




 We alway forget how much adult intervention is needed. . .


And how much gets eaten along the way.

Here are some great ideas on making a strong gingerbread house---Click here.

But, when else can you have an activity that develops those engineering skills, is creative, tastes good and entertains kids (and parents) with no one getting hurt?


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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.