tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12314697048059694712024-03-18T21:50:49.336-05:00Yeehaw Teaching in Texas!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462770209510266086noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231469704805969471.post-68437944536438528432020-01-09T20:23:00.000-06:002020-01-09T20:23:27.276-06:00Gummy Bear Graphing<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Graphing is a great math activity for littles because it so concrete, hands-on and helps them practice many different concepts including:</span></b><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One to one correspondence</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Math vocabulary (more, less)</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Comparison of quantities</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Data collection and organization</span></b></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's just be honest here, nothing is more fun to graph than candy! This gummy bear graphing is <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gummy-Bear-Graphing-Freebie-1667239" target="_blank">free</a> and pretty much requires no prep! I recommend using these <a href="https://amzn.to/35G6H01" target="_blank">little bags</a> of gummy bears! </span></b><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What color did you have the most of?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What color did you have the least of?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many green bears did you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many red bears did you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many clear bears did you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many orange bears did you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many yellow bears did you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many more _____ bears than _____ bears do you have?</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How many gummy bears did you have in all? </span></b></li>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462770209510266086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231469704805969471.post-24822553157104141752020-01-08T14:29:00.004-06:002020-01-08T14:29:54.126-06:00Valentine's Day Books for Baby <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Valentine's Day is right up there with Christmas as one of my favorite holidays! It's such a sweet little holiday to celebrate love and spread kindness. Since EK was born, I have loved changing out the books on her shelves for the holidays. Here are our favorites for Valentine's Day: </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/36CUla6" target="_blank">HUG:</a> This book book is so cute! Bobo is looking for a hug. This book will be enjoyed far beyond Valentine's Day. Would be a great valentines gift for your baby!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Just getting started with sensory bins? Start with <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2020/01/sensory-bins.html" target="_blank">this post</a>! As always, you know your child best so please choose materials that are developmentally appropriate and safe.</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Silver pipe cleaners (some people call these chanille stems, which was news to me until recently) </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ping Pong Balls make great pretend snowballs! <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZW5vVa" target="_blank">This</a> is the best deal I have found! Split a bag with a friend of coworker! </b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Wrapping Paper scraps</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Gift bows</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Winter clothing items</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Water</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ribbon</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ice</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cotton Balls</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Marshmallows</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Jingle Bells</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cookie Cutters</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Streamers</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ornaments</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Felt Shapes: Dollar Stores usually have seasonal ones! Or you can always buy a banner <a href="https://amzn.to/2sKlZn1" target="_blank">like this </a>and take the shapes off! </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Peppermints or Candy Canes</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2SRqvdW" target="_blank">Snowball Maker Tools: </a>I honestly didn't even know that this was a thing because #texas but these would be super fun for pretend snow, real snow or sand. Multipurpose for sure!</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Christmas Lights</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Pinecones</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Garland</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Packing Peanuts</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Boxes or Cardboard from boxes</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cupcake Liners</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Polar Animals: <a href="https://amzn.to/36p5qeP" target="_blank">This</a> is a fun set, but the animals are definitely on the smaller side and wouldn't be appropriate for littles! I like using <a href="https://amzn.to/37vFLl1" target="_blank">bath toys</a> and just pulling out different animals for different bins! </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>New Year hats and blowers</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Christmas Tree Branches: If you go to a tree farm, they will usually be happy to give you some of the loose branches or needle laying around!</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2syWFQZ" target="_blank">Small Christmas Trees</a></b></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NOTHING YOU CAN BUY, MAKE, CREATE OR SET UP FOR YOUR CHILD (OR CLASSROOM) WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER PARENT (OR TEACHER) THAN YOU ALREADY ARE. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">YOU are an amazing mom or dad because of who you are and the love you explode and ooze on your children; not because of what experiences you create or don't create for them. You are a wonderful teacher because of the relationships you build with your students, not because of the kick ass math tub you created for the month of March. There is absolutely nothing wrong with creating fun and new things to do with the little ones that you love more than anything; but please, please, PLEASE don't base your worth on those things. Sometimes I will get a message on IG that goes something like this, "I love all of the things you post, but it makes me feel like such a bad mom." Rip my heart out. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No friend, that's not what this is about. No amount of colored rice, cute crafts or themed board books make anyone a better teacher or parent. Early childhood education is truly my passion, what I went to school for and what I have spent most of my life doing! Friend, I am here because I want to empower YOU and show you how easy it is if you want to do these things with your littles too! So if you are teacher or parent looking to spice things up in the play department, LEEEET'S GOOO! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A sensory bin is just a fancy name for a bin of stuff that kids (or anyone) can touch, taste, smell, see and/or hear. That's it! I was explaining sensory bins to my husband and he's like, "So I could just throw anything in this bucket and let EK play with it and call it a sensory bin?" Yes dear, pretty much. Using the word "sensory bin" just makes you feel more like an all-star parent or educator. Sometimes you will hear them called discovery bins too!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Just for fun, I googled the phrase "sensory bin benefits" and Google found almost 4.4 million results for me! So there are a lot! Here are a few benefits that I think are most notable:</b></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Opportunities for critical thinking and problem solving</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Supports language development</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Fosters independence and pretend play</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>ANYONE! I started doing VERY simple sensory bins with EK as soon as she was able to support her head well during tummy time! Of course, you ALWAYS want to supervise any sensory play very carefully, especially with babies and toddlers. Anything can really become a choking hazard! </b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sensory bins can be differentiated for any age learner. And let's not forget that older kids need play just as much as the littles. If you think about it, sensory bins allow children to do what they normally do, EXPLORE! </b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Honestly, nothing. You can probably make hundreds of sensory bins just using the items around your house that you already have! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The most important thing you will need is a bin or bucket. If you are are making a sensory bin that will be used for multiple children, it might be a good idea to use an <a href="https://amzn.to/2QHJ01M" target="_blank">under bed storage bin</a>. If not, you can really use any bin or bucket you have! Dish pans, metal cake pans and plastic storage buckets all work just fine! Just make sure your child has enough space to dig, play and explore without everything ending up everywhere. </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I do recommend finding something with a lid through so you can easily keep and store it!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many sensory bins start with a filler item, but there are no hard rules. The filler item sort of gives littles a base for littles to dig, stack, scoop and move. Here are a few common (and easy) filler ideas:</span></b></div>
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<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rice</b></li>
<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shreds of Paper (Does your office have a shredder?)</b></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cooked Spaghetti </b></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pom pom balls (I recommend <a href="https://amzn.to/2QFezt8" target="_blank">a pack like this</a> to encourage sorting!)</b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Cotton Balls (</b><a href="https://amzn.to/2tlNl2K" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">These</a><b> are legit a penny a piece.)</b></span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Water Beads (Have you ever played </b><a href="https://amzn.to/39wnANI" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">with these</a><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">? Both </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>fascinating</b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and creepy...)</b></li>
<li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Kinetic Sand (I really love <a href="https://amzn.to/2SKaN4w" target="_blank">this stuff</a>!)</b></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From there you can add anything! The sky is the limit! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sensory bins are fun to make to go with different holidays, seasons or themes too! Here are a few ideas to get you started:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>You will definitely want to put some boundaries in place for when and where sensory bins can be used and played with! Maybe it's a fun activity for while you are cooking dinner that can be used on the kitchen tile and not a before bedtime on the rug type of thing. It's definitely a great time to work on self control and keeping items in a contained space. Don't be afraid to set guidelines and stick to them. I really like promoting independence, so give your child the tools they need to clean up! It may be worth investing in </b><a href="https://amzn.to/2QgDg0g" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">this</a><b>! Our school librarian used it with sensory tubs in the library and it worked great! A lot of people will also use old towel and sheets under the bin! I prefer to just whip out </b><a href="https://amzn.to/2sHkLsy" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">this bad boy</a><b>! I also love doing sensory bins outside on nice days! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Writing activities that encourage creativity are my favorite. I love when kids can be silly and creative when they practice writing instead of focusing on being "right." T</b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">he story line in most of the the stories is the same: the gingerbread character is trying to get away and not be eaten! Students will love helping the gingerbread man get away by suggesting something else for the characters to eat instead. A few different writing versions are included making this activity </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>appropriate for</b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> K-2. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dont-Eat-Me-Gingerbread-Man-Craft-and-Writing-5057640" target="_blank">The craft </a>is super simple and easy to prep! </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The gingerbread man is also great for </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>prepositions</b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and positional word vocabulary! Here is a </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>favorite</b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> activity that incorporates technology:</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. Print these<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/147NTbQm01jreopxvx-eidVRbz4eRzeAV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> FREE </a>gingerbread preposition cards.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A coworker shared this easy gingerbread ornament recipe with me a few years ago and it's a keeper! They smell amazing and the smell lasts for years! I have one from at least 7 years ago and it still smells so yummy!</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. Mix equal part of cinnamon and applesauce. Maybe start with a cup or so of each. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. Squeeze in some Elmer's glue until you get a dough consistency. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3. Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to make ornament shapes. You'll need <a href="https://amzn.to/2r0DQFB" target="_blank">this one</a> of course! Don't forget to shape a hole for the ornament holder. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4. These take A LONG time to dry! I usually let them air dry over a weekend and flip them over to help dry both sides. I bet they could go in the oven on low too!</b><br />
<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. They can be decorated with puffy paints, but I think they look nice just simple! Add some <a href="https://amzn.to/2LlUEOe" target="_blank">holiday string</a> and hang on a tree! </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Good luck catching that gingerbread man this season! Prefer<a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2016/12/reindeer-resources.html" target="_blank"> reindeer</a>? </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm over the moon about this Christmas. It's my first one as a mom and I can't wait to do all the things. Even though EK is a baby, I wanted to plan a special holiday activity for our family each day leading up to Christmas. This might sound like a lot of extra stress and work, but it really wasn't! Let me walk you through our countdown set up! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I put in all of our already planned events such as family Christmases or church activities on their set date. If we had a planned activity already, then that would be our special Christmas activity for that day too. For example, our church does a special Christmas music service one Sunday, so I typed "Enjoy special holiday music at church" for that day. Done!</span></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I thought about what things we would already be doing the month of December such as visiting Santa and the going to Dallas Arboretum.I looked at the calendar and went ahead and planned what days we would do those events. I'm so glad to have these things already on the calendar, so we don't get too busy and forget about something that we really wanted to do. </span></b></b></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Read the Christmas story out of the bible. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Listen to Christmas music all day. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Read Christmas books. You can read about our family </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/09/christmas-book-countdown.html">Christmas Book Countdown</a>. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stay in Christmas PJs all day.</span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Watch a Christmas movie. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look at Christmas lights, walk or drive!</span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Play with a nativity scene. <a href="https://amzn.to/33XLCyc">This</a> will be EK's <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/12/happy-december-gifts.html" target="_blank">Happy December Gift. </a>A Happy December Gift is a little gift that you can give on December 1 to be enjoyed all season. It can be a book, a holiday movie or a toy, etc. <a href="https://amzn.to/2KAaZ19">This</a> would be a great Happy December Gift for a little one too! We already have it at our house! </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Make and decorate Christmas cookies. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wrap presents. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shop for the angel tree. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eat a candy cane. (EK can have a little lick!)</span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Drink hot chocolate. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Wear Santa hats. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Make a family ornament. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Color a page in a holiday coloring book.</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sit by the fire. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Visit a Christmas tree farm. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Play <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-BINGO-1598017" target="_blank">BINGO</a> with friends. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Buy coffee for the car behind you. </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Decorate a tree in your neighborhood.</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Make a Santa pancakes or another special </b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Look at the Christmas tree in your town. </b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>After all of the activities are planned you need to put them in an advent calendar of some sort! I was feeling crafty and bought a make your own felt kit from Michael's. I enjoy doing things like this, so it was fun for me! If you don't enjoy stuff like that, buy one! This is a <a href="https://amzn.to/362L8aL" target="_blank">great one</a> for littles! Or you can even just print out your family activities on red or green paper and tape them on the refrigerator. It's not about creating more work and things to do. It's about slowing down and taking time to make memories and traditions with your family. </b></span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462770209510266086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231469704805969471.post-37090651242024344602019-12-01T17:46:00.001-06:002019-12-05T09:27:04.404-06:00Happy December Gifts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Are you wondering what a Happy December Gift is? In all honesty, I just made it up! It's just a little gift to give someone on December 1 that they can enjoy all month. Back in the dark ages Dillards use to have a Christmas Collection CD that they would put out every year. It was just a CD with lots of holiday songs by popular artists that you probably got for free or super cheap with a purchase. One year my mom gave it to me at the beginning of the holiday season and I would listen to it on the CD player in my room EVERY NIGHT. I have happy memories of jamming out to it the whole month of December! So I decided to make giving a little gift like that to EK a tradition! </b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">It's sort of like the things you want to give your kids that you can't give your kids for Christmas because Christmas will already be over. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The best part about a Happy December Gift is that you don't even have to spend any money! Download a new movie on a streaming service you have or make a new playlist for your child to enjoy. It's just something special and new to enjoy for the month.</b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Here are a few ideas if you want to do a little something:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. This <a href="https://amzn.to/2Y0tSjz" target="_blank">plastic tree</a> is so much fun! EK really enjoys <strike>rolling thriw</strike> the plastic ornament balls in comes with on the ground. I was worried about storing this, but all of the pieces come apart and easily fit back into the box. It will be to bring out every Christmas for years to come. A lot of people really like </b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2R39OeG" target="_blank">felt trees </a>too!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>2. This <a href="https://amzn.to/35PhKEB" target="_blank">fun book</a> was given to us by a precious friend from church. It plays ten Christmas songs and the lyrics to sing along are printed in the book. It's a great one! Books are always amazing gifts. You can read about our <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/09/christmas-book-countdown.html" target="_blank">Christmas Book Countdown HERE. </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>3. This <a href="https://amzn.to/2Y26W38" target="_blank">nativity set</a> is one of my absolute favorite toys. I think the Fisher Price Little People toys are great quality and I love how they encourage imaginative play! EK really likes to chew on the sweet baby Jesus. I also saw this fun nativity <a href="https://amzn.to/2Dx148Y" target="_blank">finger puppets</a>, but I haven't personally seen the set to recommend it to you! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>4. </b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">The Bullseye Playground had some super cute holiday slipper socks for kids this year. I'm sorry, I can't find a link to share! But, they were all way too big for kids under 2 or 3. <a href="https://amzn.to/2r4jYkC" target="_blank">These</a> are fun options if you have a baby under 2! </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>A <a href="https://amzn.to/2OBTEax" target="_blank">dancing plush</a> is always a win, but it could also make you crazy...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>5. I actually just got a new coloring book for myself to enjoy this season! <a href="https://amzn.to/35NJ465" target="_blank">This one</a> is for toddlers (big pictures and thick lines)! Any of the dollar stores or Target will have lots of coloring books too! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>6. </b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">A <a href="https://amzn.to/2OBTEax" target="_blank">dancing plush</a> is always a win, but it could also make you crazy...</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Happy December! Already <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/11/babys-first-christmas-gift-guide.html" target="_blank">gift shopping?</a> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">The holidays are here and I know that there are A LOT of gift
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">1.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">saw</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/34eLquB" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">this</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">toy</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">for</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">the</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">first</span><span style="color: black;"> t</span><span style="color: black;">ime when</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">met</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">friend</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">with</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">little</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">one</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">for lunch and I couldn’t believe how
simple,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">yet</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">entertaining
it was. It’s a perfect</span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: black;">toy</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">for</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">car
rides or church. Makes a great stocking stuffer!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">2.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2pIWtNq" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">These</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">books</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">are</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">just</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">amazing for babies! They</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">are</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">chew</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">proof,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">rip</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">proof, water proof...basically</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">baby proof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a few different ones, but <a href="https://amzn.to/2QZxz7A" target="_blank">this one</a> is a favorite this month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always have one in
the diaper bag!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">3.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Every baby</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">needs</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/35sCim7" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">hat</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">like</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">this for</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">chilly</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">outings. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">4.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I can’t wait to give EK <a href="https://amzn.to/2ODnryn" target="_blank">this doll</a>! I
searched the internet for best cloth dolls and people raved about this one. It
even comes in a wee size for little ones! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">5.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">can’t</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">stand</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">when</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">diapers</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">get</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">wadded up in the diaper bag. Does that make anyone else crazy too? <a href="https://amzn.to/33wzTWb" target="_blank">This pouch</a>
keeps the diapers neat and organized. I keep about 4 diapers and a pack of wipes in
it for diaper changes when we are out and about. SO much better than
digging through the bag for what I need. It’s also waterproof so it can be used for a wet bag
too. It comes in three unisex prints. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">6.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">bought</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2L83FtV" target="_blank">this</a></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">is</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">preparation</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">for</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">an airplane trip and it has been a life
saver at restaurants! You</span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: black;">can</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">attach</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">toys</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">to</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">the</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">tethers</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">so</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">they</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">can’t</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">fall</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">on</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">the</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">floor!</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Praise
the Lord! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">7.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2L3v0xq" target="_blank">This</a> is the gift that I’m over the moon
excited to give EK this year. I’m just picturing my husband pushing her down
the sidewalk in it Christmas morning and my heart could just stinking explode. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">8.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I’ve</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">had</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">set</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">of</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">plastic balls since I taught Kindergarten
and EK loves to play with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: black;"> chose</span><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/2L6Bqfj" target="_blank">this set </a>becuase it comes with a carrying case! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">9.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">The Leapfrog magnet set has always been
one of my first birthday staple</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">gifts. I was SO EXCITED to see <a href="https://amzn.to/37QuVH9" target="_blank">the
updated</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amzn.to/37QuVH9" target="_blank"> </a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amzn.to/37QuVH9" target="_blank">set</a>.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I’m
actually going to try and save this gift for EK’s first birthday, but no
promises! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">10. A dear friend gave this set of <a href="https://amzn.to/2ReSjsf" target="_blank">eggs</a>
to me when I was pregnant and said they were one of her boys favorite toys. I
thought they were sort of strange, but she was SO RIGHT. EK loves them! I look
forward</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">to</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">the</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">day</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">that</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">she</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">can</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">put</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">them</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">back
in the plastic carton herself</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">instead</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">of</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">just</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">taking</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">them</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">out!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>11. Our library has a used book sale a few times a year and a few months ago I happened to buy a book by <a href="https://amzn.to/2qOShwn" target="_blank">this author</a>. I loved it so much that now I need them all. EK is getting a few for our collection!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">12.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"> I happened to come across <a href="https://amzn.to/2DtrV5N" target="_blank">these</a> and they are SO COOL. I haven't ever seen anything like them! I love that they stick to any surface, especially windows! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2R4OTbq" target="_blank">The company</a> as a whole has a lot of really neat and unique products! </span></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I've seen a cute turkey idea using <a href="https://amzn.to/2OE1nUA">an oatmeal cream</a> pie pop up on Instagram this season, but I wanted to make it more hands-on! I created these black and white craft pieces for your little turkey to color and help make treats for their friends, family or classmates! This would be also fun to do with a class! </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Here are the super simple directions:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. Just print </b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jUw2ZCK9MJGhNFz_X8xlf8eBP333v_m5/view?usp=sharing" style="font-weight: bold;">this page</a><b>. One page includes enough pieces to make two turkeys. You could also print on </b><a href="https://amzn.to/33fnndu" style="font-weight: bold;">this </a><b>for sturdier pieces. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Have your child color the pieces. Younger children would probably enjoy using crayons to decorate (<a href="https://amzn.to/2KQHIzp">these </a>large ones are great for tiny hands) and older children might have more fun with <a href="https://amzn.to/37AjSlt">these</a>. A little gift tag is included if your little one will be giving their masterpiece turkey treat away.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>3. Cut out all of the pieces and glue on the package of an </b><a href="https://amzn.to/2OE1nUA" style="font-weight: bold;">oatmeal cream pie</a><b>. I recommend using </b><a href="https://amzn.to/37yKof2" style="font-weight: bold;">these</a><b> for easy glueing! Is glueing a word? (I just looked it up... it is!) </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>4. Post a picture and ta</b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">g me on </b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yeehawteachingintexas/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Instagram</a><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> or</b><a href="http://facebook.com/yeehawteachingintexas" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Facebook </a>!<br />
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<b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hope your littles have fun making these treats! </b><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Happy Thanksgiving! </b><br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462770209510266086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231469704805969471.post-22048439638934044582019-11-23T19:58:00.002-06:002019-12-05T09:29:05.153-06:00Thanksgiving Books for Baby <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The other day I was telling my husband that I wish there was something that I collected. He very quickly reminded me that I am a collector of books, especially board books. Ohhhh yeaahhh...I am! We read EK multiple board books a day, so we get sick of the same ones </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">real</i><b> quick! It's such a treat to have some seasonal books to pull out for the different holidays throughout the year! I promise every one of these is on our home bookshelf. Actually, that's a lie...EK is really into pulling books off of the bookshelf, so they are most likely on the floor.But none the less, they are in our home...somewhere! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2KP4Ga7">Where is Baby's Turkey?</a>: I'm always a Karen Katz! We love her lift-the-flap books! This is another cute one with lots of great vocabulary! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2pLdsPj">Five Silly Turkeys: </a>This book has five sparkly, satin tabs that EK loves to grab! This is her favorite book for carrying around! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2OJaaV0">Llama Llama Gives Thanks</a>: I love a little rhyming book and this one doesn't disappoint! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/33hKHr4">I Love to Gobble You Up</a>: EK love the tall felt feathers on this book! It is a sweet story that involves some kissing on your baby!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2QHYdBL">This Little Turkey:</a> This book is a Thanksgiving version of "This Little Piggy." Super cute and quick read! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/33egPMb">Gobble, Gobble: </a>My list wouldn't be complete without a good touch and feel book! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2pP0YpS">You are my Little Pumpkin Pie: </a> You my recognize this book from my <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/09/pumpkin-books-for-baby.html">Pumpkin Books for Baby</a> list. Since it involved pumpkin pie I kept it around for Thanksgiving too! It's a cute one! The <a href="https://amzn.to/2OI1X3B">Christmas one</a> is precious too! </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, books make a great hostess gift if you are visiting family for the holidays. <a href="https://amzn.to/35ob6VA">This</a> is my favorite Thanksgiving book for older kids! </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Love it or hate it, it's almost time for the elf to return! I know a lot of teachers (myself included) enjoy having<a href="https://amzn.to/2Owjmfm"> this little visitor</a> in the classroom between Thanksgiving and Christmas! I created this calendar to help your little elf plan his weeks in the classroom!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> You can download it for FREE <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elf-on-the-Shelf-Classroom-Calendar-2877064#show-price-update">here</a>! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Not feeling the elf? What about a <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/09/christmas-book-countdown.html">Book Countdown</a>? Check out more December teaching ideas <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2016/11/getting-ahead-of-game-december-edition.html">HERE. </a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was the happiest Halloween! I spent A LOT of time thinking about what my girl would be for her first Halloween. I wanted to make life hard on myself and come up with something that I could make and that would be original, which is harder than you would think these days. Then it finally came to me! BULLSEYE! For weeks I wouldn't tell anyone what she was going to be because I didn't want anyone else to take my idea, LOL. There were NO Bullseye Target Dog Costumes on Pinterest, so you are seeing it here first! Now that I did it, I'll share with you how to do it too:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just grab a white hat to fit your child. <a href="https://amzn.to/2WGDqQ4">This hat </a>was great for a tiny head. Then use felt in red, black and white to make the nose and eyes. You could use white felt for the ears, but I actually used <a href="https://amzn.to/2C5ZJFm">this</a> so they would stick up better. For the body, <a href="https://amzn.to/2WBkXV6">this outfit </a>was perfect, but you could also just use white pants and a white shirt! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Making the stroller into a Target cart was the hardest part. I used a cardboard box as the base and red poster board to make the sides and front. I cut the Target circles out of white paper and used<a href="https://amzn.to/2N8RjTZ"> this</a> to punch out cart holes. We attached it to the stroller (BTW I LOVE <a href="https://amzn.to/329mHWs">our stroller</a>!) with <a href="https://amzn.to/2r73d8j">these</a>! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My husband and I wore <a href="https://amzn.to/34wUn2b">red shirts</a> and I made little Target name tags to wear! For a trick or treat sack...a Target bag! We got TONS of compliments and it was s</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">uper easy, inexpensive and fun! Happy Halloween! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Fruit slices make a great and easy sensory activity for babies! EK still likes to put everything in her mouth, so most of our sensory activities are edible! We are introducing different foods and flavors, so this activity was perfect! I just cut up lemons, limes and oranges into slice and wedge shapes. Then I just tossed them in a shallow bin of water. She enjoyed pulling each one out and tasting it! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>This is the only time of year that you will ever see me posting about spiders! YUCK! : ) <span style="color: #454545;">Decomposing numbers is a fundamental math skill! Even Kindergartners (and preschoolers) can practice breaking numbers down into their parts. This little spider craft makes a great visual for decomposing the number 8 and it’s FREE!</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can grab this freebie <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decomposing-Spider-Craft-1522316">HERE</a>! I chose to use red and yellow as the leg colors because of this <a href="https://amzn.to/2J8WiSf">math tool!</a> </span></b><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Spiders aren't your thing? I gotcha! Check out these <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2016/10/gone-batty.html">bat</a> or <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2018/10/pumpkin-day.html#comment-form">pumpkins</a> ideas too!</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of our pumpkin board books officially hit the bookshelves of our home this weekend. EK has two little floating white shelves in her bedroom for seasonal books and I look forward to switching out the books every few weeks! It must be a teacher thing. Here are the books we will be reading this month while we wait for cooler temperatures! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2oxYP0D">Five Little Pumpkins:</a> This one is so catchy and reads like a little rhyme! I have the whole thing memorized and "sing" it to EK constantly. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2mqA2uU">Five Little Pumpkins Came Back:</a> I didn't even know that there was a sequel book until this year! Of course I had to order it!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2owCZKW">The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin:</a> This is a precious little book that can be read to the tune of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." If you love this book, you'll also like <a href="https://amzn.to/2n8Vzsd">this one</a> for Christmas or <a href="https://amzn.to/2ozEaJz">this one</a> for Thanksgiving! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2oI2ZmR">Where is Baby's Pumpkin?:</a> I absolutely love all of the <a href="https://amzn.to/2n6ULUR">Karen Katz books</a>! Your baby will love lifting the flaps and looking for the pumpkin! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2oEjmkk"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=yeehawteachin-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=1416909702" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2oCKGzf">You are my Pumpkin:</a> I can't even tell you how many times I have read this little book! It's super short and a perfect read before a nap! <a href="https://amzn.to/2oEzDpp">Joyce Wan</a> books are a staple in our home library! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Christmas will be here before we know it too! Plan a special book countdown for your little one! Read all about it <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/09/christmas-book-countdown.html">HERE. </a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know, I know. It's only September, but the holidays will be here before we know it! I think everyone has great intentions of doing all the fun holiday ideas from Pinterest, but then life happens. This year one of my goals is to post holiday ideas super early so that you have plenty of time to prepare! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This year is my first Christmas as a mom and I can't wait to DO ALL THE THINGS. I am so excited to start some new traditions with my sweet girl! The first one on the list is a Christmas Book Countdown. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This year I will be doing this with EK's holiday books at home! I wrapped 25 Christmas books and we will be opening one a day beginning on December 1. I chose to only wrap board books since she won't be a year old yet and board books are the only ones that can survive in our house right now. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wanted to make this as easy as possible, so I used stickers on each book. First, I used the Book Planner to plan out what books I wanted to read each day. Then, I printed <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Book-Countdown-Labels-4882479">these labels</a> and put them on each wrapped book! The book planner, labels and more can be downloaded <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Book-Countdown-Labels-4882479">HERE.</a> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here are some of the books we will be unwrapping at our house this season: </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh and if you only buy one new book, let it be <a href="https://amzn.to/31HUiHB">this one!</a> We can't get enough of these books! They are SO sturdy and perfect for tiny hands. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Already thinking about Christmas shopping? Check out my B<a href="https://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/11/babys-first-christmas-gift-guide.html" target="_blank">aby's First Christmas gift guide</a>! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year. It is a day that we remember those who lost their lives in the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. It is also a great day to show love and appreciation to police officers, firefighters and other first responders. I created <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Patriot-Day-Letter-Writing-Freebies-4854311">these letter pages</a> for my students to draw or write a message to our community heroes. I hope that you will be able to use them in your classroom to honor your own local heroes too. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>You can download them for free <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Patriot-Day-Letter-Writing-Freebies-4854311">HERE</a>. <a href="https://amzn.to/2HZ2ZFX">This book</a> is also a really good one to read with your students. I love the book, <a href="https://amzn.to/2NSFK3T">September 12</a> too. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Since October is Fire Safety month. I usually save most of my firefighter crafts and activities, but <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Firefighter-Craft-with-Writing-Activity-1480432">this </a>is a favorite just in case you are teaching about firefighters and fire safety now! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>We have absolutely loved the Bathtime Babies Swim Class that we have taken at<a href="https://emlerswimschool.com/"> Emler Swim School</a> this summer! It's actually FREE for babies under 6 months and we have had so much fun! You can learn more about it <a href="https://emlerswimschool.com/classes/bathtime-babies/">HERE!</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>We are SO sad that this session is coming to a close, but I wanted to do a little something for her sweet swim teacher! I just made this little gift tag and attached it to a box of Swedish Fish candy. You could also attach it to a bag of goldfish crackers or even a fun fish book like <a href="https://amzn.to/31XJQMa">Rainbow Fish</a>. You can grab this tag and attach it to any fish themed gift<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znPiKePOgYdiyI8Q9eXMVALsLJkL7alF/view?usp=sharing"> HERE. </a></b></span></div>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">A Diffuser and Essential Oil:</span> This is totally not a necessity, but since we already had it I decided to go ahead and bring it with us! </span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">A nursing bra:</span> I bought <a href="https://amzn.to/2XEWxtF">this set</a> of three. I liked the V neck cut, it felt less uni-boobie than most nursing bras. </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Nursing Pads: </span>No explanation needed here. Some hospitals may have these, but they were specifically mentioned in the child birth class we took at the hospital as a must bring item so I am bringing them! I ordered <a href="https://amzn.to/2ITVZgc">a box</a>, but just grabbed a few to bring!</span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">A Button Up Sleep Shirt: </span><b>It may be easier to just wear the hospital gown, but I am bringing a comfy sleep shirt just in case I want it! The one I got is from Target, but no longer available. </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Socks with Grips:</span> One of my sisters gave me a Bump Box that came with a super cute pair to wear! </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Going Home Clothes: </span>I packed some joggers and a maternity shirt to wear home! I should probably throw in a ball cap too! </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Other toiletries just for me: </span>Chapstick, lotion, hairbrush...</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Breastfeeding Pillow:</span> So I actually have two! <a href="https://amzn.to/2VADqz3">This one </a>and <a href="https://amzn.to/2VHsIXV">this one</a>! I am going to bring the My Breast Friend pillow into the hospital and leave the Boppy in the car! </b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I actually bought <a href="https://amzn.to/2XvMhnL">this set</a> of mesh bags to wash her socks and mittens in so they don't get lost in the washer. It has worked SO well! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Clothes: </span>I brought Newborn and 0-3 month sized clothes! I didn't </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Headband Bows:</span> I got <a href="https://amzn.to/2EwfGFI">this set</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2HktTrY">this set</a>. They are perfect newborn head size! You can't beat the price either! Now that I look at the picture, I am apparently bringing five bows to the hospital. I have waited a long time for a little bow head! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Car Seat Cover/ Nursing Cover:</span> I love the ones from <a href="https://www.copperpearl.com/collections/multi-use-covers?cid=TC&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhb7r59Xp4AIVD5BpCh0CAQapEAAYASABEgJzEvD_BwE">Cooper Pearl! </a></b></span><br />
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time! In March 2018 we met with our doctor again to figure out medicine and get
a game plan going for our Frozen Embryo Transfer. Of course, it had to be
planned around my body, but we wanted to try and get the ball rolling as soon
as we could that summer so I wouldn’t be having to do shots when school started
back in August. At the beginning of June, I started estrogen pills that would
increase over the next few weeks. Two weeks in, I had a lining check and they
found fluid in my uterus which could be a reason to call off the whole thing.
We went ahead and started the progesterone shots and prayed that the fluid
would go away. The progesterone shots were tough. They were huge, thick, and
had to go in the top part of my booty, meaning that I couldn’t easily give them
to myself. Tyler quickly became a shot-giving pro! I got these shots every
morning so that I would move that muscle all day which would help with the
soreness and knots. Thank goodness that I was out for summer break because I
was exhausted and super sore!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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back for another lining check. I was a nervous wreck, but thankfully, the fluid
had cleared up and we were good to go! The frozen embryo transfer was planned
for the next day. It was finally happening! We had decided to transfer only one
embryo, and to just go in the numerical order that had been assigned to each
one. So embryo #1 was taken out of the freezer and thawed. We had to be at the
clinic at a very specific time, and I had to drink a very specific amount of
water at a specific time. Did you know that a full bladder gives you the best
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day (June 22) into words. It was a day filled with excitement and hope, but I
was also scared to death. So many things had to go perfectly, and so many of
these things were totally out of my control. Tyler and I put on our gear and
waited for the doctor. I wrote a special prayer for this day and we just prayed
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my memory book, “The happiest parents-to-be that there ever was.” And it’s so
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incredible! To put it simply, the embryologist put our embryo in a catheter
tube, and the doctor transferred it into the pre-determined perfect spot in my
uterus. We were able to watch our baby be placed into my uterus on the screen.
We even have a video of the procedure! It was so cool to see this tiny
clump of cells (about 1/12 the size of a 12-point period) that would hopefully
attach to my uterus and grow into our child. How amazing is that? <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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sent home for almost two grueling weeks until I could do blood work to find out
if I was pregnant. I would continue to take estrogen pills three times a day
and progesterone shots every morning. In the infertility world, you are
considered PUPO: Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise. We tried to stay as positive
as possible and I tried to rest as much as I could. </span></b></span></div>
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before my next doctor’s appointment, I couldn’t stand the suspense any longer.
I gave in and took a home pregnancy test. I just wanted the “normal” thrill of
peeing on a stick from the grocery store, something everyone else gets to do. Plus,
I wanted to prepare myself emotionally for the news I might receive the next
day at my doctor’s appointment. Even though we had been warned that taking
a home pregnancy test too early could result in a false positive, we were
overjoyed to see “Yes +” in the results window of the test!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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the big day to find out the official results. I had never been so excited to
have blood work done! Bless everybody who kept me company and talked to me
while waiting for the phone to ring that day. Finally, the doctor’s
office called that afternoon with my first Beta number. At 9dp5dt (9 days post
5 day transfer) my Beta #1 was 435. This number indicates pregnancy and should
double about every 48 hours. We went back again on July 5 and Beta #2 was 1,553!
Praise the Lord! We were officially pregnant! After two great Beta numbers, our
first ultrasound was scheduled. In the meantime, I was supposed to continue to
take it easy, continue my daily shot and pills, and enjoy finally being
pregnant. I felt like I could finally breathe! It was the BEST feeling, but it
didn’t last long. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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around 4:30 in the morning and could feel that I was soaking wet. I immediately
went to the bathroom and discovered that I was bleeding bright red blood. I
screamed to wake Tyler up and called the doctor’s office sobbing. They called
me back right away, but there wasn’t anything that anyone could do. I was to go
in for blood work as soon as the office opened. I was absolutely overcome
with grief and feared the worse. I did the only thing I knew to do, I called my
mom and lost it on the phone with her. I sat in the bathroom bleeding,
weeping, and begging God to let our baby be okay. I cried in bed and wrote in
my prayer journal until the doctor’s office opened. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once home after blood work, I basically forced
Tyler out the door to go to work. The only thing worse than being out of my
mind, sad and sick with worry was watching my husband feel the same way. I
couldn’t stand it. Friends came over to stay with me and we anxiously waited
for the phone to ring. When the doctor’s office finally called that afternoon,
we had a good Beta number (9,194), but we wouldn’t have any definitive answers
until they retested on Monday, 4 days later. It was the longest weekend of my
life. Finally, Monday came around and I went first thing that morning for more
blood work. I waited all day for the phone to ring and eventually ended up
calling myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course the LabCorp
telephones were down and they hadn’t gotten any results back yet. They said
this had never happened before. I literally lost it with the poor nurse on the
phone. I was desperate to know if my sweet baby was okay, and I had already
waited in absolutely misery for days. After what felt like forever, they
finally called me back and said that I had a Beta # of 18,652. That was a great
sign! They scheduled us for an ultrasound on Wednesday, two days later, so we
could see what was going on and see if there was a heartbeat. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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we got to see our sweet angel and hear the most precious sound…a tiny baby
heartbeat. It was such a happy moment. From there, we were passed off to my
normal OBGYN, but would continue progesterone shots and estrogen pills until
about week 12 of pregnancy. After that, I would be just a normal pregnant person! By
September, we were finished with shots and pills and ready to announce our pregnancy to
the world. It was so fun to let everyone know that we were going to have a baby
girl!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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we are almost 38 weeks pregnant with our sweet girl and counting down the days
until she finally joins our family. It has been such a special time. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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I have done a lot of deep spiritual digging and have really thought about what
I believe. I’ve encountered so many opinions about IVF with PGD/PGS and some of
them have been extremely hurtful. I’ve talked with a lot of people
including our church pastor, a Christian counselor, trusted friends and family
to process and work through my feelings on it all. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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lot of “Christian one-liners” in an attempt to make people feel better or to
explain suffering in the world, but these can be very hurtful and push us
further away from God. It was very hurtful for me when people would tell me
that this (ALD) was God’s plan for my life. I don’t for a second believe that
it was God’s plan to hurt and devastate my family with this disease. He didn’t
choose for me to spend my childhood watching my dad lose his mind and mobility.
He didn’t choose for me to lose my dad at such a young age. He didn’t choose
for me to continue passing on a fatal disease to my children. I also don’t
believe that He chooses children to die of cancer, or people to be raped and
murdered, or families to suffer in poverty. God doesn’t want terrible things to
happen to any of His beloved children. What kind of God would He be if he
deliberately planned these horrible things? Unfortunately, we are humans. We
have human bodies and they just suck sometimes. We have human minds and free
choice. We aren’t puppets and I think we turn so many people away from God when
we paint this picture of Him being an all-controlling power who has planned
everything good and bad that is going to happen to us forever. God is love and
letting go of the idea that He planned all of these terrible things has allowed
me to have peace.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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sometimes heals hurt through medicine and technology. If someone you love were
to have a terrible disease would you say, “Well I guess this cancer is just
God’s plan for you. Sorry!” Of course not! You would encourage them to seek
treatment, follow the doctor’s recommendations and pray for healing. We see the
same thing in the Bible. We see Jesus help and heal humans time and time
again. There is no instance where Jesus meets someone who is suffering and
says, “Sorry man, I can’t help you. God’s plan was for you to suffer from this
forever.” We repeatedly see Jesus show compassion on human suffering and offer
healing. We are so grateful for the doors that God has opened through medicine
and technology. We know that no human life is without suffering, but we
are so grateful to know that our baby will never experience the fatal disease
of ALD. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you so much for
reading our story. </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWj4HbaAcc9QM03kusgou4crkP9iAObRLX5QdX4MLYohZmL2W6VAUhGJ_vd_WLx1bFCxyVuXrjgaZCuspxK1VY5qWHVkt09KT9viQFH49O5vy3RUUWgVVsdLYoQO638VBPCZOMdO3FCPk/s1600/yeehaw+in+texas+signature.jpg" />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462770209510266086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231469704805969471.post-6124248174525856492019-02-18T20:29:00.000-06:002019-02-19T18:03:37.345-06:00Our IVF Journey: Part 2<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="color: #454545; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After </b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>announcing</b></span></span><b style="color: #454545; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> our pregnancy, I have been flooded with questions about our journey. I have decided to blog about it in three parts. This is Part 2. Please check out Part 1 <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/01/our-ivf-journey-part-1.html">HERE.</a> </b></div>
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<b style="color: #454545; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The first step in
starting the IVF with PGD/PGS process during the summer of 2014 was blood work
to prove that I was indeed a carrier of ALD. This would establish “medical
necessity,” which is imperative for insurance coverage. Easy, right? HA! Before
completing the blood work, our genetic counselor preauthorized everything with insurance.
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first of probably 300 needles. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Months later, I
received a bill for close to $3,000 for the blood work. This would be my first
battle with insurance. I learned a lot from that experience that would prepare
me for the next several years. I started keeping detailed notes of everyone I
talked to, asking for their employee number and writing down every detail of
our conversations. I eventually won this battle, and with the confirmation of
being a carrier, we proceeded to the next step. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>In 2015 we moved to
the DFW area and decided to get the ball rolling. We found a fertility
doctor and scheduled an appointment. We quickly found out that there are SO
many things that are required and must be done before starting IVF. It’s crazy!
As a teacher, y’all know that it’s really hard to miss work. We get 7 days off
a school year which includes sickness, vacation (HA!), doctor’s appointments,
everything. We decided that it would be easiest to plan to do IVF in the summer
when I could rest and make it to the millions of appointments without writing
sub plans or stressing over missing days of work. We planned to do our first
round of IVF in the summer of 2016 and did everything on our part to be ready
to go. Unfortunately, our doctor didn’t do the same. After talking to the
genetic testing company, they determined that we would need a probe to complete
the process. No one had told us anything about this. When I set up a phone call
with the genetic counselor from the company, she told me that they weren’t even
sure that creating a probe would be possible in our situation. Talk about
crushing! If it was even possible, it would take 8-12 weeks to complete and we
couldn’t start IVF until then. So basically there was no way that we would be
able to do it that summer like we had planned. Of course, we were really
disappointed, but we had no other choice than to wait.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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no children together, the geneticists would have to look at our DNA and create
a probe of what a healthy child between us would look like. This would provide
something to compare our real embryos to. Ideally, they needed DNA samples from
me, Tyler, my mom and my dad. We did the best we could without having DNA from
my dad. Tyler and I sent in more blood work, and my mom mailed in a spit
sample. Then we waited to hear if they could make it happen…<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Finally, at the
beginning of that August I received an email letting me know that they were
able to create the DNA probe that was needed. We could start the IVF process,
but they would have to have at least 5 embryos. Whew! But school would be
starting back in a few weeks so it wasn’t the right time to start IVF. </b></span></span></div>
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more experienced with our particular situation. After asking around, some
friends of ours recommended an IVF clinic that they had used and were
successful with. We scheduled a consult with the new clinic and doctor. It felt
perfect and it was. From there we made a game plan. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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felt like a full-time job! There was blood work, sonograms, phone calls to
insurance, medicine trainings, ordering medicines, etc. We also met with
the Financial Coordinator at the clinic and got hit with the huge financial
costs associated with it all. Insurance wouldn’t touch it, so we would pretty
much be paying for everything out of pocket. I made it my mission to fight
insurance. These two two-inch binders document every phone call made and
correspondence received. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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I spent hours and hours a week waiting on hold to talk to someone, anyone, that
might possibly be able to help me or even have a clue of what I was talking
about. I</b><b style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"> would often just burst into tears on the phone with whatever random insurance person I was explaining my story to for the thousandth time. A few times I was shown compassion and they would try to help, but in the end no one was able to make anything happen for me. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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I was constantly defending the fact that we should get the chance to have a
healthy baby like most everyone else. Every denial letter I received in the
mail was like a kick in the stomach. It made me sick to think that an insurance
company would rather me knowingly have a child with ALD that would be destined
for death and cost them thousands and thousands of dollars, than to do the
right thing and prevent the disease in the first place. I had letters of medically necessity from my doctors, letters from The ALD Foundation that explained in detail the </b><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>gruesome</b></span></span><b style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"> fate of ALD, but no one seemed to care. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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plan and I continued to fight insurance behind the scenes. On June 4, 2017 we
started the shots for our first IVF cycle. My nurse friend Kate came over to
help. The two shots had to be given in my stomach between 6 and 8 p.m. at
night. I would have to go to the doctor’s office at least every other day to
monitor levels and have a sonogram to check follicles. To put it simply, they
were trying to get my body to produce a lot of eggs for an egg retrieval.
The plan was originally for Tyler to give the injections to me, but I liked the
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everything because it could be different at the next appointment! We eventually
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retrieval. Usually the doctor’s office will help mix this big shot that
triggers your body to release the eggs at the right time, but after looking at
my levels, they decided I needed to be triggered that night, before I would be
back at the office. Thankfully Kate came to the rescue again! She mixed and
gave me the shot at 7:30 on the dot that night. I cried and had a lot of anxiety
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like there was an alien living in my stomach and the cramping was just
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scheduled for June 15 at 7:30 a.m. It was the most nerve-wracking day of
my life. We had thousands and thousands of dollars invested into this, my body
had been preparing for weeks, I had endured multiple needles and painful
sonograms, and it all came down to this one procedure. It felt like my only chance
to be a mom. I had nightmares of there being no eggs to retrieve, or my body
releasing the eggs at the wrong time. I woke up at 4:30 that morning and felt
like my ovaries were going to explode. I cried most of the morning and felt
like I was going to throw up from the anxiety. After getting checked in at the
surgery center and getting called back, they struggled to get the IV in, which
only upset me more. Finally, it was go time. I was knocked out and taken back
for the egg retrieval. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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woke up crying (of course) and in a lot of pain. I cheered up, though, when the
doctor came in and let us know that they had retrieved 24 eggs.</b><span style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;">This was an amazing start! The eggs would be
fertilized and watched carefully by an embryologist over the next five
days. We were given a chart showing when to expect phone call updates and
I was sent home to rest. In traditional IVF, the embryos would be transferred
back into your body pretty quickly. However in our case, the embryos would
first have to be tested for ALD which could take weeks. So my body would come
off of all the medicine and then we would do FET or Frozen Embryo Transfer later.
We received calls on the given days and watched our numbers drop (which is to
be expected) every day. The recovery from the procedure was pretty miserable. I
was very swollen, sore, bruised and trying to drink tons of liquids to prevent
OHSS (</b><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Ovarian</b></span></span><b style="color: #454545; font-size: 14pt;"> Hyperstimulation Syndrome). </b></span></div>
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had 8 embryos to be biopsied and tested for ALD. Praise the Lord! The waiting
game would begin all over again as we waited to hear if we had any healthy
babies of those 8. We were given a pretty broad window of waiting time, so I
was shocked when we received a phone call with results less than 2 weeks later.
We decided to keep our results private, but were overjoyed to know that our
first round of IVF had been successful! Our clinic actually decided to feature
us in a story on their website. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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know that ALD would end with us. I crossed a few more things off the to-do list
that year, including a mock transfer and a hysteroscopy that would need to be
done before the frozen embryo transfer. What we looked forward to the most was the
day that we could transfer one of our babies back into my body and hopefully
become parents! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>I know that this is a teaching blog, but from time to time I like to share other things too! After announcing our pregnancy a few months ago, I have been flooded with questions about the process, our journey, our why and what we went through. As we get closer to meeting our sweet girl, I have really reflected on all that we have been through and I decided to write out our story to share. I joke about writing a book about it all, but I really could! I have always been open about our journey, but writing it out to share on the internet is terrifying and emotional. I hope that you will read this with an open heart and mind. I have decided to split this post into three parts, so be sure to read Part <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-ivf-journey-part-2.html">Two</a> and <a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-ivf-journey-part-3.html">Three</a> next. Part One is all about the why. </b></span></div>
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before I ever existed or knew anything about. I'll spare you the entire family
tree, but this disease has been in our family for at least four generations.
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person in our family to die of what we now know to be ALD. He was born in 1925
and inherited the disease from his mother. He died in 1932 at the age of 7. His
mother (my great grandmother) kept such detailed journals about her horribly
sick child that they were later given to the Kennedy Kreiger Institute at Johns
Hopkins University to study as they researched and learned more about this rare
disease. The disease continued to be unknowingly passed on, and in 1991 I was
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a girl (XX) I inherited an X chromosome from my dad which carried the disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of my younger sisters inherited the
affected X as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my brother is
a boy (XY), he only got the Y chromosome from my dad so he does not have the
disease. A few years after I was born, my dad was diagnosed with </span><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://ulf.org/adrenomyeloneuropathy-amn/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">AMN</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;"> (the adult onset of
ALD) with cerebral involvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With his
diagnosis, all of the pieces of the puzzle started to come together. Across the
country, my dad’s cousin Denise was experiencing the disease firsthand with her
family as well. (Their story was documented in an article that won a Pultizer
Prize and can be read <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-04/news/ls-65289_1_john-hirschbeck">HERE.</a>) </span><span style="color: #454545;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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dads. Physically, it was hard for him to walk. In second grade, my
class was learning about rocks. My dad was a geophysicist so my teacher asked
him to come and talk to the class. I remember helping him the night before get
some rocks ready to give to the kids in my class. I was so excited that he
would be visiting my school. After the presentation ended, my sweet teacher let
me walk Dad out of the classroom. On the way back to the classroom, I
remembered that none of the other kids had ever walked their dads out of the
classroom when they gave presentations or visited. I became instantly
self-conscious and aware of the fact that walking was hard for him and other
people noticed too. It started out as just limping, then he started
to use a walking stick and eventually he was in a wheelchair full-time. I
didn’t really know what was wrong and I didn’t dare ask because I didn’t want
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in elementary school. Sand isn’t a great foundation for people who have problems
walking, but my dad was determined to get to the beach. We all watched, holding
our breath, as he struggled on the sand to get to
the beach. “He’s getting better and better every day!” I said trying
to make light of the situation. In reality, it was the total opposite. He was
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changing too. This time period is the hardest for me to talk about because my
dad did a lot of things that made it clear that he was no longer the same
person. He became obsessed with strange things like collecting aluminum cans
which was humiliating. Neighbors, friends and other kids from school would
report seeing him all over town in his electric wheelchair digging for aluminum
cans in the trash and in alleyways. I grew some tough skin and laughed it off
the best I could. He wasn't in his right mind. Against everyone's wishes, he
even drove to Arizona to hunt for gold. He really believed that he was going to
strike it rich. During the trip, he fell out of his wheelchair and literally
burned on the pavement before someone finally found him. It was an absolutely
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that my dad wouldn’t be around forever. I could tell that he was getting worse,
but no one wanted to talk about it. Not only was his physical health declining,
but so was his mind. I decided that if I wanted him to be around for any of my
adult life, including my wedding or me having kids, I would have to hurry. I
became really interested in weddings and felt like maybe if I could have it all
planned out, then I could meet the right person and my dad would be able to be
a part of it. I literally have memories of telling people that I wanted to get
married really young so my dad could be there. Praise the Lord that my sweet
husband Tyler entered the picture the summer before my junior year of high
school. He is the best thing that ever happened to me and has shown me unconditional
love since 2007. I couldn't have gotten through any of this without him.
Even though he really only knew my dad during the time he was the sickest, it
brings me a lot of comfort knowing that he knew him.</span><span style="color: #454545;"> He also got to see firsthand how
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his wheelchair when he was hit by a car. He would never come home again. He
spent the next nine months in and out of ICU, rehab facilities, and
long-term hospital care. My senior year was spent visiting the hospital almost
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have a first period class so I decided to volunteer at the Early Childhood
Center associated with the school district. It changed my life and gave me so
much purpose during such a hard time. I was already destined to be a teacher,
but this experience really sealed the deal. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Spending an hour of my morning
singing songs, playing games and loving on four-year-olds from tough situations
was so healing for me. I made a plan to study Early Childhood Education, but I
had to figure out where. It was really hard for me to think about going off to
college and leaving my family behind at a time I was really needed. I chose to
go to Texas Tech University because it would be close by (2 hours from home) so
I could come home and help on the weekends. But that April my dad took a turn
for the worse. On the day Hospice was coming to evaluate him, he died. I knew
it was coming. The night before, I was up and unexplainably sick to my stomach.
I just laid on the cold tile floor of the bathroom and knew something bad was going
to happen. The phone rang early in the morning and I thought it was the
hospital calling to tell us that he had died. Instead, it was Dad calling from
the hospital to tell us that he was thirsty and needed water...another sign of near
death. I was at a senior graduation party for lunch that day and
when I returned to school I heard the overhead announcement ding. I knew that
they were going to call me down to the office and my mom would be there to tell
me that Dad had died. I was right. I spoke at his funeral a few days later,
which I still consider one of my greatest accomplishments. It’s not easy to
give a speech at your dad’s funeral ever, especially when you’re 18. It
was so important to me for people to remember who he really was and not the
disease. I wanted to share stories about the happy times and how much he loved
us. He was so kind, caring, compassionate and brilliant. I was not going to let
people remember him at his worst. </span></span></b></div>
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toughest year of my entire life. I had grown up and experienced so much grief
over the past few years and then suddenly I went off to college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, everyone was carefree, spending their
parents’ money and wanting to drink and party at every opportunity. It was a
really hard transition, especially because I knew that this disease would
continue to haunt me. Even though my dad's suffering had ended, I would have my
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dad and I never had a conversation about ALD before he died. Not once. He
didn’t want anyone knowing about it, especially his children. In his eyes, he
was protecting us by not sharing the diagnosis and talking about it. I don’t
think anyone, especially him, realized how sick he would get and how quickly.
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job in my hometown at the elementary school I attended growing up. I would be
teaching Kindergarten, a dream come true! In 2013 Tyler and I got engaged and
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really understand our situation. </span><span style="color: black;">As a carrier of an X-linked disease, there is a 50/50 chance of
passing it on to my children. So there is a 50% chance that any child Tyler and
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>We have been learning all about properties of matter in science and learning about pumpkins! On Friday we brought it all together and had Pumpkin Day! I send this note home asking each child to bring a pumpkin. I sent a simple note home asking for pumpkins.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Download this free My Pumpkin printable <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOGe_9pDPiWU2tYX204QjNlbXM/view?usp=sharing">HERE. </a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out this book <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Pumpkin-Life-Cycle-Book-2830753">HERE. </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We may even plant a pumpkin seed! They grow super fast! : )</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>One year I created this <a href="http://amzn.to/2egU6HG">Pete the Cat Rocking in my School Shoes</a> Pumpkin! </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To encourage my students to participate, I like to give out homework passes. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Download this Storybook Pumpkin Homework Pass FREE <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOGe_9pDPiWTGw1SzBiRTlsMVE/view?usp=sharing">HERE. </a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://yeehawteachingintexas.blogspot.com/2013/06/throwback-thursday.html">Pumpkin pie</a> and <a href="http://www.theidearoom.net/2009/11/pumpkin-spice-playdough.html">pumpkin play-doh</a> is always a hit too! What are your favorite pumpkin activities? </b></div>
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