Hello Friends, Happy Belated Fourth of July! Can you believe that just two days ago we celebrated our Country’s 249th Birthday? Did you celebrate? Did you go see fireworks? Did you stay home and set off your own fireworks? Did you light any sparklers? Did you spend time with family, friends, and/or neighbors? Growing up, I ...

Hello Friends, Well… how was your first full week of summer? Were you able to go on adventures or make discoveries? Did you go swimming? Did you go on a vacation? Did you spend time with your friends? Or did you stay inside since it was sooooooo hot? I don’t know about you, but I like ...

Hello Friends, How are you doing? Are you enjoying the summer so far? Speaking of summer, it is officially summer! As of Friday, June 20, 2025, at 9:42pm the season of summer entered our lives. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, during the summer, the earth tilts mostly toward the sun during this time ...

https://youtu.be/RYakPHzRM_M?si=PNeKr7kOMHvIFcej Daddy Fixed the Vacuum Cleaner by Robert Scotellaro, read by Daniel Skelton Hello Friends, The month of June is well on its way! We are already entering the third full week of June and there is only one more week left….Summer Vacation is getting shorter by the day, by the minute, by the second. Noting that it ...

Hello Friends, “Schools out for the summer!” It’s official… school is out for the summer which means that summer vacation has arrived! How was your first full week of summer vacation? Did you do anything fun, anything exciting, make any plans for the rest of the summer, or did you just relax, sleep in, and sit ...

Hello Friends, It’s finally summer vacation! Schools out, pools are opening, the sun is shining, adventures are out there, dreams are ready to come true, memories are ready to be made, and fun is to be experienced every day! Oh, and there’s no homework!! Are you excited that summer vacation has finally arrived?! I bet some ...

https://youtu.be/N1JAW8J9D54 If you have time, I invite you to watch this brief, kid-friendly, video about Memorial Day. Hello Friends, Happy Memorial Day! For our time together, I thought I would share with you some information regarding Memorial Day: its birth place, its original name, some history about the day, and, of course, recognizable traditions and rituals. But first, ...

https://youtu.be/quBNsWqEW70?si=1YuRk7VKnzuyUlO- Congratulations to the Class of 2025!! Life is a journey composed of stepping stones, leaps, falls, and new beginnings; and you have overcome so much to be where you are today! You have graduated! You have walked across the “stage”, received your diploma, and are taking steps toward a new adventure. You have done all the ...

Hello Friends, Today is a special day! Do you know what today is? That’s right, it’s Mother’s Day! Did you know that the first Mother’s Day was organized on May 10, 1908 in West Virginia and Pennsylvania by a woman named Anna Jarvis? Anna Jarvis’ mother took “care of soldiers on both sides of the Civil ...

Hello Friends, Welcome to May! I’m sure many of you are excited that the month of May has finally arrived! Some of you are in Spring sports and May is when you start playing games after having a lot of practices. Some of you are excited to be outside since May is typically the month when ...