Happy Holidays to all my blogging friends!

If I haven’t been to your blog this week, please forgive me. This is the longest teaching week of the year, and the children’s minds are GONE.  I may have taught the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Declaration of Independence this week, but I doubt anyone was paying attention. If I survive until 1:30pm today, it might be a Christmas miracle.

And in the evenings, in between wrapping presents, attending Christmas concerts, and licking envelopes, I’ve been furiously writing, writing, writing.

This is my Christmas card to you all … a year of my life.
And yes, that IS my hand on Will Smith’s knee.  No, he didn’t object …