I won a grant!

I won the first grant I ever applied for, which is pretty cool. The local newspaper, The News and Observer , ran a very short article which includes my name if you want to take a look at it. I won the money for a Flip Video camera for students to use when they are working on their graduation projects. I used it to film the Christmas lights in my neighborhood. The resolution is pretty good considering how inexpensive the camera is.

Christmas at Golden Pond

Books and more for kids grades K-2

This is a list I had to create for my children's literature class this fall. There really is a big difference between award winning books for children, and all the rest of the mass produced garbage out on the market. This list only covers materials from 2000 forward. If you want to go look at the rest of the lists and other award winners for kids of all ages check out ALA.

Baseball trip

I was trying to use the slideshow feature, but for what ever reason I could not figure it out. I'll keep working on that, in the meantime this a just a couple of the parks I've been to in the last few summers.

I'm back...

Okay, so I guess I will get this blog going again, for anyone who has interest in what I am doing now. These are the pumpkins Jeff and I carved this halloween. We also did a couple of extreme type pumpkins which were fun and got some attention from the kids. I'll be putting up pics and videos from the ballparks I've been to with my dad and friends, and I'll write about books I love and some I don't, and whatever else occurs to me.