It's been a quiet few weeks here on the blog. Good reason of course...FAMILY TIME! And holiday fun. Lots and LOTS of holiday fun. I like to "unplug" this time of the year and get back to what's the most important...my family. No work. No blogging. No...well...nuthin'. Completely and totally necessary. We spent Christmas Eve with my sweet family here in Houston.... Then we woke up at 6 on Christmas morning...sang Happy Birthday to Jesus...opened our gifts from Santa...and headed to the airport to spend the remainder of our holiday vacay with our Indiana family. This … [Read more...] about Long Vowels & Place Value