Happy Monday Everyone, Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Hope everyone has a good day. When I was growing up we sometimes would get sidewalk chalk and take it out in the backyard. Among the hearts, flowers, names, and whatever else we'd draw, it wasn't uncommon for a Hopscotch Board to be drawn out in the driveway and used. Hopscotch, Red Rover, Tag/Freeze Tag/TV Freeze Tag, Hide & Seek...these games have been passed on generation to generation. There's something so free and easy about these games. Simple rules, fun, and kids get to just be kids. So what was your favorite childhood game? Have A Marvelous Monday!

Happy Wednesday All, Do you remember some of your favorite childhood books? The ones that you read over and over and still could read again? There's a few that come to mind for me. One such series is the Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace . Maud based her characters on real life counterparts (and sometimes more than one) and the happenings on things that happened in her life and around her. I didn't know this until they reprinted them and added a history section in the back of the books. All I know is, growing up, I read them over and over and pored over a bunch of the pictures. I didn't get to read the last one, Betsy's Wedding until I was probably in high school because I couldn't find it. There's even a Betsy-Tacy Society , which is also something I didn't know until I was older. Another book which comes to mind is Cheaper By The Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Cary. There's been movies made based on this book and there...