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	<title>Pass The Torch &#187; Parenting</title>
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		<title>To iPad or not To iPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter is a freshman in high school and had been considering purchasing an iPad for several months.  She was having a hard time getting use of a decent computer during one of her classes this semester, so she took the plunge and purchased an iPad 2 even though we learned the iPad 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Years Ago &#8211; Perspective</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2012/01/21/five-years-ago-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s hard to believe it.  Five years ago, our family was finishing a two-week homeschooling &#8220;field trip&#8221; in Fort Myers Florida.  The kids were in second and fourth grades.  We&#8217;d spent our days hanging out next to the Gulf of Mexico, reading, &#8220;The Giver&#8221; and doing lessons about ancient Egypt in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; The Man in the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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I had an opportunity to review the book, The Man in the Moon, by William Joyce, and I think it&#8217;s fabulous.  It&#8217;s a part of a series called, &#8220;The Guardians of Childhood&#8221; and promises to become a major motion picture as well.  Joyce has previously lent his creative expertise to the feature film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fond Memories of Homeschooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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My seventh-grader is doing a project in school where he describes with fond memories our homeschool experiment from five years ago (could it be that long?)  We had fun reading my old blog posts from that time.  I thought I would repost this one.
January, 2007
It has now been nearly three months since beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/11/27/happy-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<title>Happy Birthday 15-Year-Old</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/11/20/happy-birthday-15-year-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of my daughter&#8217;s birthday, I thought I would share the birthday invitation she gave to her excellent and understanding friends.  I had to admire her snark and their sense of humor.
CONGRATULATIONS
You Have Been Invited to
Darla&#8217;s 15th Birthday Party!
On Saturday, November 12th, this 2011 year, you have been invited to this very formal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPARK Peer Tutoring is Ten Years Old!</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/08/20/spark-peer-tutoring-is-ten-years-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Ten years ago, I started my company, Empowering Youth, Inc, which means the SPARK Peer Tutoring Manual has been helping schools train peer tutors for a decade!  
To celebrate this accomplishment, we&#8217;ll release a new electronic version of SPARK Peer Tutoring &#8211; so be watching for this in the coming weeks!
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		<title>Using our State and County Parks</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/08/07/using-our-state-and-county-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Probably our most regular entertainment this summer has been our State and County Parks.  We&#8217;re lucky enough to be just a few miles from two very nice parks, so we wisely purchased annual memberships at the beginning of the summer.  This way our kids have been able to invite friends along on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing in the Summer Splash Challenge</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/07/30/sailing-in-the-summer-splash-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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We continue to fight the ever-present urge to become sucked into our computer screens and the Summer Splash Challenge helps.  Our son purchased this little sailboat and has learned to get around our nearby lake pretty well.  I don&#8217;t know much about sailing, but he manages well without me and I just enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberry Shortcake &#8211; a Wisconsin Delicacy!</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2011/07/23/strawberry-shortcake-a-wisconsin-delicacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Though we really didn&#8217;t need an excuse to build this beauty of a strawberry shortcake, the gathering of these strawberries served nicely in our Summer Splash Challenge.  
We were late in the season by the time we finally got to Lebo&#8217;s Bloomin&#8217; Berries, but still had no problem gathering three buckets of beautiful berries. [...]]]></description>
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