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Becky Goerend

Becky Goerend

I'm a Christian, wife, mom, and 5th grade teacher. I tweet @MrsBMG (education and life) and @bybmg (crafting). I also have a shop on Etsy.

28/365 Fence

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A few weeks ago, our backyard neighbor accidentally ran into our fence. He wrote us a note with his contact info, came to our front door to talk to us about it, and today I came home to see that he had fixed it by replacing a whole section of fence! This is one of those "you know you live in Iowa" moments that makes me smile.

27/365 Da Vinci's Polyhedra

This is a cross post from my classroom blog today.  We had a great time working with toothpicks and marshmallows!


Since we have been studying Da Vinci, today in math, we learned about Da Vinci's Polyhedra.  Check out the link to see some of his sketches.  Students worked to construct polyhedrons.  Here are a couple examples of what we made:





 

This one looks just like this.


24/365 Clipboard Wall

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I saw this idea in a magazine at one time or another, so I finally decided to go after it. These clipboards now hang above my sewing machine table. They are covered with scrapbook paper. They are pretty and functional for holding up patterns or crafting inspiration.

23/365 Almost One

Henry is almost one.  This morning while we were getting ready to go to church, he was playing in the sun room.  I saw a perfect photo opportunity, so I grabbed the DSLR and went to town. These are my four favorites. This morning's wasn't planned/posed, but it was just what I was hoping for. 

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22/365 productive day

Today I got so much done!  I shopped for Henry's birthday party next weekend, got a hair cut, and Russ and I cleaned out our front sun room. Before it was babygated off.  We got things moved out that are not kid friendly, so Henry has more space to roam. We love this room because of all of the windows. It was one of the reasons we really liked the house when we decided to buy it. Now we can enjoy it more.

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21/365 calm kitty

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We had some friends over this eveing. They have a 2 year old.  She loved to play with the cats, especially Toby, giving him Henry's toys.  Toby is the most tollerant of kids, I think because of his deafness.