Happy birthday to this blog yesterday

So it was my first "blogiversary" yesterday. I actually thought I started blogging March 9th, which is today, but I checked to make sure and I WAS WRONG.

A day late is better than not at all, right? RIGHT???

I figured I'd have a little celebration here with blog cake and blog decorations
and presents!Yay!

And a giveaway!

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is to leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite post, theme, or picture that I have posted on the shoebox castle wall. I'll pick a comment number at random (out of a hat. But first I have to find a hat) and I'll send the winner a prize! A prize picked from the vast array of items sitting around my house without use or function, or something I have too many of.

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The kids are home from school today (it's the end of the trimester and the teachers get a workshop day). What should I do with the teenagers on days off? I have come across a lot of websites dedicated to making life fun for little children (and create a huge mess for the mom to clean up), especially children of preschool age, but I haven't come across any websites that give me ideas for having fun with teenagers.

I might have to start one.

But the only idea I can come up with is:
1. Make the teenagers clean the bathroom.

And that isn't exactly an idea that fits under the category "making life fun for your teenager." It's more along the lines of "making life easier for the mom of teenagers." But I think I like this idea better than making life fun for the teenagers.