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Fall books come in as many varieties as the changing leaves. You can read a campus novel and relive your glory days at school, or you can find a book with vivid descriptions of foliage and the frost nipping the air. But in October, it’s time for a different kind of chill: Pick up a literary horror classic to put yourself in the Halloween spirit. Campus novels and other education-themed stories are a literary tradition....

I was asked by Disney Parks to show you how to create a Disney Kids themed preschool playdate and since my son’s birthday party was last month, we decided to skip the playdate and go all out with a birthday party instead! Any of the tips in this post will work for a birthday party or a playdate! For my son’s 4th birthday party, we decided to come up things to represent some of my son’s favorite things from our Disney World vacations over the past two years....

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