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Surprise Giveaway-Sleepy Sillys

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I’m excited to announce the first giveaway EVER on this site!! 

Sleepy Sillys, an Etsy shop, sells a fabulous Rainy Day Craft Caboodle full of essential supplies for creative projects. It holds well over 100 items including contruction paper, glitter glue, buttons, stencils, felt pieces and much more!!

And, Sleepy Sillys has been generous enough to offer ONE LUCKY COMMENTER  a Rainy Day Craft Caboodle of your very own!! This giveaway is open to residents of Canada and US ONLY.

To enter this giveaway:
1. Click on Sleepy Sillys and take a look around.

2. Come back here and leave a comment on THIS POST telling me what you love most in the shop.

3. For an extra entry, add a link to Lesson Plans on your blog sidebar.  Come back and let me know that you did it.

4. Please, please either leave me your email address or blog link so that I can contact you if you win. Comments with no email address or blog link will be deleted. If I cannot contact you, I will choose another winner.

5. You have until Sunday, February 15th at midnight MST to enter. Check back on Monday to find out if you are the lucky winner!

**BLOG ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY FOR ANOTHER EXTRA ENTRY!! Then come back and let me know where you posted.

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  1. The White Tooth Fairy Pillow is a riot! So cute and creative. I am always looking for things my son can do to channel his imagination…this giveaway would be wonderful.. thanks so much!!!!

  2. Great idea! I’ve been wanting (and looking) for something like this for my son! I like the tooth fairy pillows, way more creative than my envelopes that I used when I was a kid! Thanks for the giveaway!

  4. I like the Girls Sleepover Autograph Pillowcase. But I know my niece would be ecstatic to receive the Craft Kit you are featuring. She is always crafting and this would keep her busy for hours and hours.

  13. My son and daughter-in-law are grammar school teachers. They would love this for their classes!!!
    Teachers are spending their own money for things like this and kids deserve more.
    Thanks,
    Sandy

  28. I love the tooth fairy pillows. That is a great idea. No more trying to reach under your child’s pillow while they sleep. 😛

  31. wow such cute and colorful items i really love the Adorable Baby Car Seat Blanket–Purple with Stars

  40. oh .. loved the Cowgirl Toddler Tshirt but I liked most things they offer anyways. Please enter me and ty!
    bbrrterrace(at)hotmail.com

  46. I love the Toddler Activity Kit bags. They would be so fun to have at the house and keep filled with fun items for the grandkids when they come to visit.

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

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Book Review: Las Mañanitas

The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to  share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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