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We go on to the joy and through the tears
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Moving forward now as one
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To a new day, we go on.

It's time to move on and move forward.

PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.

But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!

If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.

So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!

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Old 03-02-2009, 01:05 AM   #1
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Talking A Very Special Birthday!!!

Theodor Seuss Geisel's 105th birthday would have been today - March 2, 2009. Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Inspired by Dr. Seuss is a very special day celebrated on his birthday every year by the NEA - Read Across America Day! Read to a child today. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, whatever you have to spare - even if it's just the Sunday comics you never got around to reading yesterday!

Welcome To Seussville!

What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?

Mine is also one of DJ's favorites:


Quote:
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not eat them with a mouse.
I will not eat them in a house.
I will not eat them here or there.
I will not eat them anywhere.
I do not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

BTW - From Wiki: The 1995 film Green Eggs and Hamlet retells the story of Hamlet entirely in rhyming couplets, mimicking the style and meter of Green Eggs and Ham.
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My favorite will always be Horton Hears a Who.

"I'll just have to save him, because, after all . . . a person's a person no matter how small."

And its follow up, Horton Hatches the Egg.

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Really, again??? His birthday comes around faster then Xmas. Seems like yesterday my daughter was bringing home a school made Cat in the Hat creation to wear.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
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Dr. Seuss!!

My favorite is Oh, the Places You'll Go, even before I got it for my HS graduation.

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Dr. Seuss!!! I love Green Eggs and Ham!!!

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Happy Birthday!!! We're headed to Target tonight for their REad Across America promo. They have local Firefighters, police, teachers, and the principal reading stories to kids in the middle of the clothing section! Cake and juice is provided too (no green eggs and ham though.....) Check with your local Target's to see if they're doing this too!!
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Dr. Seuss! One of my favs is Fox in Socks.
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My favorite is


“All the long way to school
And all the way back
I’ve looked and I’ve looked
And I’ve kept careful track
But all that I’ve noticed
Except my own feet
Was a horse and a wagon
On Mulberry Street.”
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Here is a site that some of you may be interested in:

Kids / Children Quizzes and Kids / Children Trivia -- FunTrivia

They have both Disney and Dr. Suess trivia on there for kids. Enjoy
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We love Dr. Suess!! My kids are actually having Green Eggs and Ham for lunch at school today. Plus birthday cake!!
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Just sent a Dr. Seuss birthday cake off to school this morning...the school asked parents to create cakes for each class. They are then doing a "parade of cakes" before the big Dr. Seuss birthday party! Here's the cake I made:
You can see details of the cake here.

I love pretty much all of Dr. Seuss' books. My favorite to read out loud is "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" (we like acting out all the different creatures in the book). I love "The Butter Battle Book" because of its message. And Horton. And the Lorax. And The Places You'll Go......okay, I love them all!!!
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You can see details of the cake here.
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I just love your cakes!
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