Rainbow Cupcakes
Add some rainbow or shamrock sprinkles for a fun finishing touch.  Little Leprechauns will love these!  Pot of gold not included…

Leprechaun Trap
Set this up with your kids and see if you can’t catch a leprechaun. If you can’t find a pot of gold, just use a small dish full of lucky charms!Leprechauns have big egos, so a giant version of their own hat is irresistible to them. Once they step on the false top, you’ll have caught a 10-gallon prize.

Green Stamp

Spread the luck o’ the Irish this St. Patrick’s Day with a homemade shamrock stamp.

Rainbow Jello
This looks too good to eat!
Fun St. Paddy’s Day Themed cookies

Rainbows, shamrocks, gold coins, and special rainbow striped coiled cookies!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Kellie McCann Photography!

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Spring Ahead: Daylight Saving Time 2012 Begins Sunday

It’s nearly time to ‘Spring Ahead’ again…

For most Americans, Daylight Savings time will begin at 2 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, March 11.  We’ll be springing our clocks ahead—and losing an hour of the day. The good news: sunset will be an hour later which means and an extra hour of light at the end of our days!

I personally LOVE this time of year, not particularly loosing an hour of sleep, but hey it is Sunday and I typically sleep in anyway…no big deal there.  But just that extra hour of light at the end of the day makes a big difference.  And also being a professional photographer, this gives me an additional hour of light to photograph my subject in.

You wont be practicing DST if you live in the following:   Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.  These areas are not required by the Federal Government to observe the practice.

Around the world, about 75 countries and territories have at least one location that observes daylight saving time, according to TimeandDate.com. On the other hand, 164 don’t observe the time change at all.

Brief History:

According to the Huffington Post:

Benjamin Franklin has been credited with the idea of daylight saving time, but Britain and Germany began using the concept in World War I to conserve energy, the Washington Post observes. The U.S. used daylight saving time for a brief time during the war, but it didn’t become widely accepted in the States until after the second World War.

In 1966, the Uniform Time Act outlined that clocks should be set forward on the last Sunday in April and set back the last Sunday in October.

That law was amended in 1986 to start daylight saving time on the first Sunday in April, though the new system wasn’t implemented until 1987. The end date was not changed, however, and remained the last Sunday in October until 2006.

Today, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time change will precede the first day of spring and the vernal equinox, which is set to take place at 1:14 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 20.

If you are like me and find yourself hitting the snooze button on Monday morning take comfort in knowing that daylight is increasing at its most rapid pace of the year.  In just little over two weeks, the sun will again rise before 7 a.m., and by mid-April, you will see the sun shining into your bedroom before 6:30 am.

TIP:  Daylight Savings Time is a great way to remember to check your smoke detector batteries

I am NOT a fan of daylight savings time…are you?  Let’s hear what you think below in the comments section.

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Ace college entrance exams the first time with these easy tips and tricks!

PREPARATION

• Use Collegeboard.org’s SAT daily question email to get one sample test question in your inbox every day. It’s a simple, less overwhelming way to get your brain warmed up for the real thing. It’s also available as an iphone app! http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day
•Take a test prep class. Kaplan offers courses that are tailored to the SAT or the ACT. Check out their website: http://www.kaptest.com/College/SAT/index.html
• Use a tutor to help you target your weakest subject.

TESTING

• Make sure you bring a watch, and don’t linger on one question longer than two or three minutes.
• Answer the easier questions first and go back to answer the hard ones last.
• Use the process of elimination to give yourself better odds on each question. If you know two answers aren’t right, that gives you a 50% chance of getting the right answer instead of only 25%.
• If you have to guess, the answer with the most information is usually correct.
• Never leave an answer blank. You should at least guess one of the options, because leaving it blank guarantees that you get it wrong.
• If you read the question and come up with the answer before reading the multiple choice options, this will help you avoid getting confused by “all of the above” or “none of the above” type of situations.
• Trust your first instinct—it’s usually correct!

Happy Testing From Kellie McCann Photography!

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