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I love October!!!
*sigh* We picked up a pumpkin yesterday "just for decoration". Trinity wrote "Happy Halloween" and "Miss Jr." on it - our pumpkin's name is Miss Jr. 'Cause it's just little.
In my house, we go for a romp at one of the farms to pick our carving pumpkins. Mom (that's me) gets to do most of the slimy work of de-seeding 'em, but everyone gets to design their own. It's a fun mess.
Keeps us parents hoppin' with little people (and teenagers) wielding knives. Knives are all fun-n-games in fiction, but place a pumpkin in front of a kid and a knife in his hand and it gets really exciting really fast.
Gotta love October.
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Anyone else comin' to Wordstock?
No?
Then I can grumble a bit about how Oregon is stuck in the '70's? Cool.
I can't wait to read Spiritbound & Eona... I'm sitting on the edge of my seat gripping 'til my knuckles are white to get into 'em. I may complain about attending all these soccer and football practices, but I'm getting a lot of reading done. Cause to celebrate!
We're getting back into the rhythm of school and homework and regular reading assignments. This is kind of fun:
Dash is reading... I don't know what he's reading. One of Rick Riordon's books, I think. I'll get back to you on that. *ahem* He's also reading The Hobbit - chapter by chapter with his class at school. How cool is that?!
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Cam is reading The Adventures of Hugo Cabret. Also fun!!
![The Invention of Hugo Cabret](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327879761s/9673436.jpg)
Trinity is reading outloud to me like she just discovered how awesome it is:
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All my kids have loved this book. It's quite well-worn. But Trinity is crackin' me up 'cause all the silly words in it make her giggle. And that makes me giggle. I don't know when I've ever enjoyed reading a book over and over as much as this one.
PLUS - I like the way it helps her. The made-up words rhyme with real words making her feel successful with big, complicated-lookin' words. While helping her have fun and want to read it again. Seriously... what a great book!!
I like all the books my kids are reading.
![The Hobbit](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328953407l/5907.jpg)
Whatya say? Wanna read The Hobbit with me?!
I'm gonna take it nice & slow & chat about it along the way. Like a Read-a-long. It's so perfect for October, if I remember right. I'll give you a couple days to find your copy... or download a new one. It's time for a medieval hike, I do think!!