When We Were Very Young
My kids and I were reminiscing about the books we remembered reading (or having read to us) when we were young. My daughter came up with The Lonely Doll, When the Sun Rose, We Like Kindergarten, Jessica (Kevin Henkes)and The Story of Holly and Ivy. Those were her "young 'un" favorites; these were from her pre-teen/teen years: Alice in Rapture, Sort of (the Alice series -- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor), Just As Long As We're Together (Judy Blume), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Judy Blume), Stacey's Book (Baby-sitter's Club -- Ann M. Martin), California Diaries series (Ann M. Martin), Daughters of Eve (Lois Duncan) andGirl Goddess #9 (Francesca Lia Block). My son liked all of Marilyn Sadler's Alistair books, but his favorite was Alistair Underwater. He also remembers the Boxcar Children books, Grover (from Sesame Street) in The Monster at the End of the Book, and a book he thinks was called "How to Make Money." I didn't recall that one,
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The hibiscus are really gorgeous this summer, maybe because we've had a lot more rain than usual. It's been very stormy, too. I'm glad these pictures came out because it was pretty windy when I took them.
My husband is the real photographer of the family, but I think my pictures are getting better!
By the way, I just started a sister blog to this one. I use this blog for B&N and garden-related things, and my family has been after me to do a blog where I actually write. Well, what they want is for me to write all the crazy family stories, so I don't know how much interest those will be to anyone else.
I don't know if there is a link to it on Blogger, but this is the url, if you want to check it out:
http://familytreethyme.blogspot.com/