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1. Thankful

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.

You get to eat great food (and by food I mean dessert!), hang out with family and friends, and the only gift you have to bring is the pleasure of your company. Can't beat that!

Since my kitchen is out of commission this year we're going to my sister-in-law's house. (We're getting new counter tops so I've had no sink or stove for the last two weeks!) The kids get to see some of their cousins (woohoo!) and we won't have to eat leftovers for the next month. I consider that a good thing :)

If you've read this blog for a while, you know I'm thankful for my kids, my family and, of course, books! So here are a few things you might not expect me to be grateful for this Thanksgiving:

Wii -- Watching my kids teach their grandparents how to golf, bowl and play tennis yesterday was a riot. And seeing them cheer when Grandma scored a strike reminded me that there are all kinds of ways to bond with family.

Paper Plates
-- I don't usually use them (I'm trying to reduce my footprint and all) but when the only place to wash the dishes is the bathtub, paper plates make me very happy indeed.

H1N1
-- Because of this supposed "pandemic" people are doing something they should have been doing all along...washing their hands. How lame that it takes a life-threatening illness for people to use soap!

DSL -- Remember when graphics made web pages slow to load? Now you can stream entire videos across the internet with barely a pause. How cool is that!


I'm incredibly thankful for the internet, because without it I wouldn't have met all the wonderful bloggers in this amazing community I stumbled into last year. Thanks to all of you for making this journey so much fun!

And now to share some love with other bloggers, here are a couple of awards that I need to pass on.

Steph in the City gave me the Splish Splash Award for a dazzling blog. Thanks, Stephanie! I'm passing this one on to Julie at Silver Lining and to Shelli at the Storyqueen's Castle.




Dawn at Plotting and Scheming was kind enough to give me the Best Blog Award. Thanks, Dawn! I'm supposed to pass this on to other bloggers that I've recently discovered and think are great! I'm giving this one to my critique partner Lori who recently started to blog, and to Tabitha at Writer Musings -- I can't believe it took me so long to discover your fabulous blog!

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2. March lion and lamb

There's an old saying that the month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.



Following a children's calendar craft, above is TheSquirrel's lion and lamb on paper plates.
Below are my lion and lamb, the way I work with patterns/texture on the pieces.




By: Erin Sherman & TheSquirrel, age just turned 4!
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3. Story Time: Day 6

For day six, I thought I’d have a change of pace and read a lovely gentle book to the other toys. We’d had a busy day and story time was delayed until the evening – which is, incidentally, why I didn’t get to post this yesterday. So, I thought a nice gentle tale would be just the go.

Owl Babies, by Martin Waddell, is a gorgeous story of three baby owls who wake to find that their mummy has gone. They wonder where she is and whether she’ll come back – which, of course, she does. There was a hush in the toy room as I read, and when, at the end of the book, the owl mummy returns, there was a gentle sigh of relief from all of the toys.

What a beautiful story – and a lovely way to finish the day.

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4. Book Week Coming Up

Next week is Children's Book Week here in Australia. My friend Sally is going to celebrate by rapping my story at Corrigin District High School (among other things). I've asked her to take me along so I can watch. Maybe I'll even join in, if the boys and girls aren't looking at me.

Book Week is a big deal for the children's book community. As well as watching Sally do her rap, I'm going to celebrate by reading as many lovely children's books as I can. Perhaps I'll do some readings here in the toy room. Some of the smaller toys can't read so well because it is too hard for them to held the books and turn the pages - and then the font is too big for their tiny eyes. So, yes, I think it would be lovely if I set up a reading corner and read to them every day. I'll let you know how I go.

What are you doing for book week?

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