Got Books?

Last night was Bunco and a night I look forward to each month. I love the girls in my Bunco group and I think I've been playing with them for almost 3 years now! So fun! Anyway, last night's Bunco was hosted by this book guru! She came up with a clever idea for prizes. An idea that has never been done before. After all the points were tallied and all the winners declared, she comes out with different sized bags for each winner. The bags were all different sizes according to your placement but they were empty. So then she has all of us move to her family room which was covered in books for all ages, with our empty bags in hand, and proceeded to tell us how many books we were allowed to fill our bags with! Can you believe it? Luckily, I finished in 2nd place and I got to pick out 26 books!! That's right, 26! The big winner, Kristen, got to pick out 36! Is that not the best idea or what?! So while we're all picking out our books, I'm trying to find preschool books for my library and books for each of my kids. My bag was packed! Here's what I ended up with.

Of course, I was going to show my kids their books this morning during breakfast but they beat me to it! Brady was the first one downstairs and started rummaging through this bag of books picking out exactly what I had chosen for him. He came running upstairs and asked, "Who are these books for?" I told him they were for you kids and some for the preschool. He was SO EXCITED!!! He showed me the books in his hands and asked if he could write his name in them and take them to school. He showed me the order he wanted to read them in and I'm positive they won't last him all summer. He loves to read and got some pretty good books to choose from! Amy, the one he's most excited for is Indian Captive, after I told him it's one of his Spectrum books for next year. But the one he started reading during breakfast and on the way to school was Shredderman!

Cameron was picking out his books, too, with just as much enthusiasm and decided to read Mighty Robot first. He kept saying, "Ooooh! I love Cam Jansen! Ooooh, I love Amelia Bedelia!" He quickly had to write his name in his new books, too.

Of course, Ally, who is still learning to read was THRILLED with her Biscuit books, the books she can read all by herself. She wants so badly to be able to read whatever book she wants and gets so frustrated when she can't figure out the words and has to ask me what it says. I know it will click soon and she'll be a reading machine just like her brothers. She was so excited to see this book with the ballerinas on the cover and can't wait to read it!

This was the best morning we've had before school in a very long time! The kids wanted to pack their backpacks with their new books and they were all reading in the car on the way there! Looks like I should pay those fines at the library so we can check some books out this summer or head over to Cazier's Corner and check some books out there! Thank you, Amy, for these wonderful gifts. My kids were so happy this morning!

Now, I'm off to finally crack open this series. I know, I know. I'm the last one on the planet to start these books! But now that preschool is over and my house is somewhat clean and the laundry is staying current, I feel like I won't be wasting time if I sit and read. I CAN'T WAIT!