A week is left....

A week is left, finally, of the school year. It has been a very long year, with enough obstacles to keep a trained
agility dog more than happy for more than enough years.

But, finally, it is drawing to a close.

Soon, we will be down to half-days to no more school, a few weeks to veg before we leave for a family vacation,
amongst other things the new year will be bringing us.

The kids have grown during the last year, but one can find treasure in the "apparent" wreck,
and we can call them friends.

Without them, this year would definitely been bleaker. Instead, found laughter, joy, and created many memories.

Hardship, yes, as always, laughter makes it easier. Totally appreciate ya'll, though I may not always show it.

Added some books to my librarything

I added some more books to my library, as seen by my widget. It is all due to this entry over at Rice Daddies, "What's on YOUR bookshelf?'

I added a few of the kids favorite books onto my widget shelf, because I have come to love them along with my children. The amount of child/young adult genre writers is vast, and we do try to sample a few randomnly, as in walking along the book shelf at the library and grabbing without looking. Each cover is a small peep into a grand adventure, sometimes big, sometimes small, but always a good 30 minutes spent reading with the children.

We have a small collection of books in our house, not too little, and we are working on the not too many part. Sure, we like the library, if we check it out more than once or twice, it is sure to become a permanent fixture in the house. The children do like a wide variety, nonfiction, fiction, picture books, cooking, songbooks, books on building, planting. They even end up singing around the house:



Careful, people do stare a bit when you break out in song in public with the children :D