Muppet Christmas Carol - hands down :-)

Looks like Rose of Sharon / Althea

If you are looking for what we are reading: well, right now I am reading: Puppies for Dummies, Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy, & The Art of Raising a Puppy, but that is likely not what you meant. Queued SPQR -Beard, Team of Rivals -Goodwin, & Framed in Death -Robb 9/2; just finished A Shade Too Far -Wilde

Continuing the theme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hick...

Acadia

/5 like them. There were a few, very few, exceptions. Eventually, I learned lol

/4 Over the years, I have kept a weather eye on what they were reading and as long as I didn't see anything go by that I thought was harmful, I mostly stayed out of their way. Occasionally I tried recommending favorites and found that when they reluctantly agreed to read them, generally they didn't

/3 have more choices now, they have both less and more tolerance for bad writing. I think they are interested in the story and the flow and care much less about the mechanics (?) the actual writing (typos, phrasing, etc.). I hate to use the much over used word vibe, but I think it captures it

/2 Someone told me a long time ago that kids are more likely to read if they like something so we spent a lot of time reading different things until they found something they liked. Now they still love reading. Not what I read when I was young but they do both love reading. I believe because they

When our kids (now 25, 20) were young, we read them the books we loved. As they grew, they chose the books they loved. A couple 'staples' survived (LOTR, Belgariad) but for the most part, they went their own ways. Honestly, I about had heart failure at Capt Underpants but it got my son reading

We read Tolkien to our kids (now 25, 20) when they were young. Both love Tolkien but not the way we did. It was more something they shared with us than discovered for themselves

My daughter (turns 20 today) LOVED The Belgariad. She read it/them several times. Now they sit on her shelf more as a reminder of a dear friend than something she actively reads.

I love this! thanks for sharing

I do think my money is better spent supporting PBS. This was fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIZe...

Did you make it down to the waterfall at the end

It was 8 miles and I hadn't realized it was up and down for a total 500' elevation change. Don't misunderstand, I LOVED the hike!! It just took longer than anticipated and I ended up in full sun. I would do it again in a heartbeat but I would take more water and a hiking staff.

Likely would have been easier had I not forgotten I was hiking west of the Mississippi and while I had plenty of water for the conditions on the East Coast, hiking in August in CA at that elevation I needed double the amount of water I had. The pamphlet said 500' elevation, 5 miles. 1/