Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Our Night with Mo Willems!
Last night John David and I got the chance to go to a reading/signing with one of our favorite children's author/illustrators Mo Willems. It was a fantastic adventure to celebrate his latest book Knuffle Bunny Free. We drove over an hour to Williamsburg, VA, to get a chance to be at the event. According to the event information the kids were supposed to bring their favorite stuffed animal. Right now, that is John David's Zonk from Ze Super Zeros. So we packed Zonk along with a snack, our Knuffle Bunny Passport, and brought along John David's favorite Mo Willems book, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, to be signed by Mo.
The night was so much fun, with activities, pictures, the signing, and we got to listen to Mo himself read us two stories! One of the stories was an Elephant & Piggie book called We Are In A Book
. John David liked it so much that we ended up purchasing the book at the event and getting Mo to sign it too. :) Watching and listening to Mo read his work, brought a whole new life to the stories, and I don't think I or John David will ever look at his books the same way again.
Mo also took the time to answer some questions from the audience, and John David shot his hand up in the air. Luckily, he didn't ask something crazy. :) We were pretty excited when Mo called on him, and John David wanted to know the obvious... Are you gonna write anymore Naked Mole Rat books? He was disappointed when Mo said he wasn't planning on it, but excited when Mo did a song and dance number entitled "Naked" that Mo thought would be perfect in a Naked Mole Rat musical. :D Needless to say, we were all laughing, and John David's been singing the "Naked" song ever since!
This night was special for John David and I, as we rarely get time to spend together alone. We had a really great time and made some lasting memories!
. John David liked it so much that we ended up purchasing the book at the event and getting Mo to sign it too. :) Watching and listening to Mo read his work, brought a whole new life to the stories, and I don't think I or John David will ever look at his books the same way again.Mo also took the time to answer some questions from the audience, and John David shot his hand up in the air. Luckily, he didn't ask something crazy. :) We were pretty excited when Mo called on him, and John David wanted to know the obvious... Are you gonna write anymore Naked Mole Rat books? He was disappointed when Mo said he wasn't planning on it, but excited when Mo did a song and dance number entitled "Naked" that Mo thought would be perfect in a Naked Mole Rat musical. :D Needless to say, we were all laughing, and John David's been singing the "Naked" song ever since!
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| We're excited - Can you tell? :) |
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| Doing Knuffle Bunny Activity Pages ... |
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| Stamping our Knuffle Bunny Passport ... |
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| Patiently {ahem} waiting to meet Mo... |
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| Finally meeting Mo Willems!!! |
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| Mo and John David making there best monster faces |
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| One quick picture with Knuffle Bunny before we left |
This night was special for John David and I, as we rarely get time to spend together alone. We had a really great time and made some lasting memories!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Pirate Party Fun
Last weekend while my parents were still in town, we held a joint birthday party for both my boys. It was actually in between both their birthdays, but it was close enough. :) My parents, who are pros at cake making and decorating, made the boys a fabulous pirate cake, and we spent the afternoon having pirate fun with the kids, and adults!
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| Aaarrrgh Matey! |
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| Luke in his pirate duds |
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| Luke the Terrible |
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| Captain John David Lardbottom and his friend, Zakary |
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| What a pirate face! |
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| Captain John and his best friend, Raymond |
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| Our pirate feast of quesadillas and tortilla chips |
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| Grandma and Poppy |
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| Even the moms hung around for some pirate fun |
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| Blowing out the candles |
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| What pirate fun we had! |
