Teachingmommy: Maelin is 9 Months Old!!!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Maelin is 9 Months Old!!!

So this post is a bit late because Maelin was 9 months old on the 6th, but here you go anyway. I've been so busy getting back into the swing of things at work, I just haven't had much time to post.

We took Maelin to our favorite picture place, Portrait Innovations to get them done and she was adorable. She loves to laugh and giggle and as long as Aunt Kat or I was quacking like a duck, she was having a great time!

I decided to jump in for one with her which turned out fantastic. I have it blown up in my classroom and it makes me a bit teary every time I look at it because I just can't believe how lucky I am to be the Mommy of such a beautiful,happy and precious little girl. (I don't have it up yet because I'm working on cropping it and turning it black and white like the studio did...the hard copies are awesome...)

I have a LOT of these pictures (of course) so if you'd like one, I can't promise that I'll ever get around to sending you some, but I'll try my best!! Let me know which is your favorites!!

Maelin has been very busy lately, so I'll post soon about her first birthday party, her first amusement park rides, her ear infections, her new favorite toy, her first attempt at sharing with a 7month old, her first playdate and her new trick that about gave me a heart attack!! Stay tuned...

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Must Read Books & Great Authors

"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success, a nationwide best-seller that was distributed to servicemen overseas.
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. This is my all-time favorite book and you MUST read this at least once in your lifetime. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, it is available in 31 different countries and it has been hearlded as "The Great Amercian Novel"
"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult is a heart-wrenching novel about what it means to be a good parent, a good person and a good sister. Kate has had cancer since childhood and her younger sister Anna was concevied to be a perfect-match bone marrow donor for her. As Anna grows up, she struggles with how she and world will see the rights of her own body. This novel is the first book in years that had me crying. It was very well written and very enjoyable if you're in the mood for a tear-jerker.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about a nomadic, deprived childhood told with the wonderment of a child who always wants to believe that Daddy will be a hero in the end and that Momma really does know best. You are enrapt reading about Walls and her siblings rifling through trash cans at school looking for food, doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night, or waiting for Dad to come home after another bender. It's a riveting story and a testament to Walls' desire to rise above a life that could have easily turned her into just another tragic headline. I really appreciated this story because of the very real probability that some of my students are living this very life.
One of my favorite authors (I have everything she's ever written) is Marian Keyes whose stories are set in Britian or Ireland. She is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon (which is my favorite), Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, The Last Chance Saloon, Angels, Sushi for Beginners, Under the Duvet, and her latest, The Other Side of the Story. Her books have touched readers around the world, and they are now published in 35 countries and in many different languages.