Teachingmommy: Maelin's Busy Weekend

Monday, March 3, 2008

Maelin's Busy Weekend

Hello everyone,
We've been sooooo busy trying to get the house packed up and everything...I haven't had time to breathe, let alone post anything, so here is a quick hello to you all. We had Jeff & Katey's engagement party on Saturday and Maelin sure had a great time! She was crawling all over the place and trying to walk (hanging on to people's hands) and really liked the cake! She was just a pumpkin.

Then yesterday she had a busy day playing all day long with either Kevin or I while the other one packed up the house. We actually got quite a bit done. We went to dinner w/ Aunt Kat and Uncle Jeff and poor uncle Jeff slipped on the ice and fell down WHILE holding baby Maelin's carseat!! Luckily, he had the instinct to have her fall straight down while he took the brunt of the fall on his back, poor guy. Maelin was just scared...totally fine but poor Jeff is still pretty sore.

Right now baby is in her crib yelling, "baba yaaaaaa....da da da da da da!!!" and trying to stand up and crawl around. She says hello to you all!! Here's a picture of Maelin playing her new favorite game...peek-a-boo in her box!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Mara, I can't believe how cute she is!! Can't wait to see y'all again; I know we're all busy, but we should try and get together. Aunt Sally; March 4, 2008 at 8:10 PM

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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.