Christmas Reading

Mommy has been hard at work, sewing in the dining

room a multitude of costumes. But Daddy is still able

to be with her - last week, we purchased a great looking

hard cover (and unabridged) copy of the book,

"A Christmas Carol." Tonight, Daddy actually read the

entire booklet out loud to Mommy as she worked.

It was really neat to see all the things taken from the

book and inserted into various movies. I think the

most faithful version so far might be the one

with Patrick Stewart, which is one of our favorites.

Today, Madison accompanied Mommy to various

shopping destinations for fabrics and whatnot.

Her eye is looking much better, which is good news.

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB

This morning

we read a few

Christmas

books

together,

amongst

them was

a copy of

"Little Miss

Spider:

A Christmas

Wish."

We have

a few Christmas books for Madison, but we had fun with this

one this morning because of all the bright colors and simple

rhyme scheme. Madison and Mommy like Little Miss Spider, though Daddy tends to have a bit of arachnophobia with

large, yellow spiders. This one is a cute spider though, so I

kept the bug spray out in the garage out of sight. The story is cute, and Madison enjoys the pictures too, so it is a worthy

addition to the Christmas book list. Madison has several

Christmas books now, some we've collected at Goodwill, and others found at that great book shop five miles from the

Florida border. They're all good. I might just do a Madison's book club from this point on now, actually - just showing all the neat Christmas books you can pick up.

Can't wait to read one tomorrow!