This will be my third or fourth readathon and I'm excited to join in with hundreds of others including my sister, Tami and my daughter, Casey.
Soooooo . . . I had a decision to make . . . Readathon which I have looked forward to for a month already or picking granddaughter up on Friday night and having her to myself for the entire weekend! Readathon vs. Granddaughter. Believe it or not I weighed the two - well at least for fifteen minutes - - - little girl won.
I prepared to tell my sister the disappointing news - - - but then we came up with a great idea!!! I will involve Elaine in the Readathon! She loves to read - always has at least two books in her back pack when she comes to stay and she gets excited about doing just about anything with Grandma! So I am making special plans to enjoy the readathon at points during the day as well as spend precious time with her.
Here is my plan so far:
7 a.m. - I will get out of bed and start the coffee. Granddaughter will sleep.
I will have some time to read and check in on the blog sites for the first couple hours.
Then I have planned for some reading fun with Elaine.
I will have her bring a book along that she will want to read.
We will go to our local library and she can pick out some books to read.
I will have her pick out a few books from "Grandma's Library" in
the basement to read to me.
I also plan for some crafting fun!
One of my favorite books is Jan Brett's "The Mitten". I think it will be
great fun for Elaine to read it to me and do a new craft technique I am
just learning called "Zentangles". I found a cute Pinterest mitten sample
of Zentangle.
If you want to learn more about the art of Zentangles - read here.
Another book choice I will make is for Elaine to read her dad's favorite
childhood book, "Benji, Fastest Dog in the West" and I thought this cute
puppy craft would be a hit.
One last reading assignment will be to try reading on the Kindle! I will let her find a book online and try her hand at e-reading.
After reading and crafts along with some cheerleading for fellow bookers we may have to take a time out for some outdoors play. Last time Elaine visited we didn't have time for a lot of bike riding and so this time a few short rides are planned along with a picnic lunch down at the airport a couple blocks away. There sits this picnic table and I think it looks like an inviting and interesting place to hang out!
I will share with you the books I plan to read. I have a mixture of Bible study, two novels to decide between and a short book on leadership that sounded really interesting! I'm not planning on reading from my Kindle as little one will probably find a better use for the Ipad!
I will share with you the books I plan to read. I have a mixture of Bible study, two novels to decide between and a short book on leadership that sounded really interesting! I'm not planning on reading from my Kindle as little one will probably find a better use for the Ipad!
Here is hoping you join the Readathon! A great 24 hours of fun!!
Teri that sounds fun, but I'm not sure I'd get through it without interruptions here. If it's not the kids, it the animals. I may look into it anyway. I have had a stack of books to read, and have been reading on the treadmill due to lack of time elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a VERY full readathon. Maybe you can sneak in a little more after she goes to bed? Or maybe Grandma will be snoozing while she's up reading? :) Glad you will still get to participate a little bit and get granddaughter time.
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