We're fine in '09

2009! It's two days old and so far so good. We had a really quiet New Years Eve. We watched a couple of pretty good movies. Well, actually I watched a couple. Tommy made it through the first one (Hancock with Will Smith) and about 15 minutes into the second feature (The Women ... a total chick flick). Terry played with his Hot Wheels cars and tracks in his room and at 10pm we let him wear his party hat and blow his noisemaker and then he fell asleep about 5 minutes later.
On New Years Day we planned to go to brunch ... slow start pushed that back to a late lunch at Paneras, our favorite bakery/sandwich spot and then we spent the rest of the day and evening doing nothing. It was perfect.

Three days left in my vacation and then back to school.

Favorite Children's Book

This is the first year where I am actually taking my entire two weeks off during the Winter Break. But I can't get children's literature completely off my mind. Terry and I have read lots of Christmas books during this holiday season. It made me start to think of my favorite books as a child. Here's my list:
1. Green Eggs and Ham (This is my favorite of all time!!!!)
2. Fire Cat (I don't know why, but I have always liked this story)
3. These Happy Golden Years (It's the last of the Little House on the Prairie books where Laura and Manzo get married)
4. Little Men (Much better than Little Women ... I like the sequel too, Jo's Boys)
5. The Nancy Drew Books (The Ringmasters Secret was my favorite)
6. The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (This was a great story about how important family is)
7. Homer Price (Oh, my gosh ... I wanted one of those unstoppable donut machines!)
8. Make Room For Ducklings (Doesn't everyone love this one? I have several copies of it in the Library)
9. What Do You Say Dear? (This is a book about manners with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. I love this book and share it with my students every year... and they love it too.)
10. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (Another Dr. Seuss classic.)

So what did you love to read (or hear read) as a child? I'm tagging Heather, Kelsey, Laura, Maryann, and Lindy