What We're Reading

I love holidays. And one of our family traditions is to curve our reading list to go along with the season. Whether it be Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter, we have books that we bring out to help us celebrate the occasion. So, here are some of our favorites for Halloween. I'd love to hear if you have any. I'm always on the lookout for a great children's book. Please feel free to share your favorites in comments. Here's to curling up with some hot cider and your favorite little goblins. Happy spooking to everyone!

Our number one favorite is I'm Not Afraid of This Haunted House by Laurie Friedman and Teresa Murfin.

Who could resist the lovely rhyme of Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler?

The seasons books by Jimmy Pickering are delightful in their illustrations. Right now, we are reading It's Fall.

Mouse's First Halloween by Lauren Thompson and Buket Erdogan is one of R's favorites. She loves to make the Eeekkk noise.

A Very Brave Witch by Allison McGhee and Harry Bliss.

R loves to turn the flaps in the pop up book, I'm Going to Eat You by Matt Miter and Jimmy Pickering.

Of course, B and A now read some holiday chapter books by themselves. Some of these include The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson.

And Magic Tree House's A Good Night for Ghosts. (They won't give this series up even though they've been reading it since first grade. What can I say?)

There are a few more, but these are the favorites for now. Can't wait to hear yours!

Boo to You!

A and her friends trick or treating.

B and his best buddy trick or treating.

A and R on the hunt for some candy!

The group hits our house. Like the spiders?

Our Jack-o-lantern.

The leaves in front of our house.

Here are some pictures that capture our fall so far. We had very few days with sunshine, but a great show was put forth by the leaves this year protruding very rich red, yellow and orange colors. We had a spectacular Halloween! The kids went trick or treating with friends. We had three separate classroom Halloween parties and a parade at school. We carved our Jack-o-lantern on Friday night, made Halloween cupcakes and read our favorite Halloween books one last time. Whew! We can rest now a little and gear up for the fun holiday season to come. I have great pictures of the kids, but I'm only willing to show those that don't give away their precious little faces. Sorry, hope you enjoy them anyway!