Book Suggestions?

I'm scheduled to host my book club in January. I'm looking for good books. Have you read any good books lately that I should consider for our January book club? We're reading Words Without Songs for December. I'm not much into historical pieces; other than that I'm pretty open to suggestions.

So, what good books have you read lately and what made them good?

So Many Things . . .

There's so much information being put on the Internet! I'm constantly amazed at the vastness of the material. While not all of it that I encounter is useful to me or relevant in some way to my life, I often find things that I think are very valuable and that I'd like to pass along to others.

This afternoon I was browsing some of the blogs I have linked off my blog. I went to Eszter's blog and saw a link to anti-sexist and anti-consumerist books for kids. I clicked on it and found a great blog! I encourage you all to check it out -- particularly if you often wonder about the types of info/toys/etc. to which you give and/or expose your kids. I've added a link to the blog in my list of blog links and to the specific page where the books are detailed below.

http://outside-the-toybox.com/good-news/anti-sexistanti-consumerist-childrens-books/

Hope you have great explorations on the 'net . . .

First Lights...

Christmas is on the way! I saw the first Christmas tree all lit up on Saturday night in our neighborhood. Is it me, or does this seem a little early for putting up a tree? Although, as fast as time flies for me, maybe I should start decorating now : ).

As I've previously blogged, time goes by so fast, especially this time of the year. With the end of the semester, grading, our dept. moving to a new building (hmm, guess I should start packing my office sometime soon :), and holiday and work travel, I'm sure before I turn around it will be 2008!

I hope we can all take time this holiday season to reflect upon the many wonderful things in our lives and to slow down and enjoy this wonderful time of the year.

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Just some musings on a Monday morning. . .

Fever and Toddlers

Tuesday late afternoon we got a call about Callen being sick (running a fever) at her school. We kept a check on her that night, then took her to the doctor on Wed. No strept, no ear infection, nothing abnormal, and no fever. So, back to school she went on Thursday. We get a call at noon today. She had a temp of 103.7 at noon. Bo takes her back to the doctor; again, no signs of anything abnormal. The school and doctor said there's some type of fever virus going around now.

Poor baby! She is feeling pretty miserable tonite. Tuesday night and Wed. she played and didn't appear to feel bad. But, tonite you can definitely tell that she doesn't feel well.

The doctor said to give her tylenol every 4-5 hours and to keep her hydrated.

Anything else you can do to help a toddler with a fever? I hate feeling so helpless!

Good Memories

We had a busy weekend. We had a party for Callen's 2nd birthday. Lots of Callen's friends came to her party. Hopefully they all had a good time! Callen certainly did. She loved her Elmo cake!

In addition, one of my best friends and her partner came in from NC for a visit. We went to the zoo on Sunday. What a gorgeous day! Dawn took some great pix!

Halloween

Ok, so this is almost a week late being posted : ). It has been a busy few weeks for me at work.

Callen was a pumpkin for Halloween this year. She liked wearing her costume, especially the hat. She likes wearing hats in general.

Her class had a little party in the afternoon and parents were invited. Aren't the kids cute?

Halloween night we drove Callen around to a few friends' homes for trick or treating. Unfortunately our neighborhood isn't great for trick or treating. Here's Callen in the car getting ready to go. She had a great time, especially once she figured out that you get candy!