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Now you can all rest easy as we've chosen My Father's Dragon as our next read-aloud.  What a great book!  We started it last night and already read half of it!  (It isn't very long.)  J didn't want me to stop but my voice was going.  I told him we can try to finish it tonight if I can handle it.  It's such a fun book and it's a crime I'd never even heard of it before diamondsintherough suggested it.  How have I missed it all these years?  We will probably read the whole series.

My kids are begging for school because they want to do Reader Rabbit.  I love bribery.  It's mother's secret weapon.  A shame it gets to that... But I told them once they do everything else, they can do their Reader Rabbit.  I try to only do it once a week or so.  They are so young and I really don't like them on the computer too much.  But these days, you really have to teach computer skills young, so it seems.  As long as they don't ask for a cell phone.  Did you know I saw the elementary kids getting out of school one day and little 3rd and 4th graders had cell phones?  Who are they talking to?  What are they talking about?  "Yeah, Hannah Montana is so, like, cool (or whatever they say now)."  "I'm eating pizza for dinner.  I have to go beat up my brother now."  Something like that...

I want you to know that the kids think I am the world's greatest mom today because I made orange jello and cut up canned apricots and put them in there.  I love how easy kids are sometimes.

Has anyone seen the remote to my Xbox?

I am off to wrap up school for the day.