He did it...

WOO-HOO!! Wyatt finished all 7 of the Harry Potter books in 6 weeks' time!! He was hesitant, at first, to read the books, but with a little encouragement he really got interested in them. The only problem is that it had been so long since I read them, that when he asked me questions, I couldn't remember the answers.

I was worried that some of the later books would be too dark for him, but he seemed to do all right although he did admit to being upset when Dumbledore died and then again when multiple characters died in the last one. But, he liked the ending with Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione all married with kids. And he loved the kids' names.

I am so proud that he tried the books and actually achieved reading them. I'm also a little sad for him that the series is done.

But, all is well.;)

Christmas Shopping...

I've officially started and it feels good!:) I started a few weeks ago when I ordered LC's first gift. Today, I picked up another one for her and one for Henry. Wyatt has one hiding in the crawl space, as well. I have a list of things to buy, so I am on the hunt every time LC and I are killing time after dropping the boys off but before she can go to school. I then drop her off and then head right back to the store to pick up what I've found. The best thing is the catalogs that are dropped off at my house that let me scout things out before I even leave the house. I swear, it's as much fun looking at the fliers and catalogs now as it was when the big Sears Wish Book showed up at the house.

Today was a trip to Target. The Imaginext Bat Cave was on sale so I grabbed that for the Hankster along with one of the accessories to it. Wyatt got the Lego Batman game for his PS2. Both boys are getting Nintendo DS's with some other games. Unfortunately, the Target near me was out of the Step2 Lifestyle Kitchen for LC, so I had to trek up to Lake Geneva to get it from them and then race home to put it in the crawlspace before I had to rush and pick LC up from school. Me carrying that monster box to the car, maneuvering it into the back, and then getting it into the house, into the basement and into the back of the crawlspace was a workout in and of itself. LC also has a dollhouse waiting for her down there. She is so much easier to shop for than the boys have ever been. There are so many things that I have seen that I know she will love, and I am struggling to come up with stuff for the boys. I am bound and determined to be done with my shopping by December, though.

Wish me luck.

Election Day...

I drove past one of my little town's polling places today and the parking lot was a mess, the police were directing traffic, and they had opened up the field next to it for extra parking. I have never seen it like this and this is the third presidential election I've lived here for. It really is exciting to me that people are taking our right to vote more seriously this year. Although I have hated my choices for president, I still exercised the right that I was given in 1920. A right I do not take for granted.

Get out and vote.