BOOK REVIEW: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Written By: Barbara Robinson

Number of pages: 90

Number of stars I'm giving it: 5

So it is a Christmas tradition to always read this book. 

It has been one of my favorites since about the 4th grade. 

 Is it pathetic that all I have read in the last
month is children's books? Probably. 

 Do I care? No way! 

This book makes me laugh so hard, I have known people exactly like all of these characters while I was growing up. This year I felt especially bad for the mom who had to put the whole thing together and still make dinners for her family.  I am sure everyone has read this book, if so you must read it again.  If you haven't then you must, must, read it this year. 

 Another bonus is that it only takes about an hour to read. 

"Hey. Unto you a child is born!"

A Close Shave

I finally had it with Liam's cow lick today. 

I LOVE his hair long, its very cute and very unmanageable.

No matter how many times I comb it during the day, it looks as if I never have.

The thought has crossed my mind more than once in the last few

days to put cute little elastics in like I did when Isabelle was a baby.

Since I don't think that is a wise decision I really only had one other option.

I shaved it off.  It is very hard for hair to stick up all over the place

when it is only a quarter on an inch long.

Here's Liam before his terrible mother got to him...

Look how cute my little man is!

He has no idea what's going thru my mind right now!

And here's Liam after.  Soungsik likes his hair better short. 

I think he is too cute for words either way.  

I also can't stop rubbing his head - it feels so cool.

This is proof that he is incredibly thrilled with his new do!

I asked Isabelle if she wanted the same cut, she declined,

I can't imagine why?

BOOK REVIEW: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader                                   
Book 5 of 7 in the Narnia Series
Written by: C.S. Lewis
Number of pages: 248
Number of stars I'm giving it: 3.5

I needed to finish this book by Saturday because we are going to see the movie made after it this weekend.  The other books in the series have only taken my a couple of days to finish because I have liked them so much.  This book took me almost 2 weeks.  It wasn't a bad book, but it was very hard to get into.  Actually I think that for once the movie might be better than the book.  My biggest issue with this book is that everything just seemed disconnected.  All of the things that happened were interesting, but problems got resolved quickly and characters moved on quickly. I would have liked more depth in a lot of places.  The ending also seemed rushed and I didn't care for it much.  There was no pull between good and evil, very few hard decisions for the characters to grow from.  I do think that kids would find this book entertaining, and while I didn't hate it, it's probably not one I will be reading again for myself.