Doesn't this look inviting?
Well, you can have one of your very own by ordering it here. As for us, we have three of our very own. Let me explain.This house is considerably more spacious than our previous abode. We have "had to" buy additional items of furniture, in fact, to fill the space. We decided that, since each of the girls has plenty of room in her bedroom, it would be nice to supply each with a reading chair so that she would be able to spend some time before going to bed just relaxing with a good book in her own room. We ordered one deck-chair-and-ottoman set for each girl's room.
Two of them arrived today, and all three girls and I spent some time this evening rearranging Abigail's and Suzanna's rooms to accommodate the new chairs. (When Hillary's arrives in a few weeks, we'll do the same for her.) Even with the new furniture, their rooms still don't seem crowded, which we love. Our next purchase: floor lamps to complete the reading corners in each bedroom.
We hadn't told the girls in advance that we were doing this, so they were delightfully surprised by the additions to their bedrooms. They already read like fiends, so we look forward to their getting comfy in their new reading nooks and continuing the reading habit.
P.S. This week in school, Suzanna has been learning about dog sledding and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that starts tomorrow. She chose one of the mushers (Deborah Molburg Bicknell), did some research on her, created a PowerPoint presentation on her, and will follow her progress throughout the race. The other day she came home from school and started telling me about dog sled racing . . . and kept telling and kept telling and kept telling. She knew the terminology and facts about the dogs and details about racing procedures--she was really "into" it. So Susan checked out a few books at the public library for Suzanna today. If you're interested in the Iditarod and are in elementary school (or still have a youthful curiosity), you might like to read these, too:
- Kiana's Iditarod by Shelley Gill, illustrated by Shannon Cartwright
- Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake
- Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell
Wow....how nice! Do they each have a chair set of different colors? I hope they enjoy their little nooks.
ReplyDeleteIs Suzanna anxious for the iditarod race? I imagine she will be watching it....won't she? And where did she learn how to use Powerpoint? I've never used it myself! ---Sandy
Everybody's chair is the exact same color and style -- no arguing over who got the best chair/ottoman set. They're loving their reading corners so far; I hope it turns out to be a good investment.
ReplyDeleteSuzanna's teacher showed them how to make PowerPoint presentations. I had Suzanna ask her teacher to e-mail her PowerPoint to us so that Suzanna could show us at home. Then, Suzanna and I doctored it up a little, adding new backgrounds, fun sound effects, and snazzier animation. And in all that hoohah, we forgot to watch or even check up on the Iditarod in the news!