Where the Wild Things Are

On our last trip to the library I watched the kids pile up the books they wanted to check out and decided that I was going to add one to the pile. When we got home Siope looked at my book of choice and asked "Who picked this one?" Didn't really care for it til I sat them down and read it aloud. Now they ask me to read it to them EVERY day. Whenever they bring it to me to read I have to tell them to choose another book as well that we haven't read yet... if I didn't none of the other books would get a chance.

This book reminds me so much of my childhood. I remember having it read to me when I was elementary and I was so excited to introduce Where the Wild Things Are to my boys- my crazy boys. It was great timing because after we had read the book they started playing the previews of the movie on TV. The first time Nic saw the movie preview his face lit up like it was Christmas morning. "I know that movie!! It's our book! Look it's Max!" I went through the pile of library books once and noticed that a specific book was missing. When I asked where it was Nic ran over by the TV to where it was lying on the floor. The next time the preview came on TV, Siope dashed over to the library books, grabbed Where the Wild Things Are and ran back to the TV to watch the rest of the clip while he clutched the book to his chest. Aah, so this is why the book is always missing from the pile. It's fun to see them so in love with an item that I can relate my childhood to. We normally wait til movies hit the DVD shelves, but we will most definitely be watching this one on the big screen.

Good Read

Okay so who hasn't already read Twilight right? Last week at our Dessert of the Month activity I was discussing the books with a friend from my ward and she asked me if I had ever read any books by Anita Stansfield. Nope. Never heard of her.
She's an LDS author who writes romance novels... sounds kinda familiar... do these novels by chance include vampires? lol On our drive home Katie convinces me to give the books a try, offering to loan me her copies she has. Sure. why not?
So she brings 3 books to church and I put them away in my bag not taking another glance at them until later that evening. After actually looking at the cover I thought, wow BO_RING! lol and I put them on top of the fridge... not knowing when I would actually feel motivated to start reading them.
This morning I woke up when Ti was getting ready for work- 3am UGH! I tried so hard to go back to sleep but couldn't. I picked up the remote ready to turn on the T.V. when all of the sudden I remembered the books downstairs. I guess one chapter wouldn't hurt. I'd probably be bored enough to fall asleep after a couple paragraphs. As I opened the book I read the first two words that described the setting- "Orem, UT"... omg this seriously is going to be so lame!
I started to read and didn't look up from the pages until I noticed that my room was getting brighter. The sun was coming up. I couldn't believe it- but quickly got back to my story. I ended up finishing the book in one sitting... LOVED IT! It was my first LDS novel, and what I thought would be dull and corny actually turned out to be exciting and refreshing. Besides the amazing love story there were also uplifting LDS morals throughout. There are a total of 3 books in this particular series and I am on the 2nd. I would recommend this book to any daughter of God!

Kiki's book montage

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