A real family night
It's great to be around kids. No matter how stressful the day is, time spent around children is like an injection of adrenaline.
Our Polar Express pajama party and reading of the classic Chris Van Allsburg tale was a real treat for Ann and me. At this point, we're years away from being grandparents, and all of our younger nieces and nephews (and great-nieces and great-nephews) live far away, so any opportunity to recapture those early years of watching kids discover the world is relished.
Ann has been a tremendously active volunteer for the Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council for over 20 years, and is winding down a three-year term as the chairperson of the Gold Award program. A number of New Albany girls have topped off their Girl Scout tenures by earning this prestigious community service award, and it's no small thing. U of L offers a scholarship solely for Gold Award recipients, and if you've paid attention to the news, you can see why.
One New Albany girl took on the responsibility to rejuvenate the library program at a local school by gathering new books from across the community and organizing them for a new library at one of the NAFC elementary schools.
As for our family night, Ann's dramatic presentation of "The Polar Express" had the room mesmerized. This is a perfect tale for those children on the cusp of disbelief in the traditions of Christmas.
We followed up with the whimsical "Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator," a story in rhyme by James Rice, in which Gaston recruits a team of fellow 'gators to pull a skiff out of the Louisiana bayou and to transport Santa on his Christmas Eve excursion (the reindeer were on disability leave).
Hot chocolate, candy canes, and animal crackers made it a real family evening. And those ever-comfortable Puff chairs made it fun for the adults, too.
We expect more fun today with Polar Express crafts for the kids, our first Saturday Children's Story Hour, and our first official Saturday night poetry reading. Drop by the Booksellers' and make and take home a reindeer Christmas ornament, or just come by at 6 for a reading from IU professor Maurice Manning's new release, "A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman, &c."
Our Polar Express pajama party and reading of the classic Chris Van Allsburg tale was a real treat for Ann and me. At this point, we're years away from being grandparents, and all of our younger nieces and nephews (and great-nieces and great-nephews) live far away, so any opportunity to recapture those early years of watching kids discover the world is relished.
Ann has been a tremendously active volunteer for the Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council for over 20 years, and is winding down a three-year term as the chairperson of the Gold Award program. A number of New Albany girls have topped off their Girl Scout tenures by earning this prestigious community service award, and it's no small thing. U of L offers a scholarship solely for Gold Award recipients, and if you've paid attention to the news, you can see why.
One New Albany girl took on the responsibility to rejuvenate the library program at a local school by gathering new books from across the community and organizing them for a new library at one of the NAFC elementary schools.
As for our family night, Ann's dramatic presentation of "The Polar Express" had the room mesmerized. This is a perfect tale for those children on the cusp of disbelief in the traditions of Christmas.
We followed up with the whimsical "Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator," a story in rhyme by James Rice, in which Gaston recruits a team of fellow 'gators to pull a skiff out of the Louisiana bayou and to transport Santa on his Christmas Eve excursion (the reindeer were on disability leave).
Hot chocolate, candy canes, and animal crackers made it a real family evening. And those ever-comfortable Puff chairs made it fun for the adults, too.
We expect more fun today with Polar Express crafts for the kids, our first Saturday Children's Story Hour, and our first official Saturday night poetry reading. Drop by the Booksellers' and make and take home a reindeer Christmas ornament, or just come by at 6 for a reading from IU professor Maurice Manning's new release, "A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman, &c."
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