The Lion, the Book and the Bathrobe

Here is C showcasing her three favourite Christmas gifts.

The Lion. From Grandma A. It is furry and has a motion or light sensor which sets it to roll around on the floor and roar with laughter----until you turn it OFF. She loves it.

The Book. From Grandma L. The Last Olympian, of the Percy Jackson Series. She's read it twice now. She loves it.

The Bathrobe. From Grandma S. It's soft, it's warm, it's red. She wants to wear it ALL the time. She loves it.

A big Three Cheers and Thank-you to all Three Grandmas for their A+ gifts!!!

What better way to start off the new year, than with a large stack of newly acquired books to read? Yay!

Here is the list of books gifted to C (the Elf) this Christmas:

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordon (Percy Jackson series)
2. The Last Olympian , Rick Riordaon (Percy Jackson Series)
3. 10 Best Greek Legends Ever, Terry Deary
4. Just Grace Walks the Dog, Charise Mericle Harper
5. Star Girl,
6. Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
7. Rules, Cynthia Lord
8. Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
9. Holes, Louis Sachar
10. Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis
11. Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
12. A Year Down Yonder
13. The View from Saturday, E.L. Konigsburg
14. The Giver, Lois Lowry
15. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
16. A Wind in the Door, Madeleine L’Engle
17. A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L’Engle
18. Many Waters, Madeleine L’Engle
19. An Acceptable Time, Madeleine L’Engle
20. The Green Gables Collections 100th Anniversary Edition, L.M. Montgomery
21. The Draw 50 Way, Lee J. Ames
22. Sound and Light, Ontario Science and Technology
23. The Stroogle Sails the Seven Seas, Dr Cameron Stelzer
24. Animaze, by Wendy Madgwick and Lorna Hussey

After all the gifting and visiting and feasting of Christmas Day, C began to read The Battle of The Labyrinth (which she insists on pronouncing LAY-bee-rinth).
Boxing Day was spent reading.
Well, HER day was spent reading.
M and I were preparing dinner and the house for my family who came for dinner and overnight.

On the 27th, she moved on to The Last Olympian.
In the car on the way to St. Catherines on the 30th, she read Just Grace Walks the Dog and 10 Best greek Legends Ever.
Somewhere in between we read Star Girl together, until she lost interest and I finished it by myself.
I’ve also read Holes and Rules.
I am looking forward to starting the Madeleine L’Engle series together.
Right now however, C is already re-reading her new Percy Jackson’s (after re-reading books 1-3) and is naming all her new stuffies after Greek Gods!! We have Artemis the Elephant, Aphrodite the Kitten and Zeus, the Hedgehog!