Bare Bum

It is an unequivocal fact that toddlers love to be naked.

Sam has spent most of his 18 months wearing little to nothing but a diaper. Those that live in Arizona can agree that it is more comfortable here when one is wearing not many clothes. A few weeks ago Sam woke us up crying. We rushed to his room to find him bare bum and covered in pee. It turned out that Samuel had discovered the joy of a bare bum against his sheets. For the next few nights this pee covered, bare bum ritual repeated itself. Apparently,we are slow learners. We finally realized we could stop this habit by putting pants on him. So, on went the pants. A week or two went by and soon Sam realized that a pair of pants aren't the impenetrable fortress that we thought they were. Again he woke in the middle of the night screaming. I rushed to pick him up, thinking to comfort him from his nightmare. As I picked him up I noticed pee all over and a little bare bum. A few seconds later we also discovered he left us another wonderful present. Ah, the joys of parenthood. He now sleeps in a full one piece pajama that snaps up, and we're anxiously waiting his discovery of how those snaps work.

It runs in the family

My husbands side of the family is known for it's men that have a great ability to fix anything.

Sam is starting young.

Project Book Babe

I went to Project Book Babe with my friend Amanda on Saturaday. Here's the website for those of you that don't know what that is...http://projectbookbabe.com/

I now have a hardback of New Moon signed by Stephenie Meyer

AND

A The Goose Girl signed by Shannon Hale (this book is AWESOME, if you haven't read it you should.)

I am posting a few videos for those of you that are interested. I am sorry for the video quality as it is not very good.

Shannon Hale was the Emcee. The first video is her and J.S. Lweis talking about the dress that they are going to auction off:

This next video is just after Shannon Hale had introduced the panel of authors. She had just said that they were going to begin the questions when someone whispered in her ear that she forgot to introduce Stephenie Meyer. The video picks up just after she heard this news.

This last video is part of the bidding for lunch with Stephenie Meyer.

Here is a list of the auction items and how much they sold for (I might be a few hundred off on a few of them.) Those that won had to sign a confidentiality agreement, you won't find any of this stuff on Ebay.

*Early readers edition of Twilight (looks like what you and I have, just a few differences)

-- $2,500

*Forever Dawn epiouge (what I would have bid on if I had the money) -- $5,100

(it's only 1 CHAPTER)

*Early copy of Twilight during revision process (it was all printed paper from the computer with postits from her editor) --$3,500

*Early copy of The Host during the revision process --$1,800

*The Host Skateboard, mounted -- $1,200

*Stephenie Meyer's prom dress she wore to Eclipse prom - $5,800

*Lunch with Stephenie Meyer - $13,000

Two sets of girls kept bidding each other up and finally Shannon Hale asked Stephenie is she would consent to 2 lunches, she did. The girls each got a lunch for the price of $6,500 each.

The Desert Virgin

Lizzy was making a book today, it was called:

LITTLE JACKYRABBIT

THE DESERT VIRGIN

Liz: "Mom, how do you spell virgin?"
Me: "What? Virgin? What? Honey, are you sure you want to use that word? Do you know what that means?"
Liz: "Yes, virgin."
Me: "Where did you hear that word?"
Liz: "Ms. Entner says it all the time...like there are two 'virgins' of this book."
Mom: "OH! VERSION is spelled v-e-r-s-i-o-n."