I'm an official cheerleader for Dewey's 24-hour Read-a-thon, which means I'll be visiting dozens of blogs, encouraging readers as they attempt to read for 24 hours straight. I didn't sign up for the Read-a-thon this year because I have a brunch to go to this morning, Ben has a sleepover guest, and Evan planned a bike ride for this afternoon. I did get some reading in this morning, though--I'm reading this:
Which definitely doesn't look like my usual choice in reading material but as a very tongue-in-cheek take-off on the Cinderella story told from the fairy godmother's point of view, it counts as a fairy tale for the Once Upon a Time Challenge.
Here are my photos for Saturday Snapshot. Evan has been wishing for a fire pit, but at this point we don't have one. Ever the resourceful boy, on Thursday when the weather was absolutely summer-like, he asked if there was any reason why we couldn't pretend our Weber grill was a fire pit and roast some hot dogs. And so that's exactly what we did.
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| A terrible picture of me, but these boys: I adore them |
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| I adore him, too |
We had so much fun. I have no idea why we've never thought of this before.
After the hot dogs were cooked, Evan and I made a quick run to the store for marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, to make s'mores for dessert.
Well, I'm off to my brunch. Whether it's for 24 hours or 10 minutes, I hope you get some reading done today!
Evan sounds like a smart cookie and the weenie roast looks like loads of fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea! And now I want a hot dog, haha :-) Thanks for stopping by my Snapshot post today!
ReplyDelete~ Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf
Thanks for visiting me on my blog, it is great to be cheered on! Hope you get some reading done yourself.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cheers, Ali - you rock!
ReplyDeleteWell, I sure don't think that's a terrible picture of you! I think you're pretty darn adorable, actually. :) Hope next time around you get to read, read, read for Dewey's Read-a-Thon, but I gotta say it sounds like you're not having such a bad day anyway, are you?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for warm nights. Weenie roast are the best. :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks such a fun family activity. Good on you for being a cheerleader. I didn't sign up for the readathon either, I really want to do it sometime. I did finish a book on a car trip yesterday, and am hoping to sneak in a small read this morning in honour of the readathon.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of fun! We've tried to roast marshmallows over coals before, but they had cooled down too much so it didn't really work.
ReplyDeleteI always connect smores and hotdogs with camping, but it would be fun to do it any night! Happy read-a-thon!
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