Today when my son's friend came over, I heard him say, 'My mom has a Snuggie.' Five minutes later one of my kids had brought me my Snuggie to put on. Yesterday when the kids got home from school, I met them at the door commenting on how cold and wet it was. The first night my 12 year old slept in it, the second night my 6 year old slept in it. I HATE them (I think he knew this), and I always laugh at the ridiculous commercials, but I put a brave face on and thanked him.

My husband ran some errands last week-end and brought me home a 'surprise.' With all the kids waiting in excitement, he presented the surprise to me. It's amazing to see the story unfold and the magical process. I try not to write on the week-ends, so that amounts to 2500 words a day, roughly 10 typed pages. I am well into Nano now and having a ball, but it's a rigorous schedule. I highly recommend it for your Christmas list. What a great gift book for a 5-9 year old. SNOWMEN AT NIGHT is a beautiful book with a cute story but the hidden pictures make it awesome. I did a little research, and sure enough, Mark Buehner has done his hidden picture magic again. Now I've noticed they have a new book out, SNOWMEN AT CHRISTMAS. My son spent HOURS poring over this book by himself, with his brother, showing his sister, and so on. What? A santa face, a tyrannasaurus rex, a bunny, a cat.there is no end to the amazing hidden pictures in this book. But at the end of the book, there is a little note that says something to the effect: Notice the hidden pictures on each page. It was a nice story, great premise and beautifully illustrated. We read it and admired the lovely illustrations. My son brought home SNOWMEN AT NIGHT last night. Every time I find a cool new picture book, I think, how did I miss this one? But the truth it, awesome children's books are aplenty these days, and this is one of them.

Snowmen at night book