Well, here we are, already at the end of March. March began in Winter, with snow storms and lots of reading on the couch under multiple blankets.
A favorite series this month was Happy Hollisters. I think they checked out every book we could find in the library system.
One evening while the littlest was at gymnastics, the oldest picked up a Happy Hollister book, Hubs sat next to me to read Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone and I flew through The Writing Retreat.
I started making my way through L.M. Montgomery’s Emily series, with the dog nestled snugly on my legs.
My lap became his favorite place to be this month. Sometimes he’d fight the book for the favored spot.
Other times he settled for the pillow on the other end of the couch.
He really loved reading Flamer with the girls one Saturday morning.
They continued reading Happy Hollisters, as well as The Meanest Doll in the World, over afternoon brownies.
She discovered the pup made a really great pillow while she read The Impossible Quest: Battle of the Heroes.
I brought back read aloud time before bed a few nights a week with We Dream of Space. Although I didn’t plan it, it coincides nicely with the Astronomy unit we were using for Science.
By the middle of the month, I was tired of Winter, but Mother Nature disagreed, so I stayed on the couch reading this month’s book club selection, March.
We finished our journey through Find the Constellations written by the one and only H.A. Rey, best known for Curious George. They made a Solar System model out of air dry clay, using the book as their guide.
On the first day of Spring, I kicked the kids outside and laid on the sunroom couch to read Independence. I was done in a day. I simply couldn’t put it down.
One day I took the girls to the library so I could do some research on graphic novels for The Woebegone Literary Society. They were tasked with finding nonfiction books about any science topic they wanted to learn about. I brought this stack of graphic novels home.
They chose books on gravity, metals, birds, and marsupials. The weather finally decided to take a turn for the better, so they took their library books outside for a picnic lunch.
The next morning, before breakfast, they decided to see if Anya’s Ghost or Passport were any good.
I decided it was time for Spring Cleaning and changed up the curtains and blankets in the living room. Then made myself a cup of tea and sat down to begin Weyward, while she continued her graphic novel journey with Be Prepared.
We hosted our niece-by-choice for a sleepover one Saturday night and they made me read Twenty Yawns to get us all ready for bed.
And this is how the last week of March began. Sunshine streaming through the windows, quilt on our lap, books in hand.
By the time March ended, Spring had sprung! The sun was glorious, so we took Seabird and The Children’s Homer outside to complete our lessons for the day.
As soon as we finished our lessons, I claimed the blanket for myself and read the last half of Weyward. Another book I just absolutely could not put down.
Technically March isn’t over yet, but we are heading out of town later this week so I wanted to go ahead and get this out. Where (and what) are you reading this month?
We do buy a lot of books, but we also check 25-50 out of the library in any given week. If I could include links to these books that went directly to your library holds list, I would, but I can’t. So, I include affiliate links instead. If you choose to buy a book, I get a very small percentage of your purchase. You can think of it as a very small finder’s fee. But seriously, use the library. It can be your very best friend.