Happy World Read Aloud Day!!!

Happy World Read Aloud Day!!!

Nico and I got up early this morning(6:30am) to hear Lee Harper Read "The  Emperor's Cool Clothes". Nico clapped and said YAYYYYY when the author said...THE END.

 Kids from a North Carolina 2nd grade classroom, New Jersey, and Minnesota were all listening too!! Oh technology!! What a great morning!

Celebrate world literacy by sitting with your family, a friend, or your pets and READ ALOUD! LitWorld is the oraganization that put together this event:

Here is a description from their website:

Take Action for Global Literacy, Celebrate the Power of Words, Change the World

Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate.

check out: Beautiful Books for Children

Imagine a world where everyone can read...

World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology.

By raising our voices together on this day we show the world’s children that we support their future: that they have the right to read, to write, and to share their words to change the world.

It’s time to join the Global Literacy Movement.

Here is the schedule of stories being READ ALOUD TODAY!
Read Aloud by author and illustrator Lee Harper: 9:30am ESTAuthor of multiple books, and illustrator of several more, you never know what Lee will have up his sleeve. Don't miss the start to all the fun as he reads "The Emporer's Cool Clothes.""Meet the Feeling Friends" read by author Karen Cuthrell: 10:30am ESTI bet you will be feeling like Hattie, the Happy Hippo after listening to this fun story (one of our March give-away books) by Karen Cuthrell. "My Family Plays Music" read by author Judy Cox: 1:00pm ESTAfter listening to Judy read her book all about a family who loves different kinds of music, you can register to win a copy in our March give-away."Treasure Kai and the Lost Gold of Shark Island" read by author Karen Robertson: 7:00pm EST
Karen will be joining us all the way from Australia to share her book that has a special surprise ready for you to discover."A Lesson in Listening" read by author Lorraine Rogers: 7:30pm ESTNew author Lorraine Rogers will share her first book "A Lesson in Listening" - an important lesson that we all need to learn. "Cows Can't Quack" read by author Dave Reisman: 9:00pm ESTAuthor of books "Cows Can't Jump" and "Cows Can't Quack" Dave will be doing a special bedtime story reading just for you. 

Hope you register to join into a book reading or simply OPEN A BOOK and read out loud! We are so fortunate to have grown up with books all around...now lets OPEN THEM and enjoy.

St. Monica Catholic Church

Yesterday we biked to a New Church, to check it out...St. Monica Catholic Church, AND REALLY LIKED IT! We even registered.

Granted, it was the children's mass, but there were TONS of kids, Nico's age. He barely paid attention the whole mass since he was mesmerized by the 4 kiddos in the pew behind us.

After mass I did some networking and got some emails about possible teaching positions in the Archdiocese of LA.

Things I liked:

• The Monsignor was funny and sounded like he really cared about the people in his parish.
• There was a nice "family" atmosphere.
• The parishioners all introduced themselves to each other at the beginning of mass-orders of the monsignor.
• We were within biking distance from our apt!
• They had DONUTS and COFFEE after mass!!
• ***they didn't have a 30minute shpeeeal on donating money, actually they didn't even mention it!

On Wednesday they have a meeting for couples interested in getting Married. We got a puzzled look (lol) when we asked the time of the meeting. I then explained that we had our Civil Wedding but not our church wedding yet. A little less confused, they told us that they looked forward to seeing us on Wednesday at 7:15pm!!!

Yes this means that we are actually planning our CHURCH WEDDING NOW!

It was so refreshing and nice to walk-in to that church. I missed that feeling of knowing that the person up there on the alter, representing God, was living out his calling....and was doing his best to share that passion with everyone around.

One the the main things that I took from his homily was:

"You will get more out of life from giving time and love than you will from your new car, your flashy watch, and your latest edition of Prada shoes".

How appropriate for the LA scene, right?....Where everyone name drops with friends, designers, and brands.

I hope that when Nico grows up, he name drops with people lives that he's made a difference in, organizations that he has worked with, and us...his family (whom I hope he grows up to look up to us as role models).

As I was giving him breakfast this morning, I was-again- in awe at how much LOVE I felt inside for this little man. The way he was eating his banana like a BIG BOY....and the way he would tilt his head toward me and wrap his arms around my arm...I could FEEL his love. As he grows up, I want him to share that LOVE with those around him. The world around him is a better place just because he's in it....AT LEAST I know MY WORLD is a gagillion times better now that he's here!