Luncheon with the Blinks

[lovingthemouse]

Saturdays are usually catch-up days for me, but today I was treated to the most enthusiastic luncheon in a long time in the company of 13, 9, 8, and 3 yr old Blink family members (oh, of course Bamb and Mr Blink were there too)! I think we talked about most every pre-teen/teen author (and some grown up ones too) that we know of and their insight was awesome!

Aside from being incredibly well mannered, their enthusiasm was contagious and I found that I couldn't turn quickly enough to engage in a new conversation. Sadly I must admit that Princess Blink stumped me with Fancy Nancy, but before we meet again I will be more well informed. You see, although I have 5 daughters, the youngest is now 28, and Fancy Nancy was not around when she was little. I wish I had students like them in my classes!

I want to thank Bamb and her Blinkers for such a wonderful afternoon! I so enjoyed myself. Bamb, thank you also for the "raffle stuff" as you call it, to help at our raffle on Monday night to raise money for my students traveling to WDW in April. I am sure it will bring in some good money.

Let's do it again some time soon. Hugs. Caroline
Night Blinks :wave2:

[LindaBabe]

SO Glad the sun "shone" on you guys today! Meet ups are the BEST!

[AlexWyattMommy]

That sounds like it was so much fun. :cloud9:

[Lisa]

Aren't the Blink children so well behaved? Glad you had a great time.

[party of 3]

I just love fancy Nancy!
Glad you had fun!

[PrincessNancy96]

Aren't the Blink children the best!! I felt the same way.. couldn't keep up and felt I slighted some of the kids in conversation!!! I miss my Blink nephews and niece already!!! Wow!!! Anyway, Fancy Nancy... I thought she was talking about her bestest Auntie ever..and now I find out it's a book series.. off to research as I don't remember it...

[BernardandMissBianca]

Thanks for having lunch with us! The kids had a blast. Sorry they all talk at once but you know how it goes, you just have to learn to juggle multiple conversations.
The kids want a list of the books you talked about. We hit the book store after but we couldn't remember all the authors.

Thanks everyone for saying they are well behaved, sometimes it doesn't feel that way, especially when DS8 is going a mile a minute.

[lovingthemouse]

I loved the "mile a minute" because it kept me alert and I learned so many neat things! Please remember that I have 5 kids and have taught for 33 yrs. Your kids are engaging!!!

Let's see - we talked about the Artemis Fowl books, 39 Clues, Hank Zipzer books (co-written by Henry Winkler), Jerry Spinelli, Percy Jackson series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Series of Unfortunate Events, Holes, Magic Tree House series - there were so many that I can't remember them all. Oh, I asked if they had read On My Honor.

Nonetheless I loved having lunch and great conversation and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!!! BTW, I have been reading up on Fancy Nancy too. There are quite a few books in the series.

[morgansmom2000]

Percy Jackson rocks! We are taking our girl scout troop to see the movie during February vacation (mostly because two of us mom leaders want to see it).

How fun to lunch with friends! :flower3:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hank Zipzer was the one we couldn't think of. DS8 found "Rat" which was actually Mouse and Dragon comes out on Tuesday so I'll get that one while he's at school.

Fancy Nancy is quite the character but she is sooo DD! We have Posh Pet and something about Christmas (I think).

[BernardandMissBianca]

Percy Jackson rocks! We are taking our girl scout troop to see the movie during February vacation (mostly because two of us mom leaders want to see it).

How fun to lunch with friends! :flower3:

I really don't want to see it so I'm going to con DH into taking the boys this weekend.

[morgansmom2000]

You don't want to see it? Why not?!

[BernardandMissBianca]

not my thing.

[morgansmom2000]

Gotcha! :thumbsup2

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm a chick flick kinda girl. Besides I have a really really hard time justifying $10 a person just for a ticket.

[party of 3]

Caroline - bubba would love to talk books with you. He loved loved love
the wimpy kid series. He actually got a signed copy for Christmas.
It was a big hit!
And he loves the magic tree house series. He's reading one a night.
He HAS to read 15 min every night for school and record it
and have a parents signature on the sheet daily, which is so not
a problem cause he's a reader. Thank goodness!

[lovingthemouse]

Course it helps to have my grandson, who is now 11, reading lots of good ones. He has to read every night too and my dd signs off for him through the Accelerated Reader program at his school.

Bamb, btw, have the kids read Stone Fox? An aquaintance of mine wrote all the Read Aloud Handbooks for Kids (Jim Trelease)and recommended it to me many yrs ago. He did say not to read the ending before the kids did. OMG, I cried just like some of them did when we did finished it. Incredible book!

My all time favorite is Where The Red Fern Grows which I have taught for 18 yrs. Love, love, love it! I still tear up at certain parts. As I have said to my students, books can take you to another world.

PO3 - you just send Bubba up here and we'll have a great time with books! The author of the Wimpy Kid books, Jeff Kinney, lives in Plainville, MA - where I lived when I first taught in Foxboro.

BTW - wish me and the students good luck for tomorrow night when we have our dinner and raffle at the Texas Roadhouse Restaurant. Hope many people come in with the coupons the kids gave out, so our percentage is higher and we earn some money. Course the awesome raffle gifts will be great money raisers!!! Did a really good job on my altered Disney paint can, and filled it with inexpensive Disney things from Michael's. And Bamb gave us some great journals, notepads too!! Here's hoping!!

[morgansmom2000]

Oh, Where the Red Fern Grows! Old Dan and Little Ann. I love that book. I re-read it a couple years ago and cried like the first time.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Bamb, btw, have the kids read Stone Fox? An aquaintance of mine wrote all the Read Aloud Handbooks for Kids (Jim Trelease)and recommended it to me many yrs ago. He did say not to read the ending before the kids did. OMG, I cried just like some of them did when we did finished it. Incredible book!

My all time favorite is Where The Red Fern Grows which I have taught for 18 yrs. Love, love, love it! I still tear up at certain parts. As I have said to my students, books can take you to another world.



Haven't read Stone Fox but I'll look into it.

DS13 read Where the Red Ferns Grows in 5th or 6th I think.