How Was Your Date? Blah Blah Blah!

So much catching up to do. Wish me luck.

 

Jeremy and I went on a "date" to run errands together on Saturday, the 17th, just the two of us.

I went in the Orem Library for the first time in about a year and a half. One of the librarians took us to see the new library hall. Jeremy's seen it but I hadn't yet.

For dinner, Jr. made us grilled cheese sandwiches and I made us Blah Blah Blah for Blah Blah Blah Day on April 17. 

Then Nichole made us cheeseball for National Cheeseball Day. I think she's become the designated cheeseball maker/sculpter. She made it in the shape of an acorn to celebrate that the book she's writing has officially reached the word count of a full length novel. Acorn is a reference to her book.

April 17 was also Bat Appreciation Day. Jeremy, Nichole, and I kept talking about the bat, Bartok, in the movie Anastasia.

NaNoWriMo

All November Nichole and Jeremy have been working on writing novels. 
Nichole is in a writing club at school. Since they are not meeting in person right now, the teacher is encouraging them to write and report on different challenges. November's challenge was to work on a novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The students were encouraged to set their own goal of number of words to write each day since the usual amount of words may be overwhelming for students in school with homework, etc. Nichole still set a goal that had her writing more than other students. Good job, Nichole. 

Jeremy worked on the second book in a series he is writing. Both he and Nichole participated in some virtual meetings with other writers throughout the month.

My goal for NaNoWriMo was to read a draft of the first book in the series Jeremy's writing and take notes on what was confusing and what was good, etc. etc. etc. I reached my goal and I loved that book. I'm excited to see the changes he makes when I read it again. 

The other kids got some time to write throughout the month as well, just not as much as Nichole and Jeremy. It's fun to be in a family of readers and writers. You already know the creativity is there.