writing something totally new and different
I haven't been around for a while. It's been oh so busy. The kids started back to school, and with one in middle school this year, my schedule is even more hectic. The oldest starts and finishes school later than the others, so I'm dripping off, picking up, and doing homework in two batched. Every. Single. Day. It's fun, but I always feel rushed.
There are brief windows of me-time, though. In those windows, I've been gathering fun stuff to keep the kids occupied during our roadtrip in a couple of months. It's a project I've taken on the last several years, putting together a travel binder for each kid. Each year I try to come up with something new and exciting.
This year, someone suggested I buy some "Choose your own adventure" books for the kids. Do you know those books? Those are the ones that present a story and give you options for the next steps (e.g. if you choose option "A", go to page 23; if you choose option "B", go to page 59). Problem is that these kids all have different tastes when it comes to books, so it's hard to pick something that'll satisfy multiple young'uns. And books are expensive. So instead, I'm WRITING some myself! Yep, you heard correctly.
Technically, I've only just started on my first one. It's awesome so far, though. I'm personalizing it for these kids. See, a gorilla drags me off into the corn field and they have to figure out how to rescue me. I've got a thread going where they run to a neighbor's house for help (and get captured, caged, and eaten Hansel and Gretel style... heeehee).
But I could use some suggestions for the other thread. What should happen when the kids actually find me and the gorilla? That's the only part I haven't worked out yet. The story might still come to me, but I'd welcome some suggestions. Wanna put your two-cents in? It could be fun!
There are brief windows of me-time, though. In those windows, I've been gathering fun stuff to keep the kids occupied during our roadtrip in a couple of months. It's a project I've taken on the last several years, putting together a travel binder for each kid. Each year I try to come up with something new and exciting.
This year, someone suggested I buy some "Choose your own adventure" books for the kids. Do you know those books? Those are the ones that present a story and give you options for the next steps (e.g. if you choose option "A", go to page 23; if you choose option "B", go to page 59). Problem is that these kids all have different tastes when it comes to books, so it's hard to pick something that'll satisfy multiple young'uns. And books are expensive. So instead, I'm WRITING some myself! Yep, you heard correctly.
Technically, I've only just started on my first one. It's awesome so far, though. I'm personalizing it for these kids. See, a gorilla drags me off into the corn field and they have to figure out how to rescue me. I've got a thread going where they run to a neighbor's house for help (and get captured, caged, and eaten Hansel and Gretel style... heeehee).
But I could use some suggestions for the other thread. What should happen when the kids actually find me and the gorilla? That's the only part I haven't worked out yet. The story might still come to me, but I'd welcome some suggestions. Wanna put your two-cents in? It could be fun!