National Geographic Kids Weird and Creepy Facts Books Giveaway (11/22)

If your boys are like mine, they like weird, gross, abnormal, and flat out creepy things!  National Geographic has a new set of books out that are perfect for my boys, because The Gamer thinks he knows everything there is to know about everything, and these books have help bring him down a notch and realize that there's a whole big world out there of things that even he doesn't know! Of course, after dinner one night, I gave Braxton the first book called Ultimate Weird But True 2, and the first page he and The Entertainer opened the book…
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You’ve got it all wrong, Hawk! | #books #reading #readingrocks

Hawk is participating in the Reading Rocks program at school.  Basically, they have one month (?) to read 50 books.  Each time he reads a book, he has to log it with the date, title, and who read it. The program is designed to get the kiddos interested in reading by themselves and with family members. Last night, I was sitting on the couch, reading The Cat in the Hat to Hawk.  I could tell that he was getting a little antsy, like he'd rather be doing something else. I was right in the middle of the Cat bring in…
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The Computer Teacher from the Black Lagoon Review | #readingrocks

I'm not sure if it's all schools or just Barbers Hill, but Hawk has this thing called "Reading Rocks", and they have to read 50 books in a certain amount of time to be able to go to a "Reading Rocks" party.  It's designed to get kids used to, and enjoy, reading books with their family members. This time, we dropped the ball.  Even though Hawk has read numerous books in the last couple of months, we haven't really thought about writing them down.  It wasn't until the night before last that we realized that he only had like eight…
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