My daughter LOVES to read. She reads about everything. She is really into the Heros of Olympus series and couldn't wait for the final book to come out. Turns out the author was doing a book signing in Austin (3 hrs from us) on Oct 13 and the kids didn't have school that day. She begged me to take her. To be honest, the thought of driving 3 hrs with 4 kids, one of which is 6 months old, did not sound fun AT ALL!! But, being the great mother I am, I did. Her grandmother actually bought her the ticket and also bought herself one so she could take her. The day before my husband got sick with a little stomach bug and so he took the monday off. Guess what that meant? Yep, gotta leave 2/4 kids home. YAY! (I do love them, I just didn't want to drive all that way with them. alone. ) . We arrived to find a nice large line forming so we stood in line until my mother in law arrived and then I went off to shop with my little man for 2 hrs.
When I picked her she couldn't stop talking about how awesome it was. She got a tshirt (which she wore the next day to school, and also that friday) and she got her book. She enjoyed having a one-on-one experience with her grandmother. So, even thought I was pretty much the taxi driver, I was glad to be able to let her have this once in a lifetime experience.
PS. I just pray she remembers I did this for her when she gets older :)
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