NaNoWriMo! ( Or: Preparing for Madness!)

I have always wanted to write a book, but I've never actually taken the time to sit down and write. So, together with a few friends, I've decided that I'm going to write a novel next month. Yes - I did say next month.

The month of November is "National Novel Writing Month" or NaNoWriMo. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel during the 30 days of November! (A tall order! Especially for someone who has never really written much! And research papers don't count.)  The NaNoWriMo website also has a word count! (Writers in Lincoln are #135 and  Colorado Springs is #351, if you want to follow along :: Here! My words count towards the Colo. Springs #'s. )


I've spent my free time the last few days plotting and planning. (I can't write on the novel until November 1st, but I have to admit I've thought about staying up past midnight on October 31st to start!)

A few famous books to come out of this program? My favorite book I've read this year - "Water For Elephants" by Sara Gruen? It was a NaNoWriMo book (so were 2 of her other Best Sellers!)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We just said goodbye to Ryan, he headed back out on the road today after 5 1/2 days at home. We had a great time while he was here!

We celebrated his 30th Birthday!

We did some yard work!

We fed (and took pictures of) the ducks!

Cooking with the Korell's!

Welcome to the 1st episode of our cooking show!!

First, I really do want to apologize for the INSANE length!! (It's about 16 minuets with both videos.) I didn't mean for it to be that long!!

Enjoy!

The Forgotten Fingers

Yesterday we spent the afternoon with Joe and his boys (Nathan and Taylor)! We went out to lunch, hung out at the park and then the boys came and played at our house for most of the evening. It's always fun to get together with Joe, and the kids get along so well! 

However, while we were at the park we had something happen that surprisingly has never really happened before. (With exception to the first time everyone met Skyler when she was a little baby!) 

Skyler and Taylor were running around playing. All of a sudden, he grabbed her left hand and started to study it. He was very curious about why it looked different. He asked where her fingers were, and then continued to hold her hand.

I know this will happen many more times in Skyler's life. And I am preparing myself for the days when kids are more than just curious. But for today, it was just a moment. 30 seconds later, the kids were playing. The fingers forgotten. 

Pumpkin Patch!

Today, Mommy took me to the Pumpkin Patch, all the way in Canon City!

We met a lot of our friends from MOPS, and it was a lot of fun! They had this really cool Sand Box filled with corn. I had a lot of fun filling buckets with corn, and then dumping them out. Then one of the other kids started jumping up and down like a frog. It looked really cool, so I had to do it too!! (It's so much fun to yell "Ribbit" and jump up and down!)

After playing in the Corn Box for a long time, I went to see the Baby Chickens. They say "Peep" and they are really cute and fluffy. (I told Mommy "I Want It!" but she told me "No!" So if you're reading this, I'd like a baby chicken for Christmas. Don't tell Mommy.)

After the Chicks, Avani and I went to pick out our pumpkins. I picked my own. All by myself. I even carried it to the cart all alone. Mommy thought that was really cool. It's a good pumpkin too! Then I pulled Avani back to the corn box in our wagon.

It was a lot of fun.