You guys, you can’t even believe how fired up my house was on Christmas Eve when we told the kids it was ok to go ahead and open up their Cannonball Exchange books. There was much rejoicing. Mswas, Yesknopemaybe, HasenKlub, you guys are the best. You are the reason that we keep doing this every year. This is pretty much the best virtual group of friends on the planet! Horses, Gilmore Girls, World War II, The New England Patriots — all of their interests were […]
Thanks to NTE, faintingviolet, and ModernLove!
It has become something of a tradition in our house to open our Cannonball exchange gifts on Christmas Eve. We waited all day, but we just couldn’t wait another second! Just look at the amazing goodies we got to add to our libraries today! Thanks so much!
NTE, you’ve made a Jr. Cannonballer very happy
Thanks to NTE for another delightful box of cannonball goodness. These junior cannonballers aren’t going to know what hit them! joemyjoe will love these — nice work picking out for a 9 year old!!!
Revisiting a favorite from when I was 10.
When I was a wee Scoots, I had a few authors that I loved. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Judy Blume. John D. Fitzgerald (seriously, The Great Brain books were the best). And when I could get my hands on his books, I loved Daniel Manus Pinkwater. His books were just so crazy and weird, I couldn’t help but love them. Fat Men From Space. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency. The Avocado of Death. These books were really unlike anything I had every read before. And Lizard Music is […]



