Summer Reading

The boys and I visited the Great Falls Public Library yesterday to return books and pick up a couple new ones to read. My Avery (age 10) is really getting into reading and listening to me read chapter books appropriate for his age. We just finished one called The Shadowmaker complete with a wizard, poor children and spells -- of course ending with the kids being smarter and happier in the end.



The kid's section in the library has been changed to look like a pirate ship has beached. Also, the walls have a very neat and extensive collage of pictures with an I SPY GAME challenge -- "How many figure skaters can you find?" riddle.






The boys sat down and completed the United States puzzle together and enjoyed themselves.




Outside, I pulled the digital camera out and Avery took a good picture of the arch fountain built out front last summer.


A good time was had, but drinks were needed to keep us all hydrated while out running errands.

Hope you are getting a little reading in this summer!

Figure This Out Puzzle Fun

See if you can figure it out...

I am sending this only to my smart friends. I could not figure it out and had to look at the answer. See if you can figure out what these words have in common.

1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess

Are you peeking or have you already given up?
Give it another try. Look at each word carefully.

(You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer.)


This Is Cool.


Answer: No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters, nor is it about the vowel arrangements, tempting though they were at first glance.






Answer:
In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.