I can beat my little sisters at tennis. That counts for something, right?

[bubbles83]

Hey! Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I went and house sat for my Uncle for a few days, so I wasn't really on the computer, and I spent most of the day yesterday on the Wii. I made Doctor and Martha Miis! And they are adorable. I would show them to you, but they're on my TV, and I couldn't get a good picture of them. I am pretty bad at most of the games. Except this cow racing game. I rock at that one.

So, Caity's birthday is coming up and I was going to get her a book, but I don't know what I should get. What sort of books did you read when you were in the 4th grade? I liked the Little House on the Prairie books when I was that age, but she has no interest in them. She really loves Sarah, Plain and Tall, but my mom is already getting her the other books in that series.

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[pie-is-good.livejournal.com]

I think by fourth grade, I was in my Must Read Animorphs And Star Trek Books All The Time phase, so I'm not of much help there, sorry. XD

And yay for the Wii! :D

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Yeah, while I enjoyed Animorphs books, I don't think they're really my sister's style.

Wii is SO MUCH FUN! OMG! And I figured out how to do interweb thingymabob and now I can get weather! And news! I'm pretty sure I can do other things, I just haven't figured out how yet.

[wolfsavard.livejournal.com]

That's awesome about the Miis! Also, I love the cow racing game! :D

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

I love my Miis! If I could figure out a way to have them make out, I would totally do it!

Cow racing is my FAVORITE! I'm so good. And the cow is all cute looking.

[suchthefangirl.livejournal.com]

We have spent far too much time Wii-ing here these days as well! Yesterday my kids were making Spike and Brock Miis (Buffy and Pokemon respectively).

As for books, I am trying to remember what the girls read at that age. I loved the Great Brain books (John D. Fitzgerald -I hope that's the correct spelling). Daughter One suggests Little Princess and Daughter Two suggests the Pixie books, but we can't remember who those were by. They also loved the Sachar books at that age (Sideways stories from Wayside school).

There was also much love of manga in our house (Ranma 1/2 might be a bit mature, but OMG my girls loved it)

I could just keep going, I am sorry. I will stop now. Good luck.

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Hee. Your kids are awesome.

I've never heard of the Great Brain books, but I googled it, and they sound interesting. I'm headed to the bookstore tomorrow, so I'll check them out.

Little Princess is a good choice too. I haven't read that in ages, and I don't think we own it anymore. I thought about getting her some of the Wayside books when I was at the little mall bookstore today, but she already has a bunch of them, and I can never remember which ones she owns.

I would totally be down with getting her manga, but I don't really think she'd like it very much.

Thank you for the ideas. It really helps a lot.

[mrs-batman.livejournal.com]

Anne of Green Gables! I always loved that.

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Me too! That is an excellent book. I've tried to get her to read it before, but she didn't sounds too interested in it. Plus, I think it might still be slightly above her reading level.

Maybe in a year or so I'll be able to talk her into it.

this is entirely unrelated, but I adore your header.

[mrs-batman.livejournal.com]

Ah. Then I second anything by Louis Sachar, and tentatively suggest the Babysitter's Club? I was reading those sometime around ten, I think, and I liked them very much at the time.

Oh oh oh, and this series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_Start_the_War), which back in the day I read the first three books of. And Terror at the Zoo or The Volcano Disaster by Peg Kehret.

I feel so old, what with hardly remembering books I used to love.

Re: this is entirely unrelated, but I adore your header.

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am rather fond of Penguin!John and Penguin!Rodney.

I've tried to get both my youngest sisters to read the Babysitter's Club books. I adored them when I was their age, but they don't really have an interest in them. It makes me very sad.