The Zombiekins Take Over!

 So we were at the Encinitas library for a Daisy meeting today where they also got to decorate cookies. So all sugared up and on our way out, Kelly saw this book and begged me to check it out for her. It was called Zombiekins and had all kinds of strange kids-style semi-gory animations in it. I looked it over and then tried to convince her it was a book for older kids, but she insisted we get it. I paused and thought, this is one of those moments where we pick our fights, and this one was not worth picking. I figured what's the harm in checking it out, her getting bored with it in 2 minutes flat, it ending up in the corner floor of her room, and I taking it back to the library in a few days with the rest of our books. No big deal!

Was I was proven wrong! Once we were in the car, I realized I had not heard a peep out of her in several minutes. I looked in my rear-view mirror. Her nose was buried in the book. I had earlier decided (during the "sugared-up" time) that I was going to abandon a much needed trip to the grocery store with her. Seeing her engrossed, I decided to give it a try and said, "Hey Kelly, wanna go to the grocery store w/me right now?" To which she replied, "Noooowwwaa, I wanna ready my new boooookkk!!!"
"Well, how about I put you in the cart and you can read it while were shopping?"
"OK!! Yeah, mommy, let's do THAT!!! It will be FUN!!!"
I was not so sure... but I jumped on it.
It was one of the most amazing grocery trips I had ever been on with her! She sat quietly in the cart, reading the WHOLE time, barely even looked up, no whining, no negotiating...never asked me to buy anything even ONCE! I could not believe it! I had found pure gold! Oh man, I hoped this was gonna work more in the future! I dreamed of more perfect shopping trips like this!

  And it didn't stop there. She sat quietly in the big chair almost all night reading that gory little book! Giggling and laughing every couple minutes (apparently the gore is mixed in with a lot of humor)

At one point she starting laughing hysterically and ran over to me, pointing at the front cover of the book, "mom, MOM, guess what the other book by this author is called?? Sir Fartsalot Hunts the BOOGER!!! hahahahaha! Can I get that one at the libary next mom, PLEEEEAZE??!!"

Hello, um YEAAAH, I think YES!