Ahhh, I started this post more than a month ago!! School life really is a whirlwind. I'm so glad that I started this blog over the summer, when I had time to devote to launching it, but I want to find more time to write now that we're back to the real world.

The year so far has been so much! Mostly great and exciting and happening, with sprinkles of magic and hiccups of frustration here and there. I have SO MANY things to write about, including:

• my room set-up, which involved a lot of time and energy and a result that makes me really happy
• general back-to-school reflections, including what it means that I'm back in the same room where I started my career ten years ago, except I'm a completely different person now
• our writing process project, which turned out really lovely
• our reading life, which is FLOURISHING, and recently involved tents
  
• my adventures at the Brooklyn Book Festival Children's Day, which was thrilling
• education as the practice of freedom, which is a real thing that is happening, and one thing it looks like is morning greetings, and another is this small display of Our Positive Thought:

To be honest, I made that list as a reminder to myself of all the things I want to write about. For now, I'm going to start with our reading life. There will be some cute photos, and much geeking out.

I have to say, I made pretty good progress on my summer reading list...especially the kidlit/YA list. The adult list did not fare as well, and there are two serious-looking novels that I checked out of the library sitting on the table looking at me right now. Ah well! Kidlit is too much fun! Find part two of my summer reading (and the next-ups) below.