It is the Eve of Dragonmas- what we call Michaelmas in our home. The season changes and sometimes it is even harder to contain that wild dragon energy in the upcoming inside months, but it is a wonderful night to eat, celebrate and get ready. We also like to talk about parts of our dragon energy we may not like as much. I have grown to know my eldest son's dragon energy, good or bad it lights a fire in my soul. I am not blind to the parts of his personality that may challenge us- I just try to learn from them. We have been on a really good roll and I am really looking forward to our continued movement into the fall days.
So tonight we gathered up the dragons around and about the house to go on the cobblers bench, gathered up some reading, and rode some dragons in the yard.
I wanted to gather together a list for you if you love to read books with your kiddos as much as I do, then I was thinking you might like a list of some of our favorites. Fitting in nicely, are 2 books off the list that are newer and wonderful. The first is by Elsa Beskow- a new one worth checking out called The Land of Long Ago- I love this tree dragon in this one, all Beskow fans will like this one and the pesky little gnome in it!
But what really caught my eye for Dragonmas was by much loved Jackie Morris, Tell Me a Dragon- it goes page by page with each character describing their dragon- exactly what Dragonmas is all about for us! Silas loved the pictures- I think he is thinking up his dragon!
So firey blessings to all of you for tomorrow and hoping that flame burns strong! Below is the list complete with a sweet drawing Jasper made for me to use just for this purpose, I did the watercolors and fell in love with it- guess I am a little partial!
