Lunch with Brandon Mull!

I am behind on my blog postings and, quite frankly, don't have time to catch up with the end of the semester looming over me. I want you all to know what we are up to, however, so I am going to try to use what little time I have here and there to catch up. I apologize that some posts I will make over the next little while are older and no longer excitingly fresh. I will try to be better. To try and offset this effect, I will post something exciting that happened today to Miranda. Brandon Mull, the author of the book series Fablehaven came to our elementary school today to do an assembly. Mull is Miranda's favorite author and she has been on cloud nine since she found out he was coming. In honor of Brandon Mull, the school invited the students (3rd - 6th grade) to make posters welcoming him. Anyone who submitted a poster would be entered into a drawing for a chance to eat lunch with Mull when he came. Miranda worked very hard on a poster and was chosen. Today was the day! She came home from school with the biggest smile on her face I have ever seen. She said, "I think this is the best day of my life." I think she meant it too. She got a special lunch that the school provided for her and a few other students that were chosen. She got to sit with Brandon Mull in a private lunch room and carried on a private conversation with him. She even took our copy of the most recent Fablehaven book with her and He signed it, along with her poster, and her journal. This is a big dream for her that has come true. I am very excited for her. Now all we have to do is get Jeff to finally meet Terry Brooks!