Terry (my husband/lover and tech support) and I worked hard on Cassie's website. We both had fun but wondered what she would think. We were rewarded with the big, long lasting smiles over the webcam as she made her first blog posts. She eventually had to go to dinner but returned after to continue her silly but creative posts. She learned to post pictures and get them in the right place as well. Her site is protected, as she is only 10. You have to get an account which has to be approved by her father, Sam. But she really loved it.
First she went to the blog area and said, "What should I write?" Then she was off on ten minutes of entering text. She really loves words and likes to make images from them. Her first blog included:
if leaning on yellow mushrooms, be sure to eat the toadstools first
&
treasure will be located seven miles north of the seventh rock from the east of the camels den
And it goes on with silliness from there. She is a true writer who writes lots of stories and books.
It's great to give a present that you make - thanks to Cheryl Gibbs who gave the journalism workshop at the QUIP conference last week in which she mentioned making and giving a website to her nephew. It's even better to make the gift with your sweetie. But the best is to see the smile on the face of a really pleased 10 year old. What a feeling. Wish I had a picture but we were all too busy interacting to take one.
No time to do all that I want to which includes just about everything I do these days. That's a wonderful state of affairs though there are dishes in the sink. And the weather is heavenly! Just beginning to get hot.
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