We have enough interest that the Peep Show will go on! It will be smaller than previous years, but that is okay. :)
All-O-ver, Ol-i-vore . . . we're learning that Oliver's name has some fun mispronunciations.
Also, ask him what is name is and this is what you'll hear: "My name is Oli . . . Oli . . . Oliv . . . Oli . . . I don't know."
Here I am at SFO. Again. What should have been a 40 minute layover has turned into a 5 hour layover with merely a possibility of getting on the red-eye at 10:30. Flying standby. And if I don't get on the standby flight . . . they tell me my next shot at JFK isn't for 24 hours. Yeah. So let's hope that doesn't happen. And if I don't get on standby, well, there's got to be another way home.
S: Oliver, Is Mom a child of God?
O: Yes!
S: No, Mom is a grown up!
The one night -- ever -- when Micah and I get to bed at 10:00 and could, feasibly, get 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep, Simon wakes up crying inexplicably at midnight and can't go back to sleep, Oliver falls out of bed, and we're all out a couple of hours of sleep. Clearly we need to never try to go to to bed early. It's the only way to get a good night's sleep around here.
Congrats to everyone who participated this year! I really had a hard time deciding on my favorites because there were so many fantastic entries. To re-cap the voting rules: first place votes got three points, second place got three votes, third place got one vote. If only one entry was voted on, it got one point. If two were voted on, they got two points and one point. We did have a tie for second place this year. You two will have to battle it out for who wants which prize.
And the winners are:
1. Rapeepzel, Rapeepzel, Let Down Your Hair! by Melissa Crosby
2. (tie) Peepstic Surgery by Stephanie Roberston
2. (tie) Justin Peeper: Never Say Never by Abby Blackhurst and her home evening group
We will Honorably Mention:
Boy Peeps of America Eagle Service Project Northwest Boulevard, August 1966 by Dad Blackhurst
Tour de Peep by Micah and Lizzie Heiselt
Raiders of the Lost Peep by Bryce Barrand
The Pied Peeper by Jodie Heiselt
Melissa gets to pick first from among the prizes, then Abby and Stephanie can paper-rock-scissors for the remaining two.
Let me know what you want and where to send it. You all know how to reach me.
I have to say, my favorite part of the Justin Peeper one is the “Event Staff.”
Congrats to the winners, those were really awesome! I agree that it was a really hard year to judge, there were a lot of really good, creative ones!