Giveaway! (what?)

Hello, chums.

Tonight, I want to speak with you about a strange phenomenon which happens to me... often. 'Often' I am approached by either a good friend or a very distant acquaintance, and they will blushingly admit to me that they read my blog. I'm going to tell you what I tell them: "Really? Thanks! I'm so glad." 

So this is me, telling all of you readers, that I love you. If my blog was only meant for me and my family, it would be private.  6 years ago, when I started blogging, yes - I only did it so that my family (who lived in Italy at the time) could see my growing belly, and after that get updates on my new baby girl. This blog has done some serious evolving since then! 

I have grown to adore blogging. I have never been the type of person to really care what people think of me, so I never thought that I was blogging with the purpose of entertaining anyone. I always told myself that the number of comments that a post received meant nothing to me. 

I'm done kidding myself. I want you, I need you, oh baby oh baby.

So please, if you think that you're a "Blog Stalker", you're not! Throw away your guilt! I welcome you here. My life is a sort of utopia, and I enjoy sharing it. And I need to share it, because it's important - just like your life is. 

And so, without further ado, I announce my first ever giveaway. Which makes me feel all funny inside because giveaways are for 'real blog's', and I'm not one, but I'm doing one anyway. Cuz I lurve ya. 

I'm going to give away three things, one each to three lucky commenters, and the drawing will be completely random. You just have to comment! It's not hard! And I want to hear you. 

The first prize is one of my favorite children's books:

For oh so many reasons, I adore this book. One large, hardback copy to one of you!

Another prize will be this book, which I also adore:

The dialog which takes place between the Mom and her little boy is priceless. One softcover copy to one of you!

Come on. If you don't have kids, you know someone who does. Then again, if you don't have kids, you're still gonna wanna have these because they're delightful. 

The last prize will be a matted 5X7 photo of The Sea, which Caleb is going to photograph this coming week. Because we're going here tomorrow:

Oh yes.

The Oregon coast. I can already smell it, and it smells good.
Which means I may be away from blogland for a while. I'm not really sure if I'll have internet access or not. Plus when I get there after being in the car for 15 hours with my three very small children, I may not be sane enough to type.

So. Here's how it works. I will be back on Monday. Not this monday, next monday. And I won't be able to read your comments until then!
So tell me what your favorite book was when you were little, and you're entered to win.

Mine was Go Dog Go!