Episode 12.5 (Flashlight): CLICK

"Click" here to listen to: CLICK

Hi All,

Happy Autumn! The first day of Fall, September 22nd, was this week and I could not be happier. It is definitely our favorite season in the Night Light household. The crisp chilly air, no more pesky little gnats swarming your head and jumping in huge leaf piles! Although the days do become shorter and it gets darker earlier and stays dark later in the morning. 

Our night lights have to work overtime during this season. Our Lightning McQueen, Mater, and Princess night lights all do a wonderful job of keeping our rooms illuminated and help us feel a little more secure.

On that note, we are honored and delighted to be sponsored by The Art of Patrizia. She is a talented woman who designs unique and stunning night lights. She welcomes new ideas for designs and the colors in the night lights can be changed at no extra charge. As our sponsor, she has generously offered to design us a Night Light Stories night light to give away to one of our loyal listeners! Here is the picture of the actual night light. Can you imagine how this will light up a room?

Entering for a chance to win is simple. Leave a comment here at Night Light Stories about your favorite night light design you find over at The Art of Patrizia. We will randomly draw a winner on Thursday, October 8th.

What did you say? A word of the day! That is right! In our story there are many juicy words that are fun to learn and say!

prance: to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner

shimmer: To appear as a wavering or flickering image

Creative Corner

1. Make a list of all the things you can think of that make the sound "click".

2. How many words can you make from the words

"NIGHT LIGHT"?

3. While you are trying to fall asleep, count as high as you can.

As always, I look forward to watching the glow grow brighter with the many stories we can share together!

It's The Great Pumpkin....Regatta?

Do you remember in Episode 11: Dragonfly, Dragonfly, Show Us the Way, we talked about friendship and why we loved our best friends? I have one more reason to appreciate, love and admire my best friend. She is pictured on the left in the above picture and is lovingly called Auntie Kerry in our house. Besides the fact that our children adore her and that she always knows how to brighten a gloomy day, after 15 years of our friendship, she can always surprise me! Today was one of those times. She called to tell me she entered the

Giant Pumpkin Regatta (a boat race).

What is it?

Here is the description directly from the website:

The First Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta, sponsored by The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, pits the regions giant gourd growers an

d local businesses against each other in what is a competition of size and speed. While it sounds both impossible and crazy, it is a boat race, but the boats are giant pumpkins. The giant pumpkins are carved and hollowed out, put in the lake with forklifts, and raced as if they were kayaks. Join the paddlers and their PVC's (personal vegetable crafts) as they help raise awareness for the Chittenden Emergency Foodshelf and the United Way, official charity of the Great Pumpkin Regatta. Donations of non-perishable food items would be greatly appreciated. For an idea of how other states have orchestrated their regattas, click this link:

Night Light Stories is going to be Auntie Kerry's sponsor for her giant pumpkin adventure on October 11th. Here is where I need all of our creative listeners help!

She has to decorate the giant pumpkin as creatively as she can. You can find example pictures of past pumpkins here. So, what do you think she should make her GIANT PUMPKIN look like? Any ideas for Auntie Kerry?

Leave her your idea in the comment section.

A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

Our Untitled Imagination Story now has a name!

Congratulations to:

SHANE O.

He had the insightful title "A Place for Everyone".

You can click on his new title to listen to the story.

We also want to thank the many entries we received that were

really creative and some that were purposefully humorous!

As always I look forward to watching the glow grow

brighter with the many stories we can share together.

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

INDULGE

This little girl was signing more after finishing her first cupcake.

She wanted to indulge in another one!


It is easy to indulge in yummy autumn treats.

Do you have a great picture to visually define

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

Have you ever found something really hysterical? Did you snap a picture of it? Send it to us at nightlightstories@gmail.com and we will post it on the blog for all to enjoy. We can't wait to laugh hysterically with you!