• "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarrows
• "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarrows
• "On Our Best Behavior" by Elise Loehnen*
• "Meet Me at the Lake" by Carley Fortune*
• "Come and Get It" by Kiley Reid
• "The Library of Borrowed Hearts" by Lucy Gilmore
• "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt
• "The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club" by Helen Simonson
• "Anita de Monte Laughs Last" by Xochitl Gonzalez
• "Long After We Are Gone" by Terah Shelton Harris
• "The Most Fun We Ever Had" by Claire Lombardo**
• "The Paris Novel" by Ruth Reichl
• "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" By Gabrielle Zevin
• "The Lion Women of Tehran" by Marian Kamali*
• "The Paradise Problem" by Christina Lauren
• "Bear" by Julie Phillips*
• "Same As It Ever Was" by Claire Lombardo
• "A Happier Life" by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
• "The Night Ends with Fire" by K. X. Song
• "Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective" by Katie Siegel
• "Small Town, Big Magic" by Hazel Beck
• "The Only Purple House in Town" by Ann Aguirre
• "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore*
• "The Ex Hex" by Erin Stirling
• "The Unmothers" by Leslie J. Anderson*
• "How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water" by Angie Cruz
• "This Summer Will Be Different" by Carley Fortune
• "Big Little Spells" by Hazel Beck
• "A Sorceress Comes to Call" by T. Kingfisher
• "We Were Never Here" by Andrea Bartz*
• "Fire Exit" by Morgan Talty
• "Lady MacBeth" by Ava Reid
• "Margo's Got Money Troubles" by Rufi Thorpe*
• "Greenwich Park" by Katherine Faulkner
• "All the Colors of the Dark" by Chris Whitaker
• "Evie Drake Starts Over" by Linda Holmes

37 books read in the second half of the year. A total of 77 books read in 2024. What a great year for reading!

Aw, Christmas. We had an extra lovely one that was so low-key. I spent a lot of the 24th cooking and preparing food. In the evening, we walked to the neighborhood park to sing Christmas carols with our friends. Then we returned home for French Onion Soup and salad. The kids opened up matching pajamas. They didn't really need pajamas but I'm in a point of crises where I'm not sure how much longer everyone will mind matching. I should've bought loose pajama pants for the teens though because they haven't worn them since. We got everyone to bed at a semi-reasonable time including Conor and I. Sweet, sweet memories.

I took the younger three to visit Santa Claus where Ira has his speech and occupational therapy. It was nice and chill and easy which I loved. Here are my three little believers!

Hard to believe my itty bitty baby is now 8 years old! Maeve is a really great kid. She's funny and fun. She's a good friend and she has the best laugh. Maeve gets to be one of the main characters in an upcoming 2nd grade play and I'm very excited to watch her performance. I'm curious to see who Maeve grows up to be, but I'm not in a rush!

We carved pumpkins while Conor was out of town for work. We split into three teams of two and did our best! The kids did alright! It was fun!