Autumn is her Mama's Girl! : )

When I went to pick up the kiddos from school yesterday, I could tell even as I was waiting in the line that something was up with Autumn. She was wiggling all over and grinning from ear to ear, and I found out what was going on the second the van door opened... "GUESS WHAT!!! I WON THE YOUNG AUTHOR'S COMPETITION!!!" I type that in all caps and with so many exclamation points, because I swear you could hear them in her voice. : ) She was soooo excited! It was adorable.

Because she won, she gets to be a representative for her school at a luncheon and conference at the Richardson Center featuring author Cynthea Liu. She also gets a signed hardback copy of Ms. Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare. But mostly she gets to feel really proud of herself, which is awesome.

She wrote and typed the whole thing herself, and she worked really hard on her final submission, which featured a purple cover, a title page, table of contents, about the author section, etc... It was so cute! I don't have copies of all of it on my computer (she did it all on her laptop), but I did upload the actual piece itself to the web so you guys can check it out if you want. Just click HERE!

Way to go, Autumn! We're so proud of you!!