Meet the Author!

We've known all summer that one of our favorite authors, Kate DiCamillo, would be coming to town at the end of the summer but it seemed so far away for so long. It kept inching closer and closer and finally the day arrived and in my preparations I found out that 700 people had RSVPed for the event. 700! That was almost enough to scare me away but luckily I persevered because the number of attendees was closer to 450 and the actual situation was much less daunting than it originally seemed. I knew the day would involve lots of fun but also lots of waiting around and had to just cross my fingers that the kids were up for it. They were awesome!
Our night started with a quick picnic outside the library followed by the unveiling of an outdoor mural. Kate DiCamillo did a quick speech, amongst other important library people, and then everyone was invited to have some ice cream! We had a very brief personal interaction with Kate DiCamillo when she walked by us and we exchanged quick hellos. After that we headed inside to wait in line to enter the auditorium where once inside we waited another hour for the talk to start! At this point Pat was able to join us and we all got to see her speak together. We had amazing seats and the talk was amazing/inspiring/informative. Then we waited in another long line for the chance to get her autograph and say hi. Such an awesome night!

The kids are posing in front of the new mural. If you look closely you can see their blue mouths from the blue-raspberry ice cream they had just eaten!

Kate DiCamillo did a short speech and then they turned on the lights and she walked around answering questions for the rest of the time. 

What to do while waiting to meet one of your favorite authors? Read her books, of course!

Yay! It's Kate DiCamillo!

So many books!