I wish I could say that my reasons for writing this book was some super awesome, mega fantastic story that would be tear jerking and uplifting. The truth is it was written to amuse my children who came up with much of the story and ultimately, they just thought it would be cool to see their ideas and names in print. What can I say, I'm a sucker for my children. This project was a labor of love. Something I was able to hand down to the kids and say, "I made this for you!" Their looks of pride through every step from start to finish, and seeing the expressions on their faces when they saw the "finished product" was the best review I could have gotten and the best one I'm ever going to get, bar none. The rest are merely supplemental.
I tried to capture my kids' wild and boundless imaginations in the amazing tales they spun, whether it was during "pretend play" or just stories they had come up with and relayed to me. The "adventures" that I lived through "with them" was second to none and my only hope is that I was able to capture them in my own words.
Throughout this wild ride, I had a few people mocking me, telling me I'd never get it done and laughing at me and just being all around unimpressed, but for every one of those, I had ten people telling me, "Yes, you can and it's AWESOME!" I had so much support coming from all over the place and it warmed my heart. I never would have thought I'd end up here, but here I am and I'm thankful.
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