The City:
1. San Antonio is such a fun city!
2. The Alamo
3. The Riverwalk
4. The restaurants
The Conference- Own Your Profession:
1. Speed Dating the Bluebonnets- the attendees sit at a table while the authors of the Bluebonnet books rotate tables and talk about their books. I love being up close and personal with the authors and hearing them talk about their books.

2. The Exhibits- ALL. THE. FREE. STUFF! Books, pens, pins, posters, sticky notes, pencils, candy, popcorn, water etc
3. Hearing the authors speak at the general sessions- FUN! Oh... and educational. Ha!
4. 17th Annual 2x2 Showcase: Books for 2 Years to 2nd Grade- This year the committee added TEKs to the lesson ideas for each book. LOVE this!
5. Building a Community of Future Ready School Librarians- I joined the #FutureReadyLibs movement a couple of months ago and wanted to go to this session to learn more about it. I'm so glad I did!
6. Texas Bluebonnet Award Author Session-We eat, we get free books and bags and we get to hear the author of the winning Bluebonnet book speak. I can't stress enough how much I love listening to authors speak!




Cons:
1. I got a migraine and missed pretty much all of one day. M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E My roomie took good care of me, checking on me through out the day and bringing me meds, essential oils, Dr. Peppers etc.
2. This year the conference was Wed-Sat. Normally it's Tues-Fri which gives you Sat to rest and recoup. But with Easter this year falling in the month when it did they had to change from the norm. This year I didn't get a day to rest and recoup since we have worship twice on Sundays. I did nap Sunday afternoon but there's nothing like relaxing a whole day.
So glad you had a great conference-minus the migraine!
ReplyDeleteApart from the migraine, sounds like a blast. The lip synching sounds hilarious. Would love to see that! -- Christie @ https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/blog/
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