Rosalind Penderwick

There is a lovely series of books by a perfectly fantasic author named Jeanne Birdsall! They feature a family with the last name of Penderwick. (Isn't that a great name?) It's going to be a series of five, I believe, according to her website, which is http://www.jeannebirdsall.com/ if you want to check it out for more information, and I can't wait! Those are some of my favorite books.
My cousins and my brother and I all relate to one of the characters. My brother (we'll call him K) is Batty, my cousin J is Jane, my cousin B is Skye, and I am Rosalind! I envy Rosy her life sometimes, plus she's such a responsible, kind, just almost perfect person that she's just plain cool. (AND, AND, AND......she can bake! What could be better than to be compared to an almost perfect person who can bake on top of everything?)
Although I only have one brother, not three sisters, and Rosalind doesn't have two cousins who live sort of far away, I have Rosalind moments. Like today, it was almost twilight outside, and I was sitting with my book (a biography of Mark Twain, for anyone who cares) and I was looking around at the very summer-y world. A Rosalind moment! Hurrah!
Note: I've decided to do a 'Quote of the Day' thing. This will not be every day, just days when I find an appropriate quote and/or remember to.

Quote for July 20, 2009:

"There's nothing to tell, Daddy, really. I needed some air, so I took a walk, fell into the lily pond, and hit my head on a rock."

-Rosalind Penderwick from The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall, page 204