I picked this Sesame Street sign language book at the thrift store when Lydia was little. I love it because it goes through the alphabet and shows signs for every letter and words to go with it. Lydia has read it several times. Now it is Asa’s favorite.
He looks at every picture [...]
Did you know my mom used to be a Tupperware lady? She was.
And Daddy still teases her because she used to chant along with her other Tupperware lady friends, “Fifteen-hundred dollars worth of Tupp-er-ware!” (Or something. It’s funny when Daddy does it.)
Anyway, I’m doing my own version of an at-home-buy-some-stuff-party…it’s an USBORNE BOOK E-PARTY*! Are [...]
Multnomah asked me to review Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn. And if you’ve been around here for even five minutes you know I replied with a big resounding YES!
Not only do I admire Robin Jones Gunn (see blog gush #1 and 2), I also have my own group of sisterchicks which I [...]
I had a penny,
A bright new penny,
I took my penny
To the market square.
I wanted a rabbit,
A little brown rabbit,
And I looked for a rabbit
‘Most everywhere.
For I went to the stall where they sold sweet lavender
(“Only a penny for a bunch of lavender!”).
“Have you got a rabbit, ‘cos I don’t want lavender?”
But they hadn’t got a [...]
Contest closed…the winner is Katie from All Places In Between!
When I was packing up for the cruise, I stuck a few books in my bag. I’m going to be sharing most of them with you in the next week or so. But this one book, If Tomorrow Never Comes, I was supposed to share [...]
Random House sent me a short little book entitled, Day With a Perfect Stranger. I think it was the title that hooked me. Doesn’t it sound mysterious and fun?
Anyway, it’s a small novella about a girl named Mattie who sits next to a guy on a plane. They strike up a conversation and suddenly she’s [...]
(stay with me, there’s a giveaway involved!)
When I was in about 6th grade, we went on a big road trip vacation. We drove from Atlanta up the coast to New York, then straight across to Michigan. Then straight down to Georgia. We went to so many fun places and go to see a huge portion [...]
I bought this great old book for Lydia at a consignment sale. It looked like some old books I had as a kid that were my mom’s as a kid. It’s hard for me to pass up any book much less an old book.
I was so excited because it was a collection of stories. And [...]
I think it’s pretty well documented here that I *heart* books. I could spend hours in a library, a bookstore or even an online bookery. (I know, it’s not a word, but it was fun to type.) I could get books as my only gift for Christmas and my birthday for the rest of my [...]
It’s been five weeks of my new little pirate. Five whole weeks of newborn diapers, sweet baby smiles, cuddly blankets, and tiny clothes. It’s also been five whole weeks of feedings every 3 hours, screaming fests and sleepless nights. As wonderful as a newborn is, it can also be the scariest most aggravating time of [...]
