Children’s Books
Books That Make Moms Look Good
Anyone noticed how mothers in children’s books (and movies) don’t always come off well? They’re evil queens, witches, or horrible stepmothers, or they’re inflexible, strict, and sometimes, downright unsmiling crabs. WTF is up with that? Dads are fun, but moms are…moms.
For Mother’s Day I would like some peace and quiet, I also want my kids to love me (from…
02/21
2013
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RealBoy’s Top 10 Baby Books
RealBoy loves to read. I asked him to put together a Top 10 of his baby favs to help other babies fall in love with reading. Here’s what he came back with.
01/11
2013
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In Lieu of Birthday Gifts…Charity Jammies
If you recall, I posted in November about trying to rein in the extreme amount of Christmas gifts my kids get. P’s birthday is in July, so we previously had a ton of time between the Christmas reining and the birthday reining. But N’s birthday is 2 weeks after Christmas. I just finished Jenga-ing all of his holiday…
12/19
2012
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Act of Kindness #2: Donate New Books to the Library
We love love love our local library. What better way to show our appreciation and give back at the holidays than by donating some brandy new books?
We have our own extensive home library of children’s books, but many children are not that lucky. It is really important to me that my children understand this. Because I wanted to give…
10/26
2012
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Miss Sarah & Miss Emily’s Top 10 Halloween Books (+ More!)
P’s preschool teachers, Miss Sarah and Miss Emily, LOVE Halloween. They love it so much, in fact, they read the kids Halloween books all year long, and in October, they check out all of the books they can from the library for the kids to enjoy. They’re professional Halloween lovers, and professional teachers, so I figured they’d have some…
10/22
2012
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Disney Songs & Story Albums
If you’re looking for something to occupy your kid in the car and your kid loves Disney, have I got the thing for you. Disney Songs & Story albums
I got a $10 three-pack of these from Target for P’s birthday back in July: The…
05/08
2013
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