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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, 8/13/15
In the turmoil of living conditions that we’ve been calling summer, I’m afraid my “favorite things” posts have fallen by the wayside. I mean, all of my posts have fallen by the wayside of course, but...
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Smartypants (Pete in School), by Maira Kalman
My kids still have over a week before the start of school, but I’m seeing the influx of “first day” pictures on Facebook and I’ve already filled a corner with stacks of school supplies to bring in. I...
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Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, by Mo Willems
The kids are back in school! Toby’s in second grade and Elsie’s in kindergarten- they’re both in multi-age Montessori classrooms so they’re with the same teachers and in the same rooms they were both...
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie Priceman
As Anne Shirley said, “I’m glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” It’s sweater weather again, the leaves are just beginning to turn, and the apples on our trees are turning red. It’s my...
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A Few of My Favorite Things, 10/12/15
It’s been a while since I’ve done a round up post, yes? It’s been an exhausting season, and stressful, so perhaps I’ve just not been focusing on favorite things. We’re not totally in the clear yet-...
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Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
A few years ago, when we’d taken the kids to New Zealand for a month to travel about in a caravan, we found ourselves in a bookstore of all places. Shocking, I know. I had just started this blog and...
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, 10/30/15
Happy Halloween tomorrow! Or as I prefer to refer to it, Happy Birthday Week to me! I turned 38 a couple of days ago, so the chocolate cake and champagne don’t count against my diet this week. It’s in...
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Next Stop Grand Central, by Maira Kalman
My friends, I apologize! I’ve been working from home for a long time now, ever since my daughter was born, and now that I’m working at the library, my cozy sitting-on-the-couch-with-my-computer time is...
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Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Pena
Remember when I first started this blog and I wrote two or three posts a week? Bahahahaha! Such is life. I’m adapting to working outside the house, but now I find my time inside the house is much more...
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Children Just Like Me, by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
We had a bit of a sick week around here, there’s a bug going around. Staying home from school means lots of resting the first couple of days, but also lots of bouncing off walls when their temperatures...
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