I could tell you all about my jaunt to the circus with Miss Maeve last weekend. I could, but then I’d have to tell you how we:
1) broke the dry-underwear streak that had reached a record five days
2) and then again just an hour later
3) and that ill-prepared me grabbed two pair of extra underwear before [...]
My parents had a little egg hunt in their backyard for Maeve on Easter. She was a riot to watch as she had to first understand what she was supposed to be doing, and then she was so focused on finding eggs that she’d walk right by anything else — even when it’s not something that would [...]
Maeve and I had a fun Saturday, joining friends of ours (a classmate of Maeve’s and her mom) for a musical storytime at the bookstore, lunch, a carousel ride (with me miraculously not getting ill all over myself) and an impromptu meeting with the Easter Bunny. A good, long day with heavy eyelids on the [...]
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Thought I’d share two cool recent book-related website finds.
The first is for all you children’s book author wannabes (my name is soooo on that list!). Biguniverse.com is a fun new site that not only sells children’s books, you can read them online first for free — so if you’re looking to buy, but [...]
This morning I was helping Maeve get dressed and when she slid a sock over her toes I noticed a dime-sized hole in the sock. “Oh noooo!” I said, pointing to the spot on the side of her foot.
She looked down, her mouth fell open, and she declared with delight: “Mommy! A wiiindooow!”
Hmmph. Now that’s [...]
Taken while Christmas tree shopping this weekend. The tree lot is right next to a playround, which makes for an interesting tree-choosing time, indeed. (In case you ever wondered, in a two-year-old’s version of Rock Paper Scissors, Playground Beats Getting a Tree.)
I’m just sayin’.
Nonetheless, she rode daddy’s shoulders and we ultimately picked a tree two feet [...]
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When I was in college, I managed a small independent children’s bookstore. From storytime under the big in-store elm tree to choosing from the myriad books, puzzles and realistic animal and bug puppets, children entering our shop were [...]
Heading off this morning to make pies with Thomas’ mother. I’m not much of a fan of the kitchen, but I am all for helping out with the Thanksgiving preparations (despite never having actually made a pie before). Word is she and I have five to make so we need an early start.
Tom is thrilled [...]
