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Being me has it’s privileges

Posted in Books, Children, Children's books, Family, Harry Potter, Humor, Kids, Movies, Tweens, YouTube, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Arrrrh…there be spoilers ahead….”  Oops – wrong movie. 
I managed to round up, feed and get three “tweens” in the car yesterday morning in time for us to catch the first showing of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”  Try explaining to kids in “summer time brain mode” that the odds of seeing a premiere at [...]

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Today Is Thanksgiving!

Posted in Autumn, Book Reviews, Books, Children's books, Fall, Family, Kids, Life, Thanksgiving, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
 
    “Today is Thanksgiving!”  Written and illustrated by P. K. Hallinan.  This is a sweet poem for children as well as adults.  His illustrations remind me of Precious Moments figurines. 
     Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving!
     Today is Thanksgiving, and an icicle breeze nips at your window and whips up the leaves. 
Ah, what a morning!  The cold [...]

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Fall Is Not Easy

Posted in Autumn, Books, Children, Children's books, Dorothy Donohue, Fall, Jan Carr, Kids, Life, Linda Glaser, Marty Kelley, Reading, Susan Swan, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

  During one of those long summers filled with trips to the library, picnics on the floor, afternoons in the park, MOPS outings…..loved those trips to the fire stations….the handsome firemen…..hmmm…..ooops…..pardon me!  Back to my point, we found another treasure at the library in the form of a picture book during one of those summers. 
Fall Is [...]

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Mean Soup she said…..

Posted in Books, Children, Children's books, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting, Reading, tagged , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

When the boys were little, I learned that every summer, starting in mid June and running through the end of August, the public library has a reading contest for children.  Children would get a special map or book log, depending on the theme, to note which books they had read.  Each week they would get to move [...]

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Goodnight Goon…..

Posted in Books, Children, Children's books, Family, Kids, Life, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Reading, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

     We’ve always read to our kids.  When the boys were little, Dr. Seuss was the author of choice.  When Tim, Matt & Pete were little, there were many books we loved.  But when Sam came along, it was as though there had been an “explosion” in children’s literature.   Maybe it was because the older boys had long [...]

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