Posts tagged ‘library’


Tuesday: Weekly Book Review—Jackpot at the Library

This past week we hit the jackpot once again at the library in our selection of books. Be sure to check out if your library carries these titles: Amazon.com Widgets   Inside All (Sharing Nature with Children Book) by Margaret H. Mason and Holly Welch is a beautiful book, the writing, message and illustrations. It […]

Monday: Weekly Family Activity—Library Trips

Monday, December 8th, 2008 in Monday: Weekly Family Activity

Library staff I love you. I really do. I have lived so many places and had library cards at so many different libraries. I am always so impressed at the time the library staff takes to put on great activities. ~Infant Story times ~Toddler Story times ~Preschool Story times ~Monthly Puppet Shows ~ Annual Princess Parties […]

Friday: Play!—Take Advantage of Your Local Resources

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 in Friday: Play!

I think I have done a post similar to this but I just want to remind everyone to use your local resources to help entertain your children! I just put the girls down for their naps after a long and fun day at the library’s annual Princess Party! They went all out! They decorated their […]

Freebie: Top Selling Children’s Books

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 in Freebie Posts, Books/Reading, Children's Books

After writing about my favorite authors and my favorite books from them it got me wondering what the best selling children’s books were. I found this list from a few different sites, they are the best selling books (as of 2000, I thought it would be fun to see what the list was before all […]

Tuesday: Book Review—A Child’s First Alphabet Book ABC by Alison Jay

I have been checking out a few different ABC books from my local library. I think we ended up checking out over a few weeks about 20, and I found the one! A Child’s First Alphabet Book by Alison Jay was the best by far. (I did also enjoy Kipper’s ABC book, very witty) The […]

Wednesday: Mid-Week Ramblings—The Art of Play-dates Part 1

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 in Wednesday: Mid Week Ramblings, Crafts, Parenting Tips

Wednesday: Mid Week Ramblings The Art of Play-dates I am not quite sure if I have mastered the art of play-dates, but I certainly have learned a few things. Every child I have nannied and the children of my own, all have a different style. My oldest daughter (23 months), gets overwhelmed very easily, and […]