Extraordinary Ideas for Ordinary Families
If you’re new around here, you may not know how much we LOVE books!!! Big books, small books, picture books, graphic novels, give us all the books! Well, let me restate that. Give us all the GOOD books! We go to the library once or twice a week and usually get 30-50 books, depending on …
We have shared plenty of amazing book lists with you all! For Early Elementary School kids, high school kids, picture books read alouds and etc! Now I am going to share some of our favorite series to read aloud to your kids! The summertime is such a great time to start a new series with …
We are big readers around here!! We’ve read good books, funny books, boring books, inspiring books, and just ok books. Really, I love a good book! Just ask my husband. If I go to a bookstore for any reason he knows not to expect me for a few hours. Did you know that reading a …
It will totally be Halloween in two shakes of a lambs tail–do you know how often lambs shake their tail, because I do not. Let’s try something more season-appropriate–in two flaps of a bats’ wings, and I am headed into my kids’ elementary school classrooms next week to read some fun books! I realized that …
Over the last couple of weeks my 3 year old has been saying in a grumpy tone, “Today is not my birthday.” I then find myself responding with, “Nope, not today, but didn’t we have so much fun on your birthday,” or “That is true, it is not, but somebody else’s birthday is coming up, …
Both my husband and I brought different books into our marriage. I had a ton of John Grisham and Stephen King novels, and Brian had a ton of Spiderman graphic novels and Calvin and Hobbes comic books. A match made in heaven! Ha! The comic books were mostly left in a box or on a …
Remember how last year we shared a list of our favorite read aloud picture books?? Well, there’s more where that came from!! We are always on the look out for great books and are so happy when we find a winner! A picture book can pack a big punch of laughter, shock, or reflection! I …
My sister Kayleen and I both have homes full of people who LOVE books! So when I mentioned to my nearly 16 year old daughter and nearly 18 year old son that I wanted to compile a list of books for teenagers, I thought maybe we would create a list of 10 or 12, but …
If you didn’t already know, we LOVE books around here!! And every Christmas holiday season for the last few years we host a hot chocolate and favorite holiday book night!! My kids each invite 1 friend over and everyone wears pajamas (that may in fact be my favorite part 😉 )! Blankets and stuffed animals …
Not sure what to get someone this Christmas? Try a memory book!! We have shared these fun photobooks that I make for my husband for Father’s Day. Which, really, could be given for Christmas as well! But some of our absolute favorite presents to both receive and give, are photo books! What kind of photobooks? …