When Mitchell’s License showed up, I thought it was going to be the cheesiest thing ever (I have low tolerance for cheesy picture books). I was, happily, wrong. This one has earned a place on our permanent bookshelf. I even came in to see Bart reading it on the couch by himself, after Ella had lost interest a few pages…
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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner and Jeremy Homes
I hadn’t even finished the Prologue before I knew I would love The Templeton Twins Have an Idea. It has a narrator with some serious personality – in that respect it reminded me a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I found this one much funnier and more light-hearted. And also, unlike a couple of other books I’ve…
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It Doesn’t Take Much: Anniversary Edition
. . . to make me happy. Just seven years of being married to him. Happy anniversary to us! ***************************************************************** Disney Baby posts this week: Surviving Vacation with a Toddler (pro tip: expect to sleep less than normal) 5 Things Bart Does Better as a Parent What Do You Call Your Grandma?
How to Start a Music Group for Toddlers: Part 1
Earlier in the summer, I wrote a post about doing music time at home with Ella and how it was kind of a spin-off of a music group we attended on a weekly basis. Then the mom who ran it returned to work, and after weeks of Ella begging to go (including a nightly question “She home from work now?”),…
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Creating Picture Collages: A Brief Tutorial
A couple of people asked recently how I make the photo collages I use in my pregnancy photos, book lists, and occasional other posts, like the recent hanging star tutorial. I own an ancient copy of Photoshop Elements, but I am so embarrassingly incompetent with it that I use it only very occasionally. And I’m not really in the mood…
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