Every year, the Texas Library Association puts out a book list called 2 x 2 with 20 books aimed at children between the age of 2 and second grade. It’s a nice selection of books and they have activities to go along with each book. I started checking these out from our library to read with Ella and I’ll be…
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Ella’s Birthday Party
Let’s not kid ourselves, this party was way more for me than it was for Ella. Bart really wanted to have a little party, and I quickly warmed up to the idea because, hello, another chance to pull out the frosting gun. It was convenient that her birthday fell on a Saturday, so we could celebrate on the actual day. …
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Flags of Our Fathers was our July read for one of my bookclubs. And after ten pages, I couldn’t stop telling people about it. Flags of Our Fathers was a book where I suddenly realized how MUCH I didn’t know about something famous. Before this book, I’m pretty certain I could have identified Iwo Jima as a WWII battle. And…
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Twelve Months
Little Girl, And here we are at a year. You don’t talk a lot yet (your only real words are “mama” and “quack” – your dad wonders how the rubber bath ducks rated ahead of him), but you make it pretty clear what you want through pointing, crazy arm-flapping to show excitement, and constant “eh-eh-eh”ing. You like seeing us react…
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Miscellaneous and Probably Boring Thoughts on Harry Potter
Bart and I went to see the final Harry Potter movie on Friday evening (thank you, 2-for-1 movie tickets on Fridays with a Visa signature card). In many ways, I thought it was the best of the movies so far (I feel like the movies have been somewhat uneven), and probably would have continued to feel so if they hadn’t…
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