8 of 10: Ivy’s Ever After is a delightful fairy tale about a princess unwilling to wait around for the prince, who turns out to be a dud anyway, to rescue her from her tower and the dragon who guards her. Funny, clean, and a quick read, I’d be handing this off to the older girls at my elementary schools…
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Diaper Bags and Days Off
Good heavens, I love you people. I ask you about a diaper bag and over ninety of you offer an opinion. I counted up the votes a day or so ago but now with additional votes trickling in, my numbers are all off and I am not motivated enough to recount. The long and short of it is that the…
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37 Weeks: Baby #1
Full term, my friends. I’m still feeling good – I haven’t yet hit a point where I’m uncomfortable enough to be wishing this pregnancy over. For now, I’m enjoying these last few weeks of it just being Bart and me.
Attempt 2: Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
Last year, after all my big talk about reading the entire Massachusetts Children’s Book Award list, I only ended up reading 12 of the 25. But this year! I have big plans for myself. I am hoping to read them all. Yes! Every single last one! (Mainly by listening to them on CD when my baby won’t sleep in the…
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Cast Your Votes
Alrighty, people. I have tried not to bore you with the details of this pregnancy, but there is a now a vital decision to be made and so far, of the five people I’ve surveyed, I have gotten no consensus. Thus I need your help. Which diaper bag should I buy? (Yes, I save the really important questions for this…
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