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Christmas Books!
After making my list of books to read in the weeks leading up to Halloween, I decided to do the same thing for Christmas! Henry and I have been having a lot of fun reading our Halloween books together.- The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story
- Christmas Day in the Morning
- Christmas Farm
- Christmas Tapestry
- The Trees of the Dancing Goats
- An Orange for Frankie
- The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
- Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia!
- The Christmas Truck
- Christmas Around the World
- Christmas in Noisy Village
- The Nutcracker
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Halloween Books
Halloween is around the corner!
As my children get older, I think more and more about our seasonal traditions and rituals. Last year, we started a tradition of hosting a Halloween pizza party and then trick-or-treating with our neighbors. We definitely want to continue that tradition this year, but I also want to add in a new tradition: reading books about Halloween in the weeks leading up to the holiday!
I pulled together a list of books that look interesting to me. Since Henry is only three and is still very much a concrete thinker who is trying to wrap his brain around the world, I gravitate more toward … Read More
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New Hobbies!
Image courtesy The Purl BeeSo sorry I missed posting last week! It’s for a good reason: I have hobbies again!I took a class at a local yarn shop to learn how to make this cowl.And I’ve been reading.And Matt and I have been playing speed Scrabble. We give ourselves one minute per turn. It’s actually been a really fun way get in a quick game. It also makes the process feel more engaging because we aren’t looking at our phones or doing something else during the other person’s turn. The only way it doesn’t completely stress me out is if I spend the first couple… Read More