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I love books and have since I was a little girl.  One of my favorite memories as a child was going to the library every Saturday with my mom.  While she went to browse for her own books, I was allowed to wander around the children’s section by myself picking out whatever I wanted to [...]

A recent thread on the boards inspired this post: community member MamaBehr asked for recommendations of books geared for boys. She mentioned that there seemed to be a ton of books geared specifically for girls (Fancy Nancy, Ladybug Girl, etc) but couldn’t find “boy-themed” books for her son. At first, I hesitated a little about writing [...]

I am an extremely organized person. I like making lists, cleaning out drawers, sorting items and finding a place for everything. I keep detailed calendars. Clutter stresses me out. But for the first four months of my pregnancy, I didn’t want to do anything to prepare for our baby except read. Books, blogs, research studies—I [...]

Ria is almost three and is amazing us daily with how articulate she’s becoming.  The toddler babble is well behind her and her vocabulary and grammar gets more complex every day.  This is kind of amazing because she’s hilarious now.  It’s also interesting because it seems that we need to teach her better manners.  Before [...]

We’ve been consistently reading to Cobi since he was about 4-5 months old. He started really getting into the books around 6 months and at 8 months now it is so exciting to spend time reading to him. If we put him on the floor in his room, the first thing he does is crawl [...]

Early on, we got into the habit of reading Charlie a few books every night.  He was happy to sit through the books, but I wasn’t sure if he was understanding the storylines (or even all that interested in them). So I started coming up with all sorts of tricks to test his understanding and keep [...]

Hi friends! Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Mothering. I capitalize it because it’s more than just an occupation or career. It’s a way of life and a sacred calling for serving God. I’ll be honest; it doesn’t always feel sacred or special. It’s muddy work. It’s sloppy work. Most of the [...]