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Brilliant review by brilliant book mama...sniff!
(from GREAT MEMORIES: Book MAMA's April Pick For Moms)on 04/02/12Share your opinion
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I’m calling this our Kids’ Book for the month, but really it is for everybody. And honestly, it’s just too cute for words. I was drawn to it because my kids are BIG animal lovers and the black and white baby animal photography is adorable. Each page features a different animal and words written in the voice of a child (or adult) thanking mom for all the various and sundry things we do as we raise our kids and try our best to make them into good little people. Get this book and a picture of yourself with your mom or yourself with your child, frame it, and you’ve got the perfect Mothers’ Day Gift.
This is how this little gift book begins: “Mom, the other day I was rubbing my belly button and it really made me stop and think; what a funny little reminder of such an important connection.” I think about that sometimes, when my girls...
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I feel like I’m always trying to get my kids to calm down. I speed past my desired freeway exits because they are thumb wrestling—which means screaming-- in the back seat. We rarely get through a meal without milk or juice spillage because of some flailing arm accompanying a too loud story. Just this morning, after insisting that they could apply the cinnamon/sugar to the toast themselves, we literally had a snowstorm of sugar all over the counter and floor. It looked like Studio 54 in the 70’s. They thought it was hilarious, especially when I had to strong arm the dog from licking it all up.
And lately, and I don’t know why this is --but bath time is totally out of control. What is it about being naked together that makes kids go totally outer limits? They make up these wacky songs that are sorta PG-13 and just crack each...
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In my former life as a Kindergarten teacher, I remember thinking—every year—that if I were ever going to write a children’s book it would be a Valentine’s Day themed story because for some reason, there just aren’t that many. And that is still true! I just checked. So I’m recommending an old favorite, and most likely one you’ve heard of already and may even own, but it’s worth digging it out of the book box or wherever. And if you don’t have it, you and your kids are in for a treat.
Valentine’s Day is not my favorite holiday. Is it anyone’s favorite holiday? My mom always bought us kids some chocolates—even through high school—so that was nice, but sadly, the only time of your life that you might actually care about something as stupid as Valentine’s Day is also the time in your life when the likelihood of disappointment is...
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