Bike Riding
We went out riding our bike today with Momma and Meemee. “I’m a big, brave girl!” We then took a break near a bush that had attracted a beautiful orange butterfly. I pointed to it and said “Look! A butterfly!” “Ooh!” she said as it took off into the air. Butterfly by Hipstamatic – Lens is Buckhorst … Continue reading
Favorite Children’s Stories
[originally posted at drewdowns.wordpress.com] When Rose was pregnant with our daughter, we read to her. We picked out a bunch of children’s books and we read to her in utero. We felt pretty silly doing it, but we hoped that it would help her. She would get used to our voices, the sound of our … Continue reading
“Tuesday”
One aspect of children’s picture books is that they aren’t simply words, but picture books. An intrinsic part of the storytelling is done through pictures, images, paintings, or illustrations. More than one comment I’ve heard about children’s books is that the pictures are incredibly important. My own experience tells me that as I remember Frederick from my childhood, but … Continue reading
Children’s Stories: “Duck & Goose”
[This is part three in a series on our favorite children’s stories and was originally posted on my main blog. Please visit the first post for instructions!] Shortly after my daughter was born, her bilirubin level spiked and we had to take her into the hospital. Our brave girl was taken through the ER up to the neonatal … Continue reading
Children’s Stories 1 & 2
I’m currently in the midst of doing a series of posts on favorite children’s stories. You can find my first post here, and it’s original post here. The first selection was Goodnight Moon. The second was Itsy Mitsy Runs Away. Future installments will be cross-posted.
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