Yesterday was December first. Just twenty three shopping days left. And of course the first day the Book Elf should have come. I think this weird unknown wet stuff falling from the sky must have confused him and he couldn’t navigate the giant, treacherous mud pit that is our front…
Late last year, when Nonna learned of my book blogging project, she generously scoured her Christmas stash and gave me the annual editions of Kohl’s holiday reading. It was a significant philanthropic addition as I tried to rack-up 25 books worth reading. I’m familiar with this retail holiday tradition because…
Today on our drive home from school, Jake springs the following on me: “Mom, do you know what amazing super power pigeons have?” “You got me. What amazing super power do pigeons have?” “They can find their way home from anywhere!” “Oh yes, I think that’s your above average pigeon.”…
I know yesterday was a sad, sad day for the Bay Area. Fortunately or unfortunately, the existence of two preschoolers in your home means that you generally do not watch hours of televised sports… unless you want to incite additional leaping and tackling and new and exciting methods of head…
It seems there are three books in the Miss Nelson series by Harry Allard and James Marshall. I was going to share my thoughts on the sequel to Miss Nelson is Missing… however it appears Miss Nelson Has a Field Day is now Missing. So we’re going to skip forward…
Just before the holiday I was doing some last minute shopping at one of my favorite stores, Paper Source. Their motto is Do something creative every day. I wish that was my motto… but sometimes I just want to watch TV. During this shopping trip, I knew the book elf…
It seems the book elf made all of his promised stops… except he took off Christmas Eve. He had to work that night, understandably. There were toys to be wrapped, logistics to be prepped for Santa, cookies to be tested. Fortunately Jake was very understanding. And then after all the…
Lately I feel a bit overwhelmed by all of the life lessons we’re responsible for teaching these two little boys with invisible cotton in their ears. I’m tempted to make a checklist. It usually hits me when I’m blow drying my bangs. I find myself subconsciously re-reading the tag on…
For the record, we had a night where the book elf was called and we had to cancel his nightly drop-off due to naughty behavior, which explains one night when I got a reprieve from self-imposed book reports. The other nights probably have equally valid reasons that sound better in…
When I was a kid I remember LOoOoOving The Poky Little Puppy. I don’t know if it was the puppies or the rice pudding or the strawberry shortcake or what, but I thought it was nearly perfect. Then I grew up and re-read The Poky Little Puppy. Suffice it to…