Book Review: Thank You God for Blessing Me by Max Lucado

Meet Little Hermie—the cutest baby caterpillar in the garden! Little Hermie’s thankful heart shows toddlers how to be thankful for God’s blessings.

This is a super sweet little book for the under 3 crowd... the pictures are colourful... the words are simple and Hermie is really very cute.

I found this book to be a very peaceful and soothing... which makes is a lovely bedtime story... especially with the repetitive language.

Easy enough for my 18 month old to follow... yet interesting enough for my 3 year old.
 

Rock Climbing

I watched my boy at rock climbing lessons on Wednesday.. . the kids had been split into two teams and his team was clearly the underdog... the race was on to see which team could climb the wall and make a chain of ropes and carabiner... the race again to disassemble the chain.

 There were two children left... Hudson was one of them... he was behind... the other kid reached her last section of the chain first but she struggled and couldn't get the carabiner loose...

 Hudson dismantled his carabiner like a pro... then called "TATE!" and fearlessly dropped from the wall... his team winning the race.

 There was no prize... not trophy to shine... only the heart swelling pride of the win.

 And the inner roar of this mama bear cheering on her cub.

 

Me Time Is NOT a Myth

It saddens me to see it preached to stay at home mothers that "me time" is selfish... that "me time" is a myth.
So sweet sister... don't let others tell you that taking time off will not make you a better mother... do not believe the lies that time away from your family is a pursuit of greed...

Read the rest on my other blog... Goats Milk Lattes

Treasure Mapping

My husband is the most creative and hands on dad I know... recently he created a treasure map for the kiddos... then he hid coins all over the yard and they found them by following the map...

They had a blast... and occasionally we find coins outside that were missed.

 

I Read Books To My Children That Make Them Cry...

 This year for Thanksgiving I decided to make it less about turkeys and pumpkins... And more about awareness of those less fortunate than us.
 A trip to the library proved very successful... I found the book The Teddy Bear by Davis McPhail.
 There are several underlying themes in this sweet and simple story... With tears brimming my eyes and tears falling down my six year old son's cheeks we talked about homelessness, loneliness, and hunger. We talked about how he felt sad for the boy in the story who would miss his bear... But that the man in the story would be sad without the bear also... And my heart swells to see the empathy and compassion blossoming in my own boy as I read him stories that make him cry.

 

I Read Books To My Children That Make Them Cry...

Which books are they and why would I do such a thing? Head on over to my other blog Goats Milk Lattes and find out...

 

Flat Stanley

Oh what fun we have had with our Flat Stanley unit study... We have finished reading the book and our lapbook is all put together.

We have tried our best to flatten marshmallows with house hold objects...

We have dissected a newspaper to figure out all of its parts...

and we excitedly wait for updates from Grandpa Tom who is hosting Flat Stanley as a visitor...

He has the very important job of keeping the robins from crashing into the windows...

He's eating healthy...

And generally getting the royal treatment...