An extensive summer reading list for kids going into first grade—print out this list and be ready for your summer library trips! This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more!Summer reading is one of my very…
As the mother of three daughters, parenting girls is something I constantly worry about. When they were little, it was one thing, but now that my youngest is 12 and my eldest is already out of the house, I worry about it even more. The things that teenage girls face today are so different than…
We were out of town so much in August that I was never able to get the July book report up, so I am combining July and August. I didn’t have the chance to read as much as I would have liked this summer, anyway. I really enjoyed the books I did read, though, and…
I didn’t read as much in June as I had hoped I would. The kids got out of school on June 8 and that first week was crazy busy. I always hope that once summer begins I’ll have a ton of reading time, but this year has just been different since my kids are older…
This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! School has been out for two weeks now, and while my girls got their book bins on the first day of summer vacation, I have been super slow…
Welcome to my 2nd installment of “What I Read This Month.” I’ve decided to post it on the 13th of every month, so unless I don’t read any books, you can expect this feature each month. May got pretty busy at my house, so it’s amazing that I read 5 books last month. The end…
I am really excited to begin a new series! I love to read and I want to share the books I have read with you regularly, and I figure a “Books I Read” monthly series would be the best way to do that. Since we are almost to June, I am going to start out…
As an avid reader, I never really understood the allure of audiobooks until very recently. To me, reading out of a book was a sacred activity and somehow listening to it could never be a suitable replacement. But then I realized that the pile of books to read on my nightstand was getting taller and…
We just took the girls to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them last week and we all loved it. The girls loved it so much that they chose to see it again over another very popular movie during their Thanksgiving break (it didn’t hurt that they think Eddie Redmayne is adorable!). I personally…
One of the most beloved Christmas traditions we have in our home is reading a Christmas book together each night before bed. Even though the girls are getting older and busier during the Christmas season, it’s something we all look forward to. Some of the books we read are absolute favorites and they look forward…
I love to read so much, but as a busy mom I often can’t fit it in. I feel like my days are spent doing chores, running kids around town, helping them with homework, and taking care of church and civic responsibilities. Where am I supposed to find time to read? We are told that…
As a mother, bedtime is a difficult time of day for me. I’d even go so far as to say it’s the absolute worst time of day for me. Everybody is exhausted, and the last thing I want to do is sit in their room and read a book to my kids! I want them…