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Children’s Books Weekly Round-Up: Vol. 1

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The Little Bear started reading on her own at around age 4. People have asked me what method we used on what school of thought we used to get her to read and I can honestly say that the only thing we did was read TO her.

We are a family of readers… to me there is not much better than snuggling under a blanket with my e-reader (yup, I’m an e-reader fan… love having a whole library at my fingertips!) Our local bookstore (Vroman’s Books for anyone reading locally) has a weekly story hour twice a week. We’ve been attending storyhour for well over a year and I usually end of leaving the bookstore with a book or two. (Now, my more frugal readers are thinking: You can get the same thing at the library… for FREE! But I love to support our local bookstore and my thought is that a kids’ personal library can never be TOO big.)

This week I got the idea that it might be fun to post some of my favorite books here on the blog. We, as parents, are usually looking for some fun books for our kids and Mr. Steve (the reader at Vroman’s) never lets us down.

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons- Eric Litman

 

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The first time I heard this book, I couldn’t help but laugh. Pete the Cat starts out with 4 buttons and loses this one-by-one. But does he cry? “Goodness, No. Buttons come and buttons go.” Pete is so chill about his button-loss that you can’t help but want to be a bit like him. Catchy story with a bit of math mixed in? Fun-Fun.

A House In The Woods- Inga Moore

 

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The illustrations in this book are absolutely gorgeous and it’s one of the sweetest stories. Two Pigs, A Bear and A Moose all decide that they’d like to be roommates and ask a group of beavers to build them a house. The beavers agree as long as they get paid… in peanut butter sandwiches! This story of friendship and overcoming obstacles is a great addition to any library!

Animal Spots and Stripes- Britta Teckentrup

 

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One thing that you should know about kids is that they love “Lift-The-Flap” books. This simple book compares and contrasts the having of spots and stripes (and sometimes both!) The illustrations are easy on the eyes and introduces your little one to some uncommon animals (like lemurs and chameleons!)

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So, have you read any good children’s books lately?

 

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Have you missed me? I’ve missed you!

I last wrote (and published) a blog post 1 month ago.

At that time, I was really contemplating if I was even going to go on with this blog. I was really no longer having fun writing it and it was beginning to feel like a chore. Somehow, along the way, I forgot why I started blogging and got caught up in “ego-based” thinking. You know, the “I could be the next FAMOUS blogger and get a book deal!”

Fail.

I started this blog for a few reasons:

1. I wanted to share with readers about my life as an actual practicing Catholic Women. A wife and mother who practices the type of Catholicism that is found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and how it relates to us in the modern world- with the joys and sorrows that follow; not the Catholicism that you hear about in the media or via hearsay.

2. I needed the creative outlet. While I am primaritly analyical, I do have a creative side. I love to sew and knit and crochet and cook, but honestly… those take a good chunk of time to do. I actually started this blog when DD2 was 3 months old because it was so hard finding the time to knit. (I can knit while nursing, but it kills my wrists.) Blogging is different. I can come up with a blog post in my mind and take a quick 5-10 minutes and pound it out… in between being an awesome wife and mother.

3. I am not ashamed to admit that I am kind of a curmudgeon and I have an opinion on just about everything. Come to think of it… “Caffeinated Catholic Curmudgeon” has a nice ring to it! But since I have been trying to focus on being joyful, that might not be the best idea.

So…

2013 is going to be the year of the do-over. I may not post as frequently, but I hope that I will make up for that by posting QUALITY articles to read. I hope you’ll come along with me!

 

 

 

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Thrifting Treasure Hunters

I am late getting into the world of thrift shops. Part of it is that we spent a lot of time in thrift stores as a kid and I was having a hard time shaking the sigma of shopping at thrift stores. I’ve been donating to thrift stores for as long as I have been a responsible adult, but shopping? No, No, No.

Dude. I have been missing out.

Shopping at thrift stores is like treasure hunting and I have found a bit of treasure I’ve been looking for!

OK, most of you know that I’ve been hunting for vinyl doll arms for a Halloween costume. I’ve searched online, offline, craft stores, everywhere. The ones that I have found have been in the range of $24-40 for the arms. (Uh, no.) So, the decision was made to buy a doll and ampuatate the arms. Sounds easy enough, but the non-thrift store shopping frugalista in me had a hard time fathoming buying a doll to them turn around and hack the arms off.

Enter the thrift store where I found… her.
Chatty Cathy

 Hello, 2.5 feet of creepy, scary, naked dolly goodness… for $1.99

The best part is that her limbs are huge!! Which will make for the perfect halloween costume for this mama! Needless to say, I’ve caught the thrifting bug and came home with a few other items from my hunt… including a leather blazer for $10!

As far as the costume goes, do you want to see what it is?

Sorry! No peeksies before Halloween!

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