Tag Archives: Books

Front yard birding

This isn’t our first time birding in the front yard, nor will it be our last! We have an extensive bird feeding station that we keep full of tastey treats! And we are rewarded daily with a large variety of feathered friends! (But of course, none would pose for their pictures this morning!) Simone drew …

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Our great libraries and How Simone earned a new ChromebookΒ 

The Saint Louis County Public Library is amazing! Last year, I would NEVER had said that! I was carrying around an unbelievably large debt on my expired card from when the kids where babies- 10 years ago!!  I had been unable to handle returning books in a timely matter-  overdue fines added up quickly! I had …

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A happy Mother’s Day πŸ˜Š

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌺🌸🌿🌸🌺 I’ve had such a wonderful day today!  I love my four children to the moon πŸŒ™ and back again and my husband is absolutely amazing πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜!! I got to go to a books store for over an hour and I am so excited about this book (recommended by a friend- thanks …

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Bird watching… from the comforts of my home 🏑 

It all started with a book… This book is amazing! I’m reading a chapter aloud a day- and each chapter tells the story of a bird through the eyes of a bird watcher.  After we read the chapter, we also watch YouTube videos to actually see the bird 🐦! We are learning so much about …

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Homeschool Story-time

As I mentioned in my previous post Dangerous Boys, when there is a void in your life, sometimes you need to fill it yourself! Our void… there was no age appropriate story time for my children. We went to a wonderful, fabulous, magnificent story-time at our library for about 8 years and had the same …

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In which We Read Pooh Bear Around the Park

We completed another 30/30 hike today at McDonnell Park… All while reading chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh! We tried to find appropriate places to read each chapter… According to its title. In Which A House Is Built At Pooh Corner for Eeyore We thought the logs would make a good house for Eeyore. In Which Tigger Comes to …

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