More Books

I received so many great comments on books for toddlers from my last post. Thank you to everyone that commented and emailed. Some have been purchased, loaned from the library or some we already had and didn't realize we had.

Muncha, Muncha, Muncha
Clifford books
Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom Submitted by Pure Mommy Extract (love her blog)

Goodnight Little Bear
Danny and the Dinosaur
Little Red Caboose
Owl at Home
The Color Kittens
The Seven Little Postmen Submitted by my dear friend Kirsten.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Book Finds

On Saturday I went to a semi-annual used book sale. Last Spring I found some great finds and was excited to go again this past Saturday. I was a bit disappointed by the selection of adult books but the coffee and donuts cheered me up and the thankfully the children's books were pretty good. This is what I found.


This book goes through each letter of the alphabet and every page is full of cars and trucks. Gg is for Garbage truck, Zz is for Zamboni! The pages are really bright and colorful.


I picked this one up for Taro to read to Reagan. A simple book but Reagan is really into tools and helping daddy in the garage with projects. His current favorite toy is a toy power drill.


This book is my absolute favorite, I have always loved Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals and My Favorite Things is a favorite song. The illustrations in this book are GORGEOUS! I can't believe someone would want to part with this book. Lucky me.

33 Things

My sister sent me this in an email. I really do like receiving these but just filled another one out last week so I am posting this here. Enjoy.

What is your occupation right now?
Activities coordinator

2.What color are your socks right now?
Red knee highs with multi-colored hearts (and i am wearing shorts)

3.What are you listening to right now?
leaf blower and my husband talking to the neighbor outside

4.What was the last thing that you ate?
honeycrisp apple. i love washington

5.Can you drive a stick shift?
Yes

6.Last person you spoke to on the phone?
i left a voicemail for my friend Dani

7.Do you like the person who sent this to you?
hells yeah, my sister rocks

8.How old are you today?
33

9.What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
i like to snuggle up to my husband while HE watches sports

10.What is your favorite drink?
duh, bourbon!


11.Have you ever dyed your hair?
No Way! but i do put gloss in it.


12.Favorite food?
whatever my mama or Taro prepares then Japanese or Mexican

13.What is the last movie you watched?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Bor-ring!

14.Favorite day of the year?
Thanksgiving or new Years eve

15.How do you vent anger?
i let it out as soon as i feel it

16.What was your favorite toy as a child?
etch-a-sketch

17.What is your favorite season?
Spring- skiing is awesome

18.Cherries or Blueberries?
Cherries! another reason why i love Washington

19.Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
yes

20.Who is the most likely to respond?
dunno, i am posting to my blog

21.Who is least likely to respond?
dunno

22.Living arrangements?
One level home (i love not having stairs) husband, son, dog and cat

23.When was the last time you cried?
I can't remember but i got pretty upset last tuesday

24.What is on the floor of your closet?
all my boots that don't fit where the rest of my shoes go

25.Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?
dunno, i am posting this to my blog

26.What did you do last night
assembled a K*NEX with my husband and had some Bourbon

27.What are you most afraid of
Snakes

28.Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Spicy cheeseburgers

29.Favorite dog breed?
Bernese Mountain Dog

30.Favorite day of the week?
Thursday

31.How many states have you lived in?
7

32.Diamonds or pearls?
diamonds

33.What is your favorite flower?

cala lilly

Bedtime Story

Has anyone read this book? Reagan and I checkout our first books from the library the other day and this was one of our choices. That night Taro read him the book. Afterwards he gave me some details about the book and told me he didn't like reading it to Reagan. At the time I didn't think anything of it. The next night we settled in for a bedtime story and I decided to read him the same story. HOLY CRAP! The man in the yellow hat is a bad, bad man. He kidnaps poor, innocent George from Africa. He lures George out of a tree then puts him in a bag and they get on a ship to the U.S where he plans to take George to a zoo. Once they get to the city, The Man in the Yellow Hat gives George a pipe to smoke after dinner. WTF? George accidentally calls the fire department and then gets taken to jail. Terrible! I need to do a better job of choosing books. Any recommendations?

Halloween Fun

Halloween is beginning to be a favorite holiday (is it called a holiday?). It is like a kick-off to winter like Valentine's is a kick-off to spring. I love both days and we had a fun time celebrating Halloween this year.
The week before we went to a children's halloween party. The hosts did a fantastic job keeping the kids entertained and the setting could not have been more perfect.
Reagan's buddy is born on the 30th and we all went to his costume party. Toddlers in costumes. It does not get any cuter. Halloween was spent trick-or-treating downtown and riding the riverfront miniature train. We then put a very tired babe to bed and Taro and I headed to a halloween party. We left at 1:30am! It wasn't over! Taro and I partied again Saturday night too. I love Halloween but am happy it is over. I am still detoxing.