Quick Blogging Matters

I’m struggling with being behind in so many things, not having any “me” time this week, and feeling a little burned out.  Sigh.  I haven’t been commenting on posts because I haven’t had time or the energy, but I hope to get to them soon!  And, I received a really awful (obscene) comment on one post that was obviously spam… so just to let you all know, comments will be moderated from now on.  AND, note to self: if you wonder why no one is commenting you should check and see if there are any comments to moderate and publish because you might have 17 waiting for you!  I just realized this morning that this was the case, so sorry if you left a comment and it just wasn’t showing up!!  My mommy-brain needs a jump-start some days!

I hope you all have a  beautiful weekend! :)

Books of the Week – November 7, 2009

We read The Poky Little Puppy, by Janette Sebring Lowrey during our “P” week, and I completely forgot to mention it in any of my posts that week. This is a wonderful book, and I just have to share it with all of you! 5 little puppies go out to explore the “wide, wide world”, full of curiosity and a little bit of naughtiness. ;) This book is good on so many levels… it talks about senses – smelling, hearing, seeing; there is some counting and adding – 4 of the puppies race up a hillside and count themselves then realize one of them is not there (the poky one of course!); there is a lesson about obedience; there’s even talk about caterpillars and grasshoppers and snakes. There are so many great ideas packed into one little book, the wheels in my brain are really spinning thinking of all the great things we could do with this… a lapbook would be awesome!
We’ve also been reading some books about animals in autumn time. Three of our favorites are Owl Babies, by Martin Waddell
Beaver Pond / Moose Pond, by Jim Arnosky
and Raccoons and Ripe Corn, by Jim ArnoskyAll three of these are great, and do a fabulous job of giving a lot of good information about each animal in story-form.
Check out other book reviews here.
Have a beautiful day! :)