I recently came across a great children's book series. The books are about a Dog Leader for the Blind, with the star of the book named Max. He is an English Lab (my fav!) who tells the story from his point of view of his adventures in dog leadership. He is encouraging kids to have good experiences helping out people in need and to encourage those kids who need the assistance of a work dog too.
Then I got to investigating further about the book and the author. It turns out, a portion of the proceeds from the book goes to The Leader Dogs for the Blind organization. Even better! A great book and a great cause! If you head to the website, Read With Max, you can check out all their great books and awards.
And the best part is, I'm giving away one of the books right here today! Just leave a comment telling your favorite breed of dog below by Friday at noon and I will announce the winners of a random selection after that. I hope you will all check out the great books by Anthony M.T. Majewski, I don't think you'll be disappointed!!!
Max is running through a few blogs on a book tour, check out the dates for the other blogs on the tour here. And since I am the first up on the tour, I have a key word for you! Connect all the key words on the blogs on the tour and be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift card! The word of the day is: MAX. Good luck!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
My Girl
Lately, my little girl has been more like my little demon. She is NOT interested in her mother. She glares when I get her from her crib, she reaches for Daddy when she is hurt. She just wants to soak up every minute she has with her dad and Mommy is nothing but a deterance.
But last night things were different. I picked her up from daycare and it was just the two of us. We had a salad and grilled cheese for dinner and we sat and talked. Okay, I talked she listened. She fed me bites of her food and smiled at me. She patted my on the back when I picked her up. It was lovely.
I took her outside even though it was cold and we played an exciting game of peekaboo around the bbq grill. She led me by the hand all through the yard showing me things that she liked. She even pointed at a Miller-sized land mine in the yard that she found interesting.
We went inside and she played with my hair and we played kitchen. She brought me the remote and we watched about 2 minutes of Dora while she sat in my lap. She smiled, she was happy and laughing. She was her Mama's girl again. I drank it up, enjoyed every minute and gave her lots of kisses.
She is growing and changing all the time these days. Each day she can say or do something new. Yesterday she said cookie. Saturday in Wal-Mart she pointed to something on the shelf and signed please so she could have it. She tickles us and imitates everything we do. It was nice to just sit on the couch and watch her so I won't forget how fun she is right now. How cute her little nose is, how tiny her feet still are. For those 3 hours I didn't mind that she hated me all weekend or that she slapped me the other day. I just enjoyed my baby girl and I hope she enjoyed me too.
But last night things were different. I picked her up from daycare and it was just the two of us. We had a salad and grilled cheese for dinner and we sat and talked. Okay, I talked she listened. She fed me bites of her food and smiled at me. She patted my on the back when I picked her up. It was lovely.
I took her outside even though it was cold and we played an exciting game of peekaboo around the bbq grill. She led me by the hand all through the yard showing me things that she liked. She even pointed at a Miller-sized land mine in the yard that she found interesting.
We went inside and she played with my hair and we played kitchen. She brought me the remote and we watched about 2 minutes of Dora while she sat in my lap. She smiled, she was happy and laughing. She was her Mama's girl again. I drank it up, enjoyed every minute and gave her lots of kisses.
She is growing and changing all the time these days. Each day she can say or do something new. Yesterday she said cookie. Saturday in Wal-Mart she pointed to something on the shelf and signed please so she could have it. She tickles us and imitates everything we do. It was nice to just sit on the couch and watch her so I won't forget how fun she is right now. How cute her little nose is, how tiny her feet still are. For those 3 hours I didn't mind that she hated me all weekend or that she slapped me the other day. I just enjoyed my baby girl and I hope she enjoyed me too.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Upcoming Events
I just wanted to let you know I was gearing up for my first ever blog giveaway! Tune in Wednesday to read all about a great book and to enter into a drawing for a free giveaway! Are you so excited? I am! See you Wednesday!!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Rice Party
During our break, we played outside a lot. One day we got the bright idea to let Reese have a little rice party on our patio. We gave her some scoops, cups, and spoons and let her have at it. And she loved it! She played for an hour. Which was very nice for Mommy and Daddy. I'm so glad I save containers like this pancake mix pourer and the puffs container. We even hid things in the rice, it was like surprise every time she found one!!
Monday, March 21, 2011
She's Cracking Me Up!
Our child, well, she is hilarious to say the least. Lately she has been cracking me up with her antics and funny ways about life. For one thing, she loves to give kisses. You know the open mouth kind. I love the kisses, but would prefer the closed mouth kind. She'll get it one of these days. But back to my point, the other day, she was passing out Daddy kisses left and right. I wanted in on the action so I asked her if I could have a kiss. She came over, kissed me, walked to her dad, kissed him, and back again several times. She just had lots of love to go around.
She has also become a big lover of filling, scooping and dumping. So we got out the spices and pots and pans and she filled the pans up with spices (in the containers) and stirred them around a little bit. She would pretend to pour spices in, stir it up and then lift the spoon to her mouth saying, "mmmm." Guess she watches me more than I think!
She has also become a big lover of filling, scooping and dumping. So we got out the spices and pots and pans and she filled the pans up with spices (in the containers) and stirred them around a little bit. She would pretend to pour spices in, stir it up and then lift the spoon to her mouth saying, "mmmm." Guess she watches me more than I think!
She's also become an avid outdoorswoman. Not just enjoying the weather, but dragging her father by his hair across the room and pounding at the door until we open it. Saturday's storm really put a hitch in her plans and she demanded to go out for hours. I finally opened the door, put her out there and brought her back in. She was done demanding after that. She does love it out there though. Especially when Daddy chips golf balls into the lot behind our house.
She was a Daddy's girl this weekend. Not that she hasn't always been a little but mostly if she wanted something, she came to me. This weekend it was all about Dad. She gave me the most withering glares if I came to get her from her nap. She refused to even look in my direction and she saved all her smiles just for him. I just hope she doesn't forget about me for good!
My little girl is getting so big. She is becoming Miss Independent, helping put her clothes on and throwing trash away. She still loves to read and lights up whenever we grab a book from her overflowing bookcase. She grabs our hand and leads us where she wants to go but still tilts her head back and puts her thumb in her mouth when we cuddle her close. We had a great spring break together, it just makes us count the days until Summer Vacation!
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