books

Pre-Advent Prep:  The Books

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(This post contains affiliate links.  If you use these links to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no cost to you.) One of my favorite Advent traditions involves our giant stack of Advent and Christmas books.  I individually wrap all our books for this season, putting a date on the outside to […]

Library Love {8}

  Although the goal is to suggest books for your family’s next library trip, if you happen to use these links and then place an order for anything at Amazon, we receive a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for blessing our family by shopping Amazon through these links!   Treasures from our […]

Saving $$$ at the Library

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We used to only belong to a little local library. While it is adorable the selection is small, and inter-library-loans are a paid service there.  So, we opted to get a library card in the bigger city library system a little ways away. I think it was $90 for a year?  I agonized over spending […]

Library Love {6}: Coping

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  Treasures From the Checkout Pile The word of the week is “coping.”  Cee continues to be in a lot of pain, so we pare down our life and focus on surviving.  Here are a few books I chose with the intent that they would facilitate talking about how we feel and being grateful even […]

Library Love {5}

  Treasures From Our Checkout Pile Cee’s pain has been all over the map this past week or so, and our library finds fill in the gaps to keep us entertained and still learning.     Have you seen these Scholastic DVDs?  Our library has many of them.  They take books, add in the slightest […]

Library Love {4}: Cooking Books

Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile…Plus! My kids love to help in the kitchen.  They like learning about ingredients, they like watching a dish develop, and they like tasting things.  Don’t get me started on how much they like to […]

Library Love {3}

Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile How’s a spork supposed to belong when he feels like he doesn’t fit in with either the spoons in his mum‘s family or the forks in his dad’s?  Maybe it’s a stretch to call this […]

JEI {6}: RespectLife Life

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Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI).  The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better!  Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. In honor of October being Respect Life month, that’s the theme for […]

Library Love {2}

Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile! Buffalo Storm has just the sort of strong female character that I want my girls to see.  Hallie’s relationship with her left-behind grandmother is sweet, and the words of the book are delicious. “like a […]

JEI {5}: Angels

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Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI).  The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better!  Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. Let’s talk angels. 1. Naming your Guardian Angel: yea or nay? Once […]

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