Books
The Daring Book for Girls dared me
I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting into when I agreed to review The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan for The Parent Bloggers Network. I was intrigued by the title and what daring things awaiting inside. The look of the book itself did not immediately grab me. In fact I didn’t [...]
5Nov2007 | lipsticktocrayons | 4 comments | Continued
Deceptively Delicious
My kids are the pickiest eaters so I have been hiding veggies in their food whenever I can. They seem to have inherited a gene that causes them to have a severe aversion to any green colored foods. And that gene was handed down from me. I’m not the biggest fan of vegetables but I [...]
29Oct2007 | lipsticktocrayons | 2 comments | Continued
Fathering Your School Age Child
I signed up with the Parents Blogger Network to review Fathering Your School-Age Child: A Dad’s Guide to the Wonder Years because I thought it would be a good read for my husband. Three of our four children are between the ages of five and nine but we are far from experts on parenting.
I gave [...]
Blindsided By A Diaper
I am a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person. I’ve often complained about how some moms like to sugar coat motherhood. I wish I had been better prepared for pregnancy, breastfeeding, parenting, and how having children would change my marriage. I certainly would have felt less alone in my difficulties. I wish back then that I had [...]
30Jul2007 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Jane Green’s Second Chance
Second Chance by Jane Green is about four childhood friends reuniting after the loss of their good friend, Tom in a terrorist attack.
Holly is in a loveless marriage. Paul is happily married but unable to have children. Saffron is an actress hoping for one big break and having a secret love affair with a famous [...]
The Fairy Chronicles
The Fairy Chronicles are a new fantasy series of chapter books targeted for 7-11 year old girls. My oldest daughters who are seven and nine were thrilled to receive Marigold and the Feather of Hope and Dragonfly and the Web of Dreams for review since they are quite captivated by fairies and magical powers.
We read [...]
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