Today's bit of random

Here are my scattered thoughts right now-

I am trying to listen to the Book of Mormon in Portuguese in hopes of hearing how they actually pronounce things.

I babysit a lot. Gotta admit I just don't get kid's sometimes. I am finding that with prayer, concerted effort, experimentation and a good book called "Child Behavior" I think I am making progress. Man have I learned a lot. Oh, and if you have a 7 year old cut them some slack. When you are 7 the entire world hates you. And don't bother asking your 18 month old child anything, if you haven't noticed the answer is "No". It also isn't your imagination your child suddenly needs to go to the bathroom when you ask them to do something. Really, especially around age 8 it is very standard.

I have done a lot of cooking things with other people lately. I really enjoy that. I enjoy cooking and I enjoy company. Thus together it is even more awesome. I am really grateful that I love cooking so much. Considering I feel like it is 60% of what I do around here I am glad that I enjoy it so much. Of course maybe if I didn't like it I would do less of it.

Ethan and I are taking an in depth east coast swing class. Talk about awesome. So incredibly fun.


Naomi has been quite entertaining as of late. She has cut out the letters C,T, R out of paper and hung them from the ceiling in the kitchen. (CTR at church stands for choose the right.)

She also woke every child in the house up two nights ago so they could go sit by the heater vents in the living room.

Naomi decided it would be better to pack peanut butter, jelly, bread and a knife in her lunch rather than just make the sandwich before school. How that was efficiently I have no idea.


I have been recently reminded of many children's books that I love. Is it crazy that I could easily spend hundreds of dollars on children's books if I had the money? Some of the latest treasures I have come across include-

It's a Tiger by David LaRochelle. Can easily be used to get children very involved. If you have ever sung about "going on a bear hunt" this is very much along those lines. Fun, creative, comepletely engaging. I was surprised by how much we enjoy this book.

                              

Next up- Art and Max by David Wiesner.

This man's imagination is phenominal. There was a part where I actually laughed out loud. Even my husband was amused by this book. He has also written a book called Three Little Pigs. He switches art styles several times through the book and it has quite a surprise ending. He is a recent addition to my favorite kids authors.

And to end on a different style we have Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds.

I was concerned that it would be a bit scarey for Naomi who tends to have nightmares easily. She greatly enjoyed this book. It made me smile and the art work is such an off beat style I love it.

So those are some of the things going through my head right now. Aren't you glad you stopped by to read them?

Do you have any favorite children's books (or adult if you want. I read those too.)