Writer's Block

I don't consider myself a "writer" while I do enjoy the past time. I think one of the things I look for in a "good" writer, is for him to say something that I have wanted to say but haven't found the words for. Sometimes it's simple phrases like describing the snow as if "the inner dome of heaven had fallen" or love "I shall do one thing in this life, one thing certain. And that is love you and long for you and keep wanting you until I die." But let's leap into this century...

Reading is of course my all time favourite hobby and it allows me a short escape into my very own private time every night before bed. Recently I started reading a book called "Waiting" which was supposed to be the inside scoop on the restaurant business. I found most of the book a letdown as it wasn't the gossip and scandal about waiter's spitting in food and the like that I was hoping for. However, the writer talks about the point she realized that she wanted to quite waitressing and devote all of time to writing. But this was at the exact same time as the birth of her first son and she found herself struggling at her 2 loves pulling her apart. She says,

"From the first moments of his existence, I knew that my son was not a project to be worked on sporadically or when I felt inspired. He could not be gone back to later, and I couldn't edit my mistakes. I could never rewrite my part in his life. He was, therefore, my work. Everything else would have to wait."

My little bookworm

I'd like to share some of the books that Madeline can't get enough of right now. Pat the Bunny is a book I think meant for younger children, but she asks for it by name and follows the directions on every page. I love watching her smell the flowers, especially since the book was mine as a child and I'm pretty sure they don't smell anymore.

Madeline calls this one "Elmo book" even though I tell her every time it's Grover. This is also a book from my childhood and she loves turning the pages in this one to get to the "monster" at the end. She loves exclaiming "ME!" on the last page.

Yet....another book from my childhood. I LOVED this book. It was at my dentist's office and so I only got to read it a few times a year. A little bear is left at home by his parents on Halloween and so he has some of his bear friends over and they all bring popcorn! They decide to pop it and they make so much it fills up the entire house! There is one page that is filled with popcorn and little captions that say "What happened?" "HELP!" "Who turned off the lights?" Which she yells every time we get to that page. The next page is a picture of the kids eating all the popcorn and it says "crunch munch crunch" and then GULP! She loves the GULP!

We read a host of other books, but we read these at least 10 times a day. What books are your kids into right now??

Big Girl Room!

I know that eventually - probably sooner rather than later, Madeline will be moving out of her nursery into a big girl room. Her nursery is an Alice in Wonderland Theme which I have loved. I wanted to find something equally unique and wonderful that she would like and could use for a while.

I stumbled upon this design by accident and I love it!! What do you think??