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April 8, 2014
Yay for good weather! We finally have some sun and warm weather so we were able to get out and enjoy the nice weather! We set up the grill and the boys were able to pull out their favourite outside toys.
Celebrating the start of warm weather this week in our Wordless Wednesday post.
Make sure to link up your own Wordless Wednesday posts below so I can visit you too.
Have a wonderful day!
April 8, 2014
It should not come as much of a surprise that we love books in our home!
Books have a special way to take us on an adventure. They teach both adults and children a like important moral and life lessons. Reading together also helps to build bonds between parents and children as well as building language skills.
We received a Raincoast board book bundle that we fell in love with at first sight. In the bundle we found the You Are My Baby collection, A Tree for All Seasons, Daddy Wrong Legs and Peek a Zoo. Each board book is strong and durable with bright colours as well as an unique design. The board book bundle is suited for ages 1-4.
Our favourite out of this collection was the You Are My Baby series that included ocean, farm and garden animals. This series of books pairs a larger board book with a smaller inset book. The larger portion contains the images of the adult animal and the smaller portion has their baby.We were able to turn each page and our youngest was able to learn how to match up the animals based on the images and the sounds they make. We also had a great time making all the accompanying sounds!
A Tree For All Seasons shows the life of a tree in a year. The book is designed to look like a tree and the top part of the tree opens up with each turn of the page. It was a very unique design (my first time seeing a tree shaped book!) with easy words and pictures.
Daddy Wrong Legs will provide lots of comic relief! The book opens in two and allows readers to mix and match Daddy’s legs to the appropriate upper body. We also had fun making silly matches with the legs to the wrong upper body. Even our eldest son got in on this and had fun with the match ups!
In Peek-a-Zoo by Nina Laden readers are able to read the clue, guess the animal and then start all over ago. This book is colourful and full of rhymes. The little windows on each page allowed us to get an even better picture of which animal was waiting for us next.
You can purchase your own copies of these books at Amazon, Indigo and KidsBooks. You can also follow Raincoast books on Facebook and Twitter.
Raincoast Books is offering my Canadian readers the chance to win the book bundle featured in this post! You can enter via the Rafflecopter form below.
GOOD LUCK!
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned board books in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
April 7, 2014
No housework Day?! Yes please Pampers!
April 7, 2014
Murder, love, honour and secrecy. Tide and Tempest by Elizabeth Ludwig has it all!
Tillie McGrath and her fiance leave Ireland dreaming of a better life in America. During the trip over, her fiance falls ill with a severe illness that takes his life. She is left alone in a new world with only memories. Although difficult, Tillie finds new friends at her New York boardinghouse and begins to pursue her dream of opening a home for orphaned children.
In steps, Captain Keondric Morgan, that despite two years having passed that fateful trip still remembers the girl who left his ship heartbroken. When one of his crewmen reveals a secret on his death bed, Keondric learns that this young lady’s fiance was murdered. The captain now knows he must contact her and fill her in on what he knows. His attention to Tillie draws the notice of others as well, the same dangerous men that took her fiance’s life! They believe she has something in her possession that could potentially expose their crimes.
Tide and Tempest by Elizabeth Ludwig was full of adventure and suspense. I literally could not put it down! I had to know what happened next especially with all the great twists! Elizabeth writes so well and gives just enough at each stage of the book to have you craving more!
Tillie’s story was one of forgiveness, selflessness and self discovery. You could not help but love her! After all she suffered through, she still thought of others before herself. You just want to grab her and give her a giant hug and help her for a while. I wanted to see the romance blossom earlier between her and Keondric but the way it developed suited the story perfectly.
Rating: 5/5
Disclosure: I received a digital copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
April 7, 2014
This week I wanted to share with you this delicious recipe inspired by the novel I reviewed, A Beauty So Rare. Here is a delicious savory custard inspired by Eleanor Braddock.
