This Week In Review

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I know ours was busy as we tried to get stuff done in between feeding babies. It seems like the days have gotten shorter since these boys came home! I have decided to try to do a weekly recap at some point each weekend so I can share what we have been up to. Let me just warn you, our life is not very exciting...

1. Take number one for instance: we bought a new toilet! Little man and I were being goofy in the store while we were shopping for one. It's quite the adventure bringing everyone into any store or public place. We get stopped at least two times and even if they don't say anything, everyone stares into our huge double stroller to see what's inside. I also found out it's not as hard as I expected it would be to push a double stroller and a shopping cart by myself.

2. The boys turned 6 weeks old this past week! They are finally the size that Jaden was when he was first born...about 8 and a half pounds. They are catching up to their age group nicely, going from the 10th percentile to the 25th so far. I'm not surprised at all seeing how much they eat every day! I expect they will end up like their older brother who is 13 months old and quite the solid little boy. He has been in the 90th percentiles for both height and weight since he was born.

3. We got a fire pit this week as a gift! My husband has been wanting one all summer, so he was very excited. We tried it out Saturday night, which was fun, but sadly the wood must have had too much moisture because we could not get it going no matter what we did. I took a picture after they put lighter fluid on it, that's why it looks like its burning so nicely!

4. We have been watching Under the Dome since it started up. If you haven't seen it you should, I love this show! Of course it made me want to read the book but I wasn't going to buy it yet. One day last week my husband suprised me with it when he came home from work! Of course, I've only had time to read the first chapter...but soon I will read it all...I swear! I miss the days when I could stay up half the night reading a good book.

Some of the great posts on the blog that you might have missed this past week:
7 Important Reasons to Drink Water
You Are Never Too Old!
Delicious Taco Pasta
Helpful Tips for Increasing Your Milk Supply
A Night With My Dear Baby Boys


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5 Favorite Children's Books

When I was younger I absolutely loved to read. My favorite place to go was to the public library. Good thing we lived only a couple of blocks away from it! Now I still love reading and sometimes can read an entire book in one day, but I don't have the time I had when I was little. I'm sure you all know how that goes!

Now that I have kids of my own, my mom gave us the children's books from long ago. They are all great books for kids to read, but here are five of my favorites that I loved when I was little.

1. The Sugar Mouse Cake

This is an awesome book! I loved the story and illustrations. It's about a cook's assistant who gets help from a little white mouse to bake the best cake in the kingdom so then he becomes the King's Chief Pastry Cook. Unfortunately this book is no longer available, so if you find a copy somewhere, make sure you pick it up! 

2. The Bashful Bear

We have a very old copy of this book it looks like. I also loved this story about a little bear who is embarrassed that he is so small. He is chased by a coyote and after that he feels big!

3. Harry the Dirty Dog

This is a classic, I'm sure almost everyone has read this one when they were younger. Harry doesn't like to take baths so he runs away and hides the scrub brush. When he returns home he is dirty and nobody recognizes him. He fixes this by bringing back the scrub brush so they can give him a bath.

4. Come and Have Fun

This is an easy reader for children just starting to read. It is a cute little story about a cat chasing a mouse and his little mouse house.

5. The Story of Ferdinand

Another classic children's story. I love the illustrations in this book! It is the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights.

Reading with your child is very important, even when they are brand new babies they can benefit from it! Some of my best memories from childhood are based on reading and being read to. I hope my children love to read as much as I do and hopefully reading to them every day from a young age will help them learn to love it. 

What are some of your favorite books from when you were young?

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