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He’s Going to Disney World

Posted on February 24, 2011 9:25 am by TheAngelForever

Lately our family has sunny and warm Florida on our mind. More specifically, Orlando is the target location. Narrowing it down even further to Walt Disney World. Yesterday, while spending some time playing at Nana and Papa’s house, JSL asked to go on my old Tony Pony. He told me he had to go quickly because he needed to get to Disney World now.

Yes, my three year old planned on Riding Tony Pony to Disney World and kept yelling “Yee Haaa Boy!” The best part was JSL let me record some of his ride to Disney World. He’s a bit hard to hear thanks to Whiskers the cockatoo in the background and the noise from Tony Pony. Still, I think you will see that he has a plan all set for when he arrives at Disney World.

This reminds me, I do not think I ever had my kids counted on The Disney Driven Life. I think I need to take care of this ASAP since it is pretty clear they are hooked.

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Tuesday Tales – The Butt Book

Posted on February 8, 2011 10:29 am by TheAngelForever

Did you just do a double take at the title of the book this week? Yes, there is actually a book for children called The Butt Book. Not only is this a book, it is an experience. Reading this is a time where you and your entire family can laugh, learn, and enjoy a book about your rump. Or if you prefer, you may call it your backside, rump, tushie, keister, heinie, derriere, or any other name you please. The end product is a fun book.

I first read about The Butt Book via a Tweet and went to check out the review. After reading this, I knew it was a book that I had to get for my family. We have read the book numerous times. NHL has read it to JSL. I have read it to the entire family at dinner (don’t judge – I had a captive audience). Nana read it to JSL. I honestly think we will be buying this after I return it to the library.

More about The Butt Book:

Tall butts, short butts, round butts, flat butts.

Butts on mummies and butts on mommies.

Butts on giraffes and elephants and dogs and… FISH?

Yes, even fish butts are celebrated in this tribute to backsides, rumps, tushies, keisters, heinies, and derrieres. Dozens of funny rhymes and pages of laugh-out-loud pictures pay homage to a body part that keeps kids and grown-ups giggling with glee.

Bottoms up!

The Butt Book – Written by Artie Bennett – Illustrated by Mike Lester – Bloomsbury Children’s Books – January 2010 – ISBN 978-1-59990-311-8 – $16.99 – Ages 4-8

What We Thought:

I think it is safe to assume that our entire family loved the book. We have not laughed and enjoyed a book like this in quite a while. As a parent, it is nice to find a story that captures the attention of not only the adults, but my seven and three year old boys. Even the teacher in me thinks that this book could have some fun enrichment opportunities in the classroom. Sure, kids will have to get their giggles out from using the word butt, after this it has a lot of extensions.

The fun words by Artie Bennett are captured beautifully in the hilarious illustrations by Mike Lester. The two go together and really make this book even more special. Of course, now that we have read this book, I want to know more titles by the author. When I went to his website, there is also a section all about The Butt Book. In this section there is a backstory of the book (love the puns), outtakes, words for butt (he lists 54), butt trivia, and a classic butt joke. I know my seven year old will get a kick out of this extension of the story. We will also be looking for additional books by the author to check into.

So what have you read recently? Please be sure to link up to your Tuesday Tales, Book Posts, and/or leave a comment below. Include something you read on your own, with a child or someone else. Tuesday Tales are all about spreading the love for books.

Disclosure: I took this book out of our local library compliments of our tax money. The opinions expressed in the review are my own and were in no way influenced by anything. The widget within the review is an Amazon Affiliate where I will receive a percentage of money for the sale of the books should you opt to buy the book mentioned. As previously mentioned, I do plan on purchasing this book for my family since we enjoyed it so much.

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Christmas Day Fail Whale

Posted on December 25, 2010 3:20 pm by TheAngelForever

As I was sitting in bed trying to make the best of being sick, Twitter crashed. It went out of service for quite time time. Of course, most people immediately went to other Social Media areas. While in one of those locations Kelby, TypaAMom, mentioned that she wished the Fail Whale was a little more festive. I immediately went to Picnik and had some holiday fun. I wanted to at least make her smile.

This is the Festive Fail Whale that I made with Kelby’s inspiration:

Of course, TechyDad added that it would be fun to change some of the Twitter birds to dreidels, so here is what I came up with just for him.

Now we can just hope that the Fail Whale behaves as we head into the New Year. As fun as holiday inspired themes are, I would prefer not to make another.

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A Magnetic Discovery of the 3 year old kind

Posted on November 19, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Thursday afternoon, JSL and I had a date. We were going to The Children’s Museum at Saratoga to explore before I was set to finish an interview with their Education Director for KidsFunPlaza. We had been to the museum before, but it was when JSL was so little that he did not recall anything. The two of us had a fabulous time checking out all of the different displays and learning areas within the two floors of exhibits.

While in the school house room, the little guy was fascinated with a magnetic ball maze that was on the table. What I captured next was fascinating to watch. Here is my three year old making a magnetic discovery.

This truly is what The Children’s Museum at Saratoga and countless others around the world are about. They are there to allow children and adults to bond over learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate for the child.

So my question to you this week:

What is your favorite museum to go to (with your family or alone) and why?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.