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Louise’s booklist–first six weeks term 2015

November 3, 2015 by Amy 4 Comments

I shared Lulu’s booklist a couple of weeks ago, so I wanted to be sure to share Louise’s, too.  Louise is in the fourth grade this year, and she will turn ten years old before the week is out.  Here are the books she read mostly for pleasure the first six weeks or so of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: fourth grade booklist, Louise

Read Aloud Thursday–July 2015

July 30, 2015 by Amy 3 Comments

Hello!  How are you all doing these days?  I feel like I’ve been away for most of the summer and only slowly began making my return this month.  We have been in a fairly consistent read-aloud routine, so that‘s something to smile about.  🙂 This has been the summer of Elizabeth Enright.  We have read … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Kid-Speak Tagged: Benny, board books, fiction picture books, Juvenile Fiction, Louise, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, The DLM

The right book at the right time

April 27, 2015 by Amy 6 Comments

A week ago today was a bookish watershed in our home.  I gave Lulu my much-loved and much-read copy of Anne of Green Gables.  I did not do this lightly.  In fact, it followed a heavy and tearful conversation between the two of us over “cool kids” and cell phones, the way our family does … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Bookish Thoughts, L.M. Montgomery Challenge, Louise, Lulu

Odds & Ends

February 13, 2015 by Amy 6 Comments

We had one day of relative warmth this week, and we headed for the park with our Chick Fil A lunch in hand to soak up the rays.  This was on Wednesday after CBS.  We met dear friends there, and the kids had a great time running and sliding and swinging.  Benny slid down the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Kid-Speak Tagged: Benny, Louise, Lulu, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up

Odds & Ends

November 14, 2014 by Amy 1 Comment

Long time, no blog, eh?  🙂  I think this almost two-week break is unprecedented in my seven-ish years of blogging.  Here’s what I’ve been up to: Celebrating–we celebrated Louise’s 9th birthday both with an at-home family party and a trip to the Huntsville Botanical Garden (after lunch at our favorite Mexican joint). Yes, we did … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Kid-Speak, Nature Tagged: Gratitude, In the kitchen, Louise, Nature, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up
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Amy has read 24 books toward her goal of 60 books.
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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