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Dear Pinch Pinch, Well, you’ve come a long way in just a month. Not only are you saying a few words (including mama, finally!) but seeing you get around is pretty impressive (and scary) too! I think you will be quite the little partner in crime for your brother, curious and daring as you are, […]
I’m a bookworm, and growing up, loved being transported to another world just by picking up a good book and getting lost in the pages. My love of reading is something I hope my sons will develop, and recently my older son made me proud by picking up a book, sitting me down, “Mama, sit!” […]
How sweet! I love books, too. I am trying to adapt to reading them electronically, but there is still just something about paper books.
As a book lover myself, I totally get your deep enjoyment from seeing your son getting hooked on books! My daughter was always a reluctant reader although she could read well above her grade level, she just never enjoyed it. Then she found some fantasy books she was interested in, and bam – she’d read and read and read.
I’ve always been an avid reader (I miss that I don’t have as much time to read lately), and read to my son since he was in the womb. 🙂 It pays off… my son read The Hobbit and took an AR (accelerated reading) test and got a 100 on it when he was in the 2nd grade. I didn’t read The Hobbit until I was a freshman in high school. The more kids are read to, and see you read the more they will be inclined to read and more importantly, love to read.
Oh my gosh, that is amazing! Your son is so smart!
Awww that is so sweet Penelope. I love reading books to my kiddo’s. My son Jeremy is almost 9 and reads on a 8th grade level and every now and then he will ask to snuggle up to me while I read him a book.
Readers are leaders!
That’s great! So happy to hear he is enjoying reading time.
how sweet. Both my girls LOVE books and me reading to them. I hope that never has to stop
I agree with you Penelope My boys really weren’t into reading or having me read to them. then one day I decided to try again and they loved it. My daughter from the day she was born, I read to her and she loved it. My boys were different. Less patience I think
That is awesome! My daughter LOVES books, my sons not as much though my oldest does have a series of books he likes. I too read a lot when I was young and still try too.
So sweet! I’m so happy that my son shares my love for reading, too, even though I barely have time to read something on my own (just his books, lol).
I have always loved listening to my children read. Now that it is a part of their nightly homework it gives us an extra excuse to escape into a good book with one another, plus, it is amazing to watch them become more fluent and use more emotions while they read!
Great that he is finding such pleasure in books 🙂
Cute! My kids love to read too.
I loved to read too and I love when my daughter asks me to read to her though it doesn’t happen very often.
Dr. Seuss and Eric Carle are some of our favorite authors! My oldest is a little bookworm too!
I have a huge love of books that I hope my children will adopt!
such a sweet post. I wish I had time to read more.
I so wish I had time to read more.
totally adorable
How cute! It is a great thing when they develop a love of books and learning.
I was a total bookworm when I was younger. I read all of those Babysitter’s Club books. I would try to read a book in a weekend or sometimes in a whole day.
How cute!
🙂
I’m also a book lover (hence the English Lit. degree); we have scores of books around here and read our favorites all the time. Even the baby has gotten into it and has to have a pile of books with him during nap-time. He reads each one and then falls asleep.
So sweet Penelope. Love that you are enjoying life with your wonderful kids!
It’s amazing watching their imaginations bloom!
This post totally made my heart swell! I’ve been reading my son books before bed since he was just a few months old {I have been lucky & he has not only let me, but encouraged me to} and it is one of my favorite parts of the day.
Love Dr Seuss! Oh the Places You’ll Go is the best!
Reading with the kids was absolute treasured time for me too. It makes me smile just recalling it all!
Right now I’m loving reading to M she loves to just look at the pictures and touch the pages.. can’t wait until she’s reading with me!
I was a HUGE bookworm as a child. My girls are always begging me to read to them and I LOVE it.
I love to read and am sadden that my son hates to read…
My little girls are like this also. They love when we read to them.
Its is great that you are install a lifelong love of reading.
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Thanks for the fun giveaway! I’d get the curvy skinny jeans in Laguna Blue. They’d look so great with a white button-up shirt and some sassy earrings!
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Home is where we come to relax, our place of security, peace, and family. We wanted out home to be serene and lovely, so when we chose colors to paint the rooms we’d be living in, we purposely chose colors that evoke a sense of calm and at the same time were fresh and pretty. […]
I love your color choices. My home has more bolder colors. I love color in a home!!
Very nice! I’m more of a warm tone person. Right now we have a shade called Mushroom Cap on our walls, it’s a brown tone that you’d see in desert camo colors.
I love all the colors you chose.
Came out great!
I am loving the colors you chose. Behr is always my first choice of paint because their quality just cannot be beat.
Love the colors! When we painted our apartment, I swore I wouldn’t choose white because my mom’s walls were always white. I love a hint of color!
Beautiful! I love how you chose just calming colors! We painted our last place some bold colors, a first for me, but after the move we didn’t paint. We weren’t sure how long we were staying and didn’t want to deal w/ the hassle of painting it back afterwards.
Pretty choices! Looks soft, warm, and inviting. I painted my entire home a couple of years ago, and chose a bit bolder, darker, richer colors for the first time ever, and I’m still liking it. I usually repaint my entire house every 3-4 years, so in a year or two, I’ll change it up. Not sure which way I’ll go then. Your home looks beautiful!
I love your choices! We’ll be moving and I’m dying to paint the rooms, but my husband is not on board. So I’m just going to have pops of color in our decor.
ALready a huge fan of Behr paint and after our #Paint fail with another brand we won’t be using anything else
I love your color choices. We love using Behr paint.
great color choices. Looks pretty!
I love all of the colors! They are so soft & comforting.
It’s funny, our tastes are very similar. I opt for a bit of a more vivid color because our house is pretty small, so the brighter colors reflect more light and make the rooms seem bigger! 🙂 I have a cornflower blue in our master bedroom, it’s pretty dark, but that with the oak floors and cherry finish bedroom furniture make the room sooo mellow and relaxing!
I love the colors you chose! They’re soft and subtle without being just plain white.
I nice soft palette. I always go more wild my bedroom and the staircase and landings are the only subtle colors in my house. You would run out of my daughter’s room screaming…lol. It’s watermelon pink 😀
Our living area is the deep burnt red that was popular for a while. I’d like to lighten it up though.
I’m like you in that I like it very, very bright, light and airy. You chose beautiful colors!
I love your color choices.
I love the colors, not over bearing but clean, light, and airy.
Pretty!
You did a great job. It all looks really nice.
Very pretty!
We just finished installing new wood laminate in both bedrooms and now I want to repaint them so badly! My daughter’s room is white and black and mine is blue…neither look “right” with the oak flooring.
Love the colors you chose, so calm and cozy.
I love the colors that you picked. They’re so soothing and light.
THOSE are fantastic colors! I’m going to start painting rooms in March — we moved here in August and just left everything “as is”. Fortunately, they weren’t horrible colors … I wanted to “live with the rooms”, see how the light moved through the day, etc., before painting. But …. now, I am ready, ready, ready. And, like you, I’m looking for light hues.
So pretty!
I love both colors. I would like to do my bathroom in the taupe.
I just love the bright colors!
Great choices, Penelope! Your house looks gorgeous too. Hope you’re loving it!
You have a beautiful home.
We’re going to be redoing our kitchen next month! Love the colors btw.
I love the pictures. I wish I could get a pretty clean look like that on my walls.
Love the colors! We have been in our home for 3 years and still have no color on the walls… 🙁
Love the color. It really gives the house something extra. 🙂
I love the colors you chose, they are timeless yet modern, crisp but not cold.
I cannot wait to see your entire home. The paint pictures look fabulous. Love all the soft colors!
I love all of these colors – you did a fabulous job picking these out! You definitely achieved the serene, elegant look you were aiming for!
I think your color choices are great.
these colors are similar to my neighbors home.
Great colors and choices. My hallways and passageways and smaller rooms are neutral tones as well. I’ve heard this lends the space continuity and makes it appear larger. I’ve also heard these are both good things for staging, in the event one wants to interest prospective buyers down the line. I read somewhere recently that gallery white and bride-white linen and bedding are making a comeback.
we have tons of color in our home.
I love these colors and how they are really complimented by the natural light!
So pretty! Love your choices!
What a sweet, little face!
So precious Penelope. So precious.
He’s so precious! He sounds like such a sweet boy.
What a great idea.
Aww he is adorable and growing so quickly!!
He is oh so handsome! And yay for starting to talk already. 🙂
Make sure you print this out and save it for him
He is cute, cute, cute!
Just two words but he’s been saying dada forever and I was sooo jealous! Grrr (and while he doesn’t say mama to me specifically, it’s the fact he finally says it that counts, lol…one day he’ll know that it’s me)
Oh my goodness, I can’t believe he’s already a year old. Wow! He’s adorable! I like the nickname Pinch Pinch. 🙂
Oh my gosh what a cutie!
Awww. He is getting so big. Glad he is finally saying mama though!
He is a doll!
He is so sweet and so is your letter to him. I hated when mine grew out of the baby stage.
He is so adorable – I just want to squeeze his cheeks! I can’t believe how fast they grow up!
Aww, what a cutie. I love his outfit.
He will always be your baby. Too cute!
He’ s getting so big! It’s hard to believe he’s 1 already! Your photo is beautiful! I agree I can’t wait for Spring!
He’s such a cutie!
Oh my gosh, he is so adorable!
He’s so cute!! They grow so fast!
Such an adorable pic and great post.
This just made my heart glad to read. 🙂
AW! He is so cute. I can’t believe he is 1 already, it seems like you just announced that you were pregnant last week!
It is so nice that you can capture these moments wonderfully in pictures 🙂
I love his little face. He looks like he’s getting into mischief
So sweet!
Love love love it! He’s so stinkin adorable and your letter to him sounded similar to what I would say about my little girl – the way she looks up to her sister, and that despite growing so quick, they will always be our babies! It’s scary to think how quick it all happens. Enjoy every minute of them!
simply sweetness. That picture is gorgeous too
I can’t believe he’s one! Such a beautiful letter.
a letter to cherish
Aww he is so cute. Very sweet letter.
One already!! Wow! He is such a cutie!
Awwww, what a handsome little guy!
Such a sweet letter. He is super adorable.
Beautiful photo! The light and colors are so clean. And the subject matter…well, that’s the best of all, right? 😉
I can not believe he is already an entire year old! He is just precious.
He is just so precious and I adore your little name for him. 🙂
He’s adorable!
Aww, I love reading posts like these. What a great meme.