April Showers

“April showers bring forth May flowers” — Traditional

 

What’s coming up this month?

April 1st is All Fool’s Day 

April 2nd is International Children’s Book Day

The theme for this year is “I am the World”

April 7th is No Housework Day (Sign me up!) 

April 8^th at Sunset — Passover begins

April 12^th is Easter Sunday

 April 22^nd is Earth Day 

April is also Keep America Beautiful Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and National Garden Month.

 

Books to share with your child this month:

April Fool’s Day by Melissa Schiller

Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales by Malachy Doyle

I Don’t Want to Clean My Room by Hope Vestergaard

Miriam’s Cup: A Passover Story by Fran Minushkin

Family Easter Treasury by Michael Hague

The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey

Check back soon for activity suggestions for your family.

Valentine’s Day for Mommy

Today is Valentines Day and here is what this ordinary devoted mother is wishing for…

…time to plant bulbs in my yard without having to worry about my four-year old “weeding” the perennials by accident or my one-year old eating worms.

…time to read a novel, cover to cover, curled up in my own bed.

…a professional massage.

…a good long soak in a hot bath…with bath salts…and candles.

…a pretty, new outfit…one that doesn’t come from the local thrift shop and actually looks decent on my postpartum body.

…time to take a leisurely stroll to the local coffee shop, have a leisurely latte, and leisurely read the newspaper (did I say leisurely?).

…a date with my hubby (I promise not to talk about the kids).

…time to watch Jane Austen’s “Sense & Sensibility,” which I’ve checked out from the library several weeks in a row but still have not managed to watch before it is due.

…a hair cut and eyebrow wax.

…a cup of tea with a friend.

But… I will happily settle for a few sloppy kisses from my baby and a few sweet cuddles from my pre-schooler.

The rest can wait for another time…

Be Well,

Michelle