I Couldn't Love You More

Author Jason Ingram
Author Matt Hammitt
Illustrator Polona Lovsin

I Couldn't Love You More... 

I couldn't love this book more. A wonderful book for mom and child!

about the book:

In the same manner as touching picture books like bestsellers Let Me Hold You Longer and Love You Forever, I Couldn't Love You More tells a sweet, loving, yet powerful message: I couldn’t love you more, but there is someone who does. Through the unique relationship of adorable animals, the book shares that Christ is always with you and he loves you more than you can imagine. This engaging picture book combines lovable and irresistible images with the lyrics from the song (co-written by Jason Ingram and Matt Hammitt). Matt is lead vocalist for Sanctus Real, a Grammy-nominated Christian rock band. The song is on Hammitt’s latest album, Every Fallen Tear. When Matt and his wife, Sarah, were halfway through her pregnancy, they discovered their son would be born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a rare congenital defect. Matt and Sarah’s son, Bowen, was born on 9/9/10 and received a huge following through the Hammitt’s blog (bowensheart.com), K-LOVE, and ABC News. A portion of the proceeds from the book goes to the foundation the Hammitts’ have started to help parents with children who have this heart condition.

 my thoughts

LOVE this sweet book! the illustrations are so adorable I mean you can't help but fall in love  with this book. Then you start reading the story and it is such a sweet, heartwarming touching story that you fall in love even more! this book is a win win (the story and the illustrations) and perfect for mother's day, New and Old moms will love it!


thank you tyndale for allowing me to review this book! 

(moved post over from my other blog I'm closing down)

Padded Board Book Beach Reads: Tiger Tales edition

Going to the beach (or pool) this summer and want to take some fun entertaining books for your baby or toddler?  Tiger Tales has wonderful padded board books that are perfect for some light beach reading!

3 reason I love giving Tiger Tales Padded Board Books as gifts:

• Perfect to read anytime and anywhere! 
• Padded so it is durable for babies and toddlers to explore. 
• Great gift idea for baby showers, new baby hospital gifts, holidays, birthdays or any time

Plus don't forget Board Books make wonderful books for building confidence in your beginning reader

Why Board Books are great for first time/beginning readers:

• Board books use simple words that your beginning reader will know or be able to sound out easily
• By using their board books you are using stories they are familiar with already
• Short stories making them great for beginning readers, and perfect for the older sibling to read to their little sister or brother! Making them feel very important and special.

Hey, Diddle, Diddle 

Illustrator: Hannah Wood

about the book:

 Introduce children to the three little kittens, Old Mother Hubbard, the Muffin Man, and other beloved characters with this lively collection of nursery rhymes. Published in our bestselling format, Hey, Diddle, Diddle features thick board pages with rounded corners, and a cushy padded cover. The perfect first book for baby!

my thoughts:

A great little introduction to nursery rhymes that all little babies, toddlers and even preschoolers will enjoy! The pictures are bright and engaging for even the youngest listener. A great selection of nursery rhymes for reading to your youngest little ones. 

One Sunny Day  

Author Tammi Salzano 

Illustrator: Hannah Wood

about the book:

 Discover shapes with Bear! Bear loves the sunshine. One sunny day means...a square sandbox, diamond kite, circle bubbles-and a special surprise from Mommy and Daddy! The cheery illustrations include easily identified shapes and a shiny foiled sun!

 my thoughts:

Adorable Shape book for baby, toddler and preschooler! The sentences are very short and sweet mostly 3 words (see perfect for kindergarteners also for a beginning reader book!) and the illustrations wonderful, bright and cheery!!!! One of the cutest shape books on the market!

thank you Tiger Tales for sending us these great books for review! We always love getting our Tiger Tales review box!

The House of Dirty Third Street

by Jo Kittinger
illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez

wonderful book about love, community help and how sometimes during the leanest times we learn so much about ourselves and others!

about the book

A mother and daughter turn a hopeless old house into a loving family home with faith, hard work, and the support of their community.

When a girl and her mother are forced to start over, they find themselves feeling isolated and defeated. Longing for their former neighborhood and friends, and overwhelmed by the repairs their new house needs, they finally realize they can't do everything alone - the only way to make things better is to ask for help. They both learn that when you reach out to the community, people answer with kindness. As the house gets rebuilt, so does their sense of belonging.

The House On Dirty-Third Street will touch the heart of anyone who has faced starting over in difficult circumstances.

our thoughts

What a heart warming and heart tugging book for everyone! This is a book that everyone should listen to or read. This book explores hardship, community help and the love and strength of family. 

The illustrations are amazing very realistic! I love the softness of the illustrations and they make the story even more special. 

Everyone (well maybe not everyone but most) have experienced hardship at some point and to some degree in their life. It is those times when we learn all about not only who are friends are but that people are willing to help and through that community outreach we learn that we are not going through it alone. 

This book is not only about the love and strength between a mother and daughter, but the way the neighborhood is willing to drop everything.they make the house house on dirty third one of the prettiest houses on the block! 

thank you so much peachtree for allowing us to read and review this very special book!

Kids Cook Monday: Super Greens Salad

Kids Cook Monday: Salad!

We went  to the store and I picked up my favorite salad mix: Organic Girl Super Greens. This salad mix is tangy and has some zip! goodness for you!

My oldest LOVES salad and eats salad at school (and home) all the time!

Kids can totally help with salad making:

• they can help rinse and clean the greens
• they love to spin the greens in the salad spinner
• they can chop some of the softer veggies with a regular (non sharp knife) with your help of course
• they can place all the pre chopped (if you don't feel comfy with them cutting) veggies into the salad bowl

Kids not really into eating salads:

• take them to farmers markets to pick out the veggies to add to the Super Greens
• plant a "Salad Bar" garden and watch your veggies grow
• Set up a at home "Salad Bar" with pre chopped veggies and salad mix and let your kids make up their own salad. Or take them to a salad bar at the grocery store.

We add Protein to the salad: Seven Grain Gardein Chicken Tenders
Gardein is super yummy and the girls can't tell the difference (and yes they know it's not real chicken I'm not being sneaky they just can't tell the difference so they will eat this Vegan "meat")

this is a picture of my yummy salad, the girls ate theirs too fast to take a picture

I'm going to be featuring many salads through out summer for Kids Cook Monday! They are yummy and a great way to get kids to eat Veggies and Fruit!!!