a super sweet classic

hadley and i have a new favorite book to read at bedtime.

cinderella.

it isn't your average cinderalla book though. it is a sweet, simple toddler version (i'm talking one word per page kind of simple) with the absolute cutest illustrations. its from les petits fairytales. i'm new to this series but already so in love with it.
you can find it here on amazon.

 now i want to get hadley the other princess books in the series. there are quite a few but i think we'll start here...

super cute, right?

favorite reads of the moment

i am so happy that i am raising two girls who love books. 

caroline has been pretty impressive w. her reading. it was a bit slow at first for her from kindergarten to about midway 1st grade. then it was like something clicked in her and she took off. she is now a pretty speedy reader, always meets her ar goals, and reads on a 4th grade level. pretty proud of her for working so hard to improve.

so here are the girls current favorite books-

hadley loves loves loves the two 'duck & goose' books she has.

never mind that one of them is a christmas book!

the words are simple and the graphics adorable. a must read!

caroline is sweeping through this series.

and how lame of me that i just caught on to there

being 26 books in the series, one for each letter! 

yup, i'm a quick one!

a little for them, a little for me

i did a little online browsing over at kitson today.

here are some sweet finds for the girls (and for myself)

cute, colorful animal crayons for hadley in a few months
though caroline hasn't been to paris yet, i know she will one day. she's classy like that. 'not-for-parents: paris- everything you wanted to know' could teach her a thing or two about it before she becomes the world traveler


and look at this cute pocket doodle book for girls. the travel size makes it easy to take anywhere. caroline, the creative artist she is, bores quickly. this book just might occupy her a bit in the car or at restaurants
and not to forget me...

how awesome are these marc jacob shoes! they call them rubber shoes. you know they are so a jelly shoe. love them! the orange is my favorite, though green is cute too

the cutest book

sweet cheeks got this book from a friend of mine for christmas. it is freckleface strawberry by julianne moore, and is the cutest little book.

i enjoyed reading it to my freckleface girl!




can you see them here? i absolutely adore all of sweet cheeks tiny freckles. they are so cute on her. so cute.