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1001 Healthy Baby Answers – Review and Giveaway!
******This giveaway is now closed****** The 1001 Healthy Baby Answers: Pediatricians’ Answers to All the Questions You Didn’t Know to Ask would be a helpful reference to own, especially for first time parents. The book contains essays by pediatric specialists on a wide array of childhood conditions, common and uncommon, including what the condition looks (Continue reading...)
New Sponsor: Adorable Blessings
You may have noticed a new button in the sponsors sidebar on A Spirited Mind lately for Adorable Blessings. Be sure to click through to visit Laurie’s sweet boutique for children. She designs and makes really cute clothing for girls and boys, as well as layette items like bibs and burp cloths. I love the (Continue reading...)
Discover your child’s heart: Review and Giveaway!
****This giveaway is now closed**** Family Matters gave me the opportunity to test out their new program for helping parents understand their kids’ unique strengths and building relationships between parents and kids, The Kids Flag Page. The kit is based on the ideas in Grace Based Parenting and is a fun way for parents to (Continue reading...)
Lost: Three Reasons the Series Went Wrong
Now that it’s been a week and the furor has died down somewhat, I thought I would weigh in on what went wrong with the Lost series finale. If you haven’t seen it yet, be warned there may be spoilers below. In my view, the writers took what could have been the best television series (Continue reading...)
Adie Camp “Just You & Me” CD Review
I won a copy of Adie Camp’s latest CD Just You & Me (I know, I know, I say I never win anything but apparently 2010 is my year) and I think it’s wonderful. I am impressed by Adie’s strong, clear vocals, the variety in the songs, and the well mixed instruments. My husband, who (Continue reading...)
Educational Toy Giveaway!
CSN Stores, which runs a series of websites selling everything from counter stools to kids bedding, has graciously offered to give away one Learning Resources Marvelous Mosaics Set to a lucky A Spirited Mind reader. If you’re not familiar with mosaic and shape tile toys, the basic idea is that the child learns spatial relationships, (Continue reading...)
Three Things I Like
Thing One: Crepe MyrtlesOne of the sad things about living on the prairie is that I’m pretty sure Crepe Myrtles won’t grow here, and more’s the pity because they are among my favorite plants. Except they are more like trees. In any case, they are truly lovely when they are in bloom, and come in (Continue reading...)
Review: John Adams HBO Series
While at the beach my parents and I watched the HBO series “John Adams.”John Adams. The series was based on David McCullough’s book of the same name, which was an excellent book if you haven’t read it. I thought the series was quite well done, and enjoyed the sets, costumes, and acting tremendously. Although historically (Continue reading...)
Great Summer Program
For the past two weeks both kids have been participating in the Half Price Books summer reading program. Each day, I note how long I read to the kids (minimum for the program is 15 minutes, 5 days per week, but we read a lot more than that so it’s no problem) on a simple (Continue reading...)
Well Now Isn’t That Gratifying?
Apparently the writers for The Office read my blog, took my criticism to heart, and un-jumped the shark with last night’s season finale. I am pleased and gratified.