So on the same road as Saturday’s post that I just have not felt like cooking, Sunday morning was the same. So we went to Fashion Island, enjoyed a little Pain du Monde yumminess and then let Addie run around since all the stores were closed. As you can see, she REALLY dressed up for the occasion!! (We had to wear rain boots and we had to bring our pet balloon, AND that is her bed head….)
We ended the morning at Barnes and Noble.
I thought we should get some cute little Valentine books
to start introducing Addie to the holiday.
I found 3 that I really liked!
How Do I Love You?
By P.K. Hallinan
Super Sweet little poem listing all the ways the little boy is loved.
“How do I love you?
Let me count the ways.
I love you on your very best…
and very worst days”
Sweet illustrations, catchy poem and lots of great way to love!
The second is darling and quickly becoming a Favorite!
I Love You, Good Night
By Jon Buller and Susan Schade
Illustrated by Bernadette Pon
“I love you like I love blueberry pancakes”
“I love you like I love strawberry milkshakes”
I mean honestly, who can’t relate to love like that?!
Again, love the illustrations, and great examples of love!
The third one they were sold out of, but I ordered on Amazon when I got home
as I just love the “If You Gave a Mouse a Cookie…” books!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse!
By Laura Nemeroff
Illustrated by Felicia Bond
I have not read the book yet, but I LOVE all the “mouse” books
so I can’t help but think this will be a perfect Valentine addition!
I think these will surely become new favorites for your family! They are quickly starting to in ours!
Have a great week and if you still need a good meal plan, check out my boycott…
Can’t wait for Flame Broiler tonight!!
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Always love bringing the kids to B&N and those books look adorable!
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Thanks for the tip! Logging onto Amazon.com to fill my cart with this sweetness.
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I love the “Mouse” books. They’ve got really cute stories.
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Ordered the Kid Earmuffs…been meaning to do that for awhile now. Thanks for the web info (and reminder to self)! I also love the “mouse” books too. All of the stories are fun!
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We are very in to Laura Numeroff’s books. They are always so cute. We really love the “Pig” books, but we also have the “Mouse” books.
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Um, I am on a CONSTANT cooking boycott! Welcome to the club!
I could live in B&N– along with Ikea and Target, it’s one of my favorite stores. We have two of the three books on your list, and I’d like to “nominate” another– it’s “You Are My I Love You”. Oh, it makes me cry and cry and cry whenever I read it to my daughter!
~Elizabeth
Confessions From A Working Mom
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Shanna Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Elizabeth, Will definitely check it out! Tear jerkers are always good ones! Just wondering if its safe to read with pregnancy hormones…..hmmm
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If you like By P.K. Hallinan’s above book, check out My Daddy and I. It was one of my older daughter’s favorites. I bought it because one of the characters in it has red hair. (My big girl is a redhead.) But she loved it because it was so sweet. I can probably recite it from memory even today.
We haven’t started reading it to my 19-month-old yet. (She’s in a lift-the-flap obsession right now.) But I am looking forward to it!
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Shanna Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Love the suggestion Karen! I noticed on online today called My Mommy and I, that looked cute as well….but since our daughters have red hair, I definitely need to check your suggestion out!
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oh the ‘if you give a’ book series is wonderful. my sister bought my daughter a stack of them for christmas and she loves each and every one – will have to keep an eye out for the valentine one!
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