sno-cone! sno-cone!

don't forget to stop by and get your sno-cone today.
11:30-1:30.
sam & will are set up.
they've had 1 customer
and are hoping for many more.

friday book review: picture books everyone should know, part 2

for those of you trying to squeeze last minute summer reading,
i thought i would post the rest of the picture book list.
it will be long,
but it will be finished.

COME ALONG, DAISY,  Jane Simmons
CORDUROY, Don Freeman
CURIOUS GEORGE, H.A. Rey
DINOSAUR ROAR!, Paul & Henrietta Stickland
DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!, Mo Willems
DUCK ON A BIKE, David Shannon
FIRE TRUCK, Peter Sis
FREIGHT TRAIN, Donald Crews
FROGGY GETS DRESSED, Jonathan London
THE GARDENER, Sarah Stewart
GEORGE AND MARTHA, James Marshall
GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER!, Ed Emberley
GOIN' SOMEPLACE SPECIAL, Patricia McKissack
GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA, Peggy Rathmann
GOODNIGHT MOON, Margaret W. Brown
GOSSIE, Dunrea Olivier
GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, Allen Say
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, Crockett Johnson
HARRY THE DIRTY DOG, Gene Zion
HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG, D.B. Johnson
HORTON HATCHES THE EGG, Dr. Seuss
HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOODNIGHT?, Jane Yolen
I KISSED THE BABY!, Mary Murphy
IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE, Laura J. Numeroff
IT COULD ALWAYS  BE WORSE: A YIDDISH FOLKTALE, Margot Zemach
JOHN HENRY, Julius Lester
JULIUS, Angela Johnson
KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON, Kevin Henkes
LILY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE, Kevin Henkes
THE LINE-UP BOOK, Russo Marisabina
THE LITTLE RED HEN: AN OLD STORY, Margot Zemach
LON PO PO: A RED RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA, Ed Young
LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE, Bernard Wager
MABELA THE CLEVER, Margaret Read MacDonald
MACHINES AT WORK, Byron Barton
MADELINE, Ludwig Bemelmans
MAISY GOES SWIMMING, Lucy Cousins
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, Robert McCloskey
MAMA CAT HAS THREE KITTENS, Denise Fleming
THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS, Mordicai Gerstein
MARTHA SPEAKS, Susan Meddaugh
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL, Virginia L. Burton
MILLIONS OF CATS, Wanda Gag
MISS NELSON IS MISSING!, Harry Allard & James Marshall
MR. GUMPY'S OUTING, John Birminghan
MURARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS: AN AFRICAN TALE, John Steptoe
MUNCHA! MUNCHA! MUNCHA!, Candace Fleming
MY FRIEND RABBIT, Eric Rohmann
THE NAPPING HOUSE, Audrey Wood
NO DAVID!, David Shannon
OFF TO SCHOOL, BABY DUCK!, Amy Hest
OLD BLACK FLY, Jim Aylesworth
OLIVIA, Ian Falconer
OWEN, Kevin Henkes
PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME, Eric Carle
PIERRE: A CAUTIONARY TALE, Maurice Sendak
THE POLAR EXPRESS, Chris Van Allsburg
PUSS IN BOOTS, Charles Perrult
ROUND TRIP, Ann Jonas
RUMPELSTILTSKIN, Paul O. Zelinsky
THE SNOWY DAY, Ezra Jack Keats
SPOTS, FEATHERS AND CURLY TAILS, Nancy Tafuri
THE STORY OF FERDINAND, Munro Leaf
THE STRAY DOG, Marc Simont
STREGA NONA, Tomie De Paolo
SWIMMY, Leo Lionni
SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE, William Steig
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, Beatrix Potter
THE BEACH, Faith Ringgold
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, Molly Bang
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY, Simms
THE THREE BEARS, Paul Daldone
TRASHY TOWN, Andrea Griffing Zimmerman
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS BY A WOLF, John Scieszka
TUESDAY David Wiesner
UPTOWN, Bryan Collier
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, Eric Carle
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, Maurice Sendak
WHERE'S SPOT?, Eric Hill
WHISTLE FOR WILLIE, Ezra Jack Keats
THE WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW, Keiko Kasza
YOKO, Rosemary Wells
ZOMO THE RABBIT: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM WEST AFRICA, Gerald McDermott

postponed

due to an invite to the zoo today,
sam is postponing his shaved ice stand.
it WILL NOT be today.
instead, it will be tomorrow from 11:30-1:30.
please stop by.
a drum set is waiting!

shaved ice stand

i have an aspiring entrepreneur  living in my house.
remember the apple sale and lemonade stand in the rain?
well, this friday from 2-4 the entrepreneur will be setting up shop in front of our house.
this time it will be shaved ice.
for $0.50.
if you are interested in supporting a young boy's dream,
then stop by.
oh, and of course he has a plan for his money.
he is saving for a drum set.
if you don't know our address but would like to stop by,
then email me and i will send it to you.

jenvanderlinden@gmail.com

through my child's lens

shot through will's lens

this might explain a lot

i don't believe in buying a lot of toys for my kids.

A. because i don't love having lots of stuff that doesn't have a place or that doesn't get used.
B. almost everything my boys have gets broken quickly because it is more fun for them to take something apart to figure it out than it is to play with it.
C. when i buy something that comes with every bell and whistle, then my kids lose the opportunity to make their own inventions, just like they did last night.

will scored this awesome motorcycle at a yard sale for $1.
he had vision for it,
so we weren't about to pass it up.
and vision indeed!
sam and will spent the whole evening making it their invention,
complete with turbo blaster wings, nerf dart blasters, and misc. darts for protection.
right or wrong, these are the types of toy experiences i hope for my children,
the kind where they make it their own,
with nothing more than the help of their imagination & a roll of tape & mother willing to tape their dreams into place.

i almost forgot

the only pic i have taken of the blanket. see it in the background?

i can't believe i haven't mentioned this earlier,
and now it's almost too late.
i entered maggie's quilt i made in the Bountiful Handcart Days art exhibit.
if you would like to see it,
and vote for it in the people's choice awards,
you can still do that from now until July 24 at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
it is a far cry from being the best item there.
that's not why i entered it though.
a friend of mine encouraged me to do it (thanks, Angie!),
and i thought it might just be fun.
not to mention my boys think i'm pretty awesome when they go somewhere in public and see a piece of their mother there.
so, if you also think it would be awesome to go into public and see a little piece of me there,
then go and check it out.