300 / 1000 Books Before Kindergarten

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  1. Kenny and the Little Kickers
  2. Smudge’s Grumpy Day
  3. The Trash Planet
  4. Big Black Bear
  5. Curious George and the Rocket
  6. Things that Go
  7. Barnyard Dance
  8. Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
  9. But Not the Hippopotamus
  10. Little Buddy
  11. Let’s Dance, Little Pookie
  12. Many-colored Blessings
  13. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
  14. Step Gently Out
  15. Big Brown Bear
  16. Hot Hippo
  17. Thump Quack Moo
  18. Cookie’s Week
  19. The Trash Planet
  20. Dandelion
  21. Giggle, Giggle, Quack
  22. My Friend is Sad
  23. The Gas We Pass
  24. Dolphins
  25. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
  26. Fifteen Animals
  27. Corduroy’s Party
  28. Pooh’s Honey Adventure
  29. What is that? Said the Cat
  30. Find My Friends
  31. Library Lion
  32. Stars
  33. I Love You, Stinky Face
  34. Alphabet Rescue
  35. Hedgie Loves to Read
  36. Fireman Small
  37. A is for Angry
  38. Giraffes
  39. Deer at the Brook
  40. Dinosaur Time
  41. God’s Quiet Things
  42. Corduroy’s Day
  43. Corduroy Goes to the Doctor
  44. Everyone Poops
  45. Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
  46. The Going to Bed Book
  47. My Friend, Rabbit
  48. Somewhere in the Ocean
  49. A Color of His Own
  50. Danny and the Dinosaur
  51. Finders Keepers
  52. When I was Young in the Mountains
  53. Fox and Hound: That’s What Friends are For
  54. All Aboard! A True Story
  55. Diary of a Worm
  56. Jamberry
  57. Jesse Bear, What Will you Wear?
  58. Snow on Snow on Snow
  59. The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
  60. Red Hat
  61. Boot and Shoe
  62. Dog in Boots
  63. It’s Duffy Time
  64. A Weekend with Wendell
  65. Lilly’s Big Day
  66. A Cache of Jewels
  67. Oh!
  68. Don’t Eat the Teacher!
  69. A Friend for All Seasons
  70. Spot Goes to the Beach
  71. Owls: Whoo are They?
  72. Snowsong Whistling
  73. My Little Polar Bear
  74. Old Bear
  75. Fox on the Ice
  76. Red Hat
  77. Dog in Boots
  78. Boot and Shoe
  79. Billy Bunny’s 1,2,3
  80. From Head to Toe
  81. The Mitten
  82. The Carrot Seed
  83. Little Hoot
  84. The Hat
  85. To Market to Market
  86. Let’s Go Thomas
  87. Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body
  88. Harold and the Purple Crayon
  89. Harold’s Fairy Tale
  90. Harold’s Trip to the Sky
  91. Giggle, Giggle, Quack
  92. Oh!
  93. Don’t Eat the Teacher!
  94. A Friend for All Seasons
  95. All in a Day
  96. When I was Small
  97. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
  98. Bats on the Beach
  99. Bubba the Cowboy Prince
  100. All the World

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The Fox

The girl and I were driving along a forest preserve last week when 2 deer ran out to the edge of the road.  We were both surprised to see the two lovely does.  I suggested that the girl watch for other animals…like a fox.  She replied:

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I personally think that “the fox says” This girl is really something special!

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

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The girl loves books! She’s starting to read, but I think she likes listening to mommy read too much to really show us what she can do. We love reading to her, so when we heard about the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program at our library, we signed up.

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We don’t have a lot if time…we started the week after Thanksgiving, and I guess we need to be done before August. We keep a log of the book titles and turn them in at the library when we reach 100 books.
I thought I would also keep a record here! Here are the first 200!!

  1. Who is it?
  2. Red Knit Cap Girl
  3. Trouble on the Tracks
  4. Everybody Poops
  5. Who is it?
  6. The Giant Seed
  7. Good Night World
  8. Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
  9. I am Invited to a Party
  10. Max Cleans Up
  11. What Star is This?
  12. Wemberly Worried
  13. Owl Babies
  14. If You Take a Mouse to School
  15. Merry Christmas to You, Blue Kangaroo
  16. Good Night, World
  17. Little Pea
  18. Little Hoot
  19. Little Oink
  20. Big Red Barn
  21. If You Take a Mouse to School
  22. The Life of a Butterfly
  23. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
  24. Bear’s New Friend
  25. Owl Moon
  26. Max’s Christmas
  27. The Giant Seed
  28. Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
  29. The Paperboy
  30. Chickens aren’t the Only Ones
  31. The Velveteen Rabbit
  32. Snow Bunny Tales (Max and Ruby)
  33. Olivia Builds a Snow Lady
  34. Time to Sleep
  35. How to Hide a Crocodile
  36. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  37. Owen
  38. The Birds of Bethlehem
  39. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
  40. All in a Day
  41. Quick as a Cricket
  42. The Twelve Days of Christmas
  43. Blueberries for Sal
  44. Inch by Inch
  45. The Snowy Day
  46. An Egg is an Egg
  47. The Little Mouse, The Red-Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
  48. The Christmas Party
  49. There’s a bird on Your Head
  50. Otis
  51. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
  52. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
  53. My Friend Rabbit
  54. Charley Harper’s 1, 2, 3
  55. Dogs
  56. The Legend of the Poinsettia
  57. Sheila Rae the Brave
  58. I Aint Gonna Paint No More
  59. Sheep in a Shop
  60. I Love You So Much
  61. Sadie and the Snowman
  62. Charlie Needs a Cloak
  63. Ox Cart Man
  64. Oliver
  65. No Fighting! No Biting!
  66. The Night Before Christmas
  67. Most-of-the-time Maxie
  68. The Wonder Book of Counting Rhymes
  69. Oscar Otter
  70. Timothy Tiger
  71. Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots
  72. The Hat
  73. Me and My Flying Machine
  74. The Night Before Christmas
  75. The Night Before the First Christmas
  76. The Paperboy
  77. When I was Small
  78. Bats at the Beach
  79. Otis
  80. All the World
  81. Listen, Listen
  82. Bear Stays Up for Christmas
  83. Hush!
  84. The Quiet Book
  85. Edward the Emu
  86. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
  87. First the Egg
  88. Birds
  89. Barnyard Dance
  90. Quiet Loud
  91. May I Bring a Friend?
  92. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
  93. Antarctica
  94. Bear Feels Sick
  95. Perry Penguin: A Tale of a Brave Family
  96. Bath Time for Biscuit
  97. Butterflies
  98. Press Here
  99. An Egg is Quiet
  100. The Stray Dog

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  1. Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
  2. The Giant Seed
  3. Good Night World
  4. Mr. Wuffles
  5. A Long Way Away
  6. The Boy and the Airplane
  7. Apples A to Z
  8. Happy Birthday Hamster
  9. Heron and Turtle
  10. Archie
  11. The 3 Little Dassies
  12. Scuba Bunnies
  13. The Fox in the Dark
  14. Mermaid Dance
  15. When I Grow Up
  16. Hug Time
  17. Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
  18. The Going to Bed Book
  19. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  20. My Friend Rabbit
  21. Tikki Tikki Tembo
  22. All You Need for a Snowman
  23. Stuck
  24. Lola at the Library
  25. The Cowboy and the Black-eyed Pea
  26. The Runaway Bunny
  27. Cookie’s Week
  28. The Night Before Kindergarten
  29. What Star is this?
  30. George and Martha: Back in Town
  31. Meet Big Bird’s Orchestra
  32. All the World
  33. From Head to Toe
  34. The Mitten
  35. Oscar Otter’s Colors
  36. Forest Bright, Forest Night
  37. Duck’s Truck
  38. I Love My New Toy
  39. Madeline Says Merci
  40. Big Red Barn
  41. Are you My Mother?
  42. Billy Bunny’s 1, 2, 3
  43. The Snowy Day
  44. When Grandma Came
  45. Pancakes for Breakfast
  46. Where is the Green Sheep?
  47. The Farmyard Cat
  48. The Birds of Bethlehem
  49. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you see?
  50. Owl Moon
  51. Charlie Needs a Cloak
  52. Archie
  53. Happy Birthday Hamster
  54. Weslandia
  55. Wump World
  56. The Paperboy
  57. God Loves You
  58. Curious George: The Perfect Carrot
  59. Little Bunny Kung Fu
  60. Caillou Puts away His Toys
  61. Spiders
  62. If You Give a Moose a Muffin
  63. Pretend You’re a Cat
  64. On the Night You Were Born
  65. Mountains of Fire
  66. Caps for Sale
  67. Dreams
  68. Tractor
  69. Big Red Barn
  70. Forest Bright, Forest Night
  71. Bears
  72. Sea Creatures
  73. Duck’s Truck
  74. The Best Friends
  75. One, Two, Three
  76. The Carrot Seed
  77. Caillou Good Night
  78. Dogs
  79. The Monster at the End of This Book
  80. Little Hoot
  81. Little Raccoon Catches a Cold
  82. Freckleface Strawberry
  83. Truck
  84. My Truck is Stuck
  85. The Day the Sheep Showed Up
  86. The Boy and the Airplane
  87. The Fox in the Dark
  88. Happy Birthday Hamster
  89. One Fine Day
  90. Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
  91. The Going to Bed Book
  92. My Friend Rabbit
  93. Clark the Shark
  94. I’m Not Ready!
  95. White Snow, Bright Snow
  96. Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox
  97. Sheep in a Jeep
  98. The Stray Dog
  99. Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type
  100. Chrysanthemum

 

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We will definitely post later about our favorite books!

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Winter Fun

I thought my heart would burst when the girl said: “Mommy, this is the best day ever!” We did have a good day! It’s supposed to be crazy cold again tomorrow, so I thought it would be a good day to play outside. We started with a little hike with friends.

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The girl decided that she needed to add more snow to the lake to tinsulate the frogs. The boy reminded her that snow is ice and ice is cold. They both have a point.

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The hike was awesome, just not long enough.

This afternoon, mommy decided that we had to take advantage of the now “packable” snow. We had fun in the front yard sledding, throwing snowballs, and building a snowman. Mommy needs some snowman lessons, but the little guy is kind of cute!

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Project 52, take two (1/52)

I think that project 52 has really helped my photography skills, and I love having a weekly portrait of the girl, so I’m starting again!

Here is the first portrait of 2014

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It was really cold this week, thus the ruddy cheeks. I’m not sure we will get out of the house this coming week. It’s supposed to be crazy cold!! We will see.

Happy New Year!

We are very thankful for a healthy 2013, and that Our New Years Eve celebration was at home instead of the ER (like last year). The girl wanted to stay up until midnight, so we gave it a try. Lots of fun with Legos and blocks!

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We enjoyed Hot Chocolate and some of the countdown in New York ( though it is NOT family friendly). We decided to celebrate the countdown with the East Coast (changing the clock) just in case we struggled with the last hour!

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The last hour was tough (though the Chicago countdown was more reasonable for families). The girl fell asleep at 11:55…and was not happy that we woke her up for the countdown!

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This morning we woke to snow and decided to start the year with a tubing trip! It was fun, but cold!!!

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We are looking forward to a great 2014, and hope this is a terrific new year for you and yours!!!

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