Friday Favorites

This is a place where I'd like to comment on some of my favorites of the week. They might be my favorite story about J from the week, my favorite blog posts, also things that are J's favorites or anything else that just really stood out from the week.

Favorites of the Week

Favorite activity:
I would have to say my favorite activity was time this week at Pal Zone with my friend Eileen and her son Jackson. J is getting into the singing more and even though I had to referee his play time a lot with tug-o-wars, he is learning a lot. The theme was dinosaurs and he learned a few new dinosaur names during story time and then all he wanted to do was play with the dinosaurs the teacher had brought in. We also did a craft which was such a great idea, digging for dinosaur "bones" which were dog bones put in a tub with sand over them. We glued them to a triceratops.

Favorite Books:
One of his favorites was a book he's had for a while but just recently has taken a lot of interest in. He calls it his bible, but it's actually a book of lullabies. I wish I could sneak in my son's room right now to get the name of it! (Sorry!) Otherwise, I'd for sure link to it. I love reading this to him. They are also songs, but I don't know how the music goes so we just read them. He's been asking for them right before we got to bed. One of them we read, he asked for the next day. He said "read A Mother's Prayer". This one was really sweet.

Little Elephant Runs Away by Wolfram Hanel
Touchdown - You can Play Football by Nick Fauchald
Tugga Tugga Tugboat by Kevin Lewis
Disney books from library for 50cents: Lion King, Lion King II,

Favorite Music
The best of Sesame Street
Stellaluna - Janell Cannon
Learning Basic Skills Through Music - Hap Palmer
Worship Songs - Veggie Tales


Favorite Videos:
Dumbo
Handy Manny - The Pet Roundup
Teletubbies - All Together Teletubbies: Playful pals and delightful days (Not mommy's choice! J found this at the library and has been loving it.)


Favorite Picture:















Favorite Blog Posts:
The Flourishing Mother - Loss/Gain


Homemaker's Heart - Rethinking: Lifestyle


Growing in Godliness - True Brokenness

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First Friday Favorites

This is a place where I'd like to comment on some of my favorites of the week. They might be my favorite story about J from the week, my favorite blog posts, also things that are J's favorites or anything else that just really stood out from the week.






Favorite animals
J's favorite animals have been a blend lately of elephants and dinosaurs. He became infatuated with elephants after seeing parts of The Jungle Book and now we found some elephant figures he loves to play with. He has a couple larger ones and one tiny one, which he calls the baby elephant.
One animal added into the mix this week is the owl. Daddy read him a book that had an owl in it and since then he is excited about owls. Daddy taught him how to hoot like an owl and he'll do this anytime you ask him (see video below). We also got some owl books from the library that he likes to read. He keeps saying the owl is scary and I think I've figured out he got that from the book Stellaluna, a book that he loves where the fruit bats in the book are chased by an owl.


Favorite Videos
A friend of mine recommend this to me and I really love them but J does too. They're called Little Einsteins. Did I say I really like them? If I'm going to let J watch anything, it's videos. We don't have cable (thank the Lord or I'd be in major trouble) and I really don't watch much on TV. The Little Einsteins video we got from the library was Our Big Huge Adventure. There is a real focus on the arts, particularly music and now I find myself singing their intro song.

Another one that he really likes is called The Big Race (Rainbow Valley Heroes).

Favorite Books
Safety First with Handy Manny
Elephant Families
My First Sport, Basketball

Favorite Posts

Blog: Sky Blue
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Blog: Heart of the Matter
Little Eyes are Watching You

Blog: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
A Little More of Me

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Visit Saturday Stumbles, where I linked my post