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The Bump by Mij Kelly just arrived in my spring shipment of books from Tiger Tale Books to review last week. I couldn’t wait to share it with you this week. I really love it.
It is a story about a mom sharing how she went out getting ready to have a baby. It is a story shared with the child when he is a little older but, you only get a small hint at the beginning of the story that it was about them.
The mom gathers things the baby will need, she gets scared, she feels unprepared, and she feels love for this wonderful child she can only see when she is at the doctor’s office.
She shared the healthy and unhealthy things she eats as well as how big her clothes got as the bump grew.
This lovely book covers so many of the things I went through when I was expecting. The wonderful pictures by Nicholas Allan make you laugh and cry. His pictures of the growing mom and her world are such fun.
What did we do?
Made Fruit Smoothies
When I was expecting, I craved smoothies and milkshakes. Meet the Dubiens has a fabulous post called that gave me great hints on smoothie making.
JDaniel loved the idea of making smoothies. We made several different kinds using the Dubiens formula of frozen fruit + a liquid + yogurt.
We made strawberry yogurt+ frozen pureed strawberries + berry fruit juice.
Next, we made vanilla yogurt+ frozen pureed mangos + milk.
Finally, we made peach yogurt + frozen pears + milk.
Snuggled Up to Read Books for Young Children
I received the spring books being released by TigerTale Books at the end of last week. This week JDaniel and I curled up with one of these favorite baby blankets to read them along with one that came in a previous shipment. ( Watch for a giveaway for this book to go up on Sunday.)
That sounds like a very sweet book!
I am working on a Read Explore Learn to link up in the near future!
Sounds like a cute book! We like Tiger tale books, Ice cream king, a little bit of love, Tickly octopus are all our favs! The smoothies looks yummy!
I adored that book! In fact, when I got my box of books, I started reading it Logan and started CRYING while I was reading it aloud. The author gets the pregnancy thing perfectly!
We love smoothies at our house! Very Yummy!
My kids all love to talk about what it was like when I was pregnant or they were babies. I might have to break down and get that book.
I’ve never frozen leftover smoothies… thanks for the idea!
I love that you made smoothies because you craved them while pregnant! What a super cute idea.
We liked the book too. What a neat idea to make smoothies as healthy snacks.
My oldest does not like smoothies! Silly boy
I’ve never made smoothies – I wonder if it would be a way to get J drink milk. The book also sounds good
What a lovely book! I love smoothies … what a great idea to freeze left-over smoothies! I stumbled your post and pinned it to my Literature-Based Activities Pinterest board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/literature-based-activities/
these tiger tales are all great books… you are so lucky to be working with them… but they are even more lucky to have YOU to work with 😉