Open a Book

I wish I was a stronger reader

I wish the letters on the page were not so scary and overwhelming

I wish words made sense and had more meaning

but reading and writing and oh yes rhythmic and science and remembering history

and and and

HAVE NEVER COME EASY!!!

But I do LOVE to read...

and so who cares that I can't spell, and I misinterpret words

...but please don't ask me to read out load

All that aside I really do love to read

and while I can't recall the last time I read a novel

I visit my local library 2 to 3 times weekly

The Library is the most AMAZING place

My book-bag is full of How To do's , The History of This or That,

and Magical and Silly (beautifully illustrated) Children's Books.

My favorite reads from the last month have been:

I hope you found the time to read at least one book this summer

and find the time each and every day to read to your little ones

I just think it is so important - and such a great way to connect and wind down

and most importantly to spark little imaginations!

*Visit Paper Cakes Finds to view some really sweet etsy finds

related to children and reading ~ of my choosing

In other news:

I have been a busy bee learning how to digital scrapbook

at first I thought I would just do pages for our wedding

but then I kept wanting to use all the cute kits and imagery out there

and not having a little one yet

(DANG IT! CRY! STOMP STOMP STOMP!)

*pardon my tissy fit!

I decided I would just start making pages of just the silly randomness of my everyday life

might not be incredibly practical now but when I'm a little ol' granny

it will be fun to look back at these moments and share them with my family

Here are just a few of my digital Scrapbooking Sources:

A Print A Day

Kitschy Digital

and Two Peas in a Bucket

It's so fun and really addicting

So...

I plan on making one giant scrapbook

and then making CD's for everyone for Christmas

so it will be time well spent - Minus money spent!

So yupp this means I will be sharing new pages on a weekly basis

Happy Monday Gals~

Chelsea Ann