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Hello Friends! Hope you had a great weekend -- I did! YS2 and I worked on some Halloween decorations while papa was busy at the community garden for their big fall work party, which was a huge success I might add. I think Mr. Yardsnacker fits into his presidential role quite well and the garden has really taken shape with improvements and unity. Anyway,YS2 loved the decorations so much that some are now looking a bit "loved" --hee hee! We had fun making pumpkins and bats and ghosts and other fun things. Let's get to today's post which is brought to you by guest blogger, Lauren Bailey: 5 Eco-Conscious Children's Books: Get Your Kid to Go Green and Eat Healthy Confession: My family was not always the most eco-friendly. In fact, we've only recently started eating organically and doing our part to sustain the environment. The transition to living a healthier and greener lifestyle was "different," but relatively easy for my husband and me. But for ...

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. Today, I've got a book review I've been meaning to post. YS2 loves to read. Looooves! Okay, he’s not actually reading the words yet but books are a fave and they have been pretty much from the beginning. He loves books read to him or sometimes he “reads” them on his own. When I was contacted by author, Elke Weiss, about reviewing her children’s book, “ Hannah and the Talking Tree ” from Free Focus Publishing , I could see at first glance it’d be a great book for YS2 so of course I said yes. I was so excited when I got the book and could look at all the beautiful pages. So colorful! And the story is cute. And I thought it was so nice of her to personalize it for Caleb. The story is about a girl named Hannah who has big ears, which of course, makes her unique but because of it she’s able to help a talking tree she finds. She learns how important trees are to our environment, us and the animals. It’s written ...