Antique Mommy

The Fine Art of Goofing Off

Antique Mommy — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:04:46 +0000

This is a re-run from way way back in the day. But I needed to run it again today. I needed to think about my dad and the time we have spent just hanging out and goofing off and doing nothing and the joy and contentment and quality that has added to my life. * [...]

Summer of the Gypsy Moths

Antique Mommy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:52:50 +0000

Summer of the Gypsy Moths was in the box of books that Harper Collins Childrens recently sent me to review. It was written by Sara Pennypacker and is slated for release in May. Pennypacker is the author of the popular Clementine books. She also wrote some of the Flat Stanley books which Sean loves. Gypsy Moths is about [...]

Jake and Lily

Antique Mommy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:53:33 +0000

Jerry Spinelli is a well-known and prolific writer of children’s stories, most notably Maniac Magee for which he won the Newbery Medal in 1990, and Wringer, which won a Newbery Honor in 1998. Jake and Lily is his latest work and is scheduled for release this spring. Jake and Lily is the story of 10-year-old [...]

Peepsqueak!

Antique Mommy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:31:03 +0000

Harper Collins Childrens books contacted me recently and asked me if I would be willing to review some of their children’s books. Since Sean and I had recently decided to read through the entire list of Newbery books (that’s around 300 books if you keep track of that sort of thing) I said yes, I [...]

Wherein We Speak of YKW

Antique Mommy — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:42:49 +0000

Today’s topic is YKW, which shall be code for ‘you know what’ which shall be code for well, you know. . . It’s not that I am Victorian when it comes to the topic of YKW, it’s just that I’d prefer Google not send a certain audience of seekers to my humble wholesome blog, so [...]

A Big Conversation

Antique Mommy — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:25:24 +0000

We have a number of friends who home school their children and one of the traits that AD and I have observed in these kiddos that we admire is their comfort and poise in speaking with adults. We are impressed with how they look us in the eye when speaking to us, how they speak [...]

Be A Pilgrim

Antique Mommy — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:01:47 +0000

Seek boldly. Journey courageously. Work diligently. Sacrifice valiantly. Suffer willingly. Persist relentlessly. Share extravagantly. Serve compassionately. Love fearlessly. Live intentionally. Give thanks unceasingly. We are all but pilgrims and strangers upon the earth. Happy Thanksgiving from the House of Antique

Novica!

Antique Mommy — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:23:36 +0000

As promised, this week I have for you another awesome Novica give away, and just in time for the gift-giving season! Whether that gift is for you or someone else is entirely up to you. But if you ask me, I think you deserve it. If you are unfamiliar with Novica and why I like [...]

The Value Of A Good Coconut Tree

Antique Mommy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:54:02 +0000

Sunday was a slow and rainy day, very much welcome as we have not had rain here since 1996. It’s true, ask my lawn. Rain brushed against the windows and falling acorns made the sound of popcorn popping as the wind shook them from the trees onto the roof. Football noise filled the house and [...]

Patterns

Antique Mommy — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:29:55 +0000

Last week Sean had an extra-credit homework assignment that involved investigating patterns. He grabbed the clipboard and tucked a pencil behind his ear and off we set around the house to do some research. We walked around the perimeter of the outside of the house and took note of everything we saw that could be [...]