Author: Mia

This week’s What to Read Wednesday collab is geared around horses. I confess that thus far the only horse-centric book I’ve read aloud to the kiddos is Black Beauty– a terribly depressing tale that in my estimation only Debbie Downer would enjoy. One might recall my girls learn all about horses at 4-H, because I have so little personal…

We’re on the 10th installment of Lemony Snicket’s thirteen woeful chronicles of Violet, Klaus, & Sunny Beaudelaire… and though the luck of the siblings indeed often seems dismal at best, we are still rooting for them and enjoying the literary journey regardless. As when we devoured the Harry Potter series last year, the girls are a book ahead reading independently while I also read aloud…

Well color this bookworm green, rainbow, & gold, because I couldn’t be more excited about this week’s What to Read Wednesday theme: Saint Patrick’s Day! None in our household are more than perhaps the tiniest fraction Irish, but come March 17th every year we pretend to be… after all, Saint Patrick wasn’t genetically Irish, either! Besides, I’m aiming to…

The bulk of our collective mental bandwidth of late has been preoccupied with our impending move back to the Pacific Northwest. The appraisal and inspection have been completed, and we’re starting to box up our belongings in preparation for an April Fools’ Day moving day. (poetic) A precious Montana pal commissioned this lovely custom canvas of our family from Worth the Wait…

This week’s What to Read Wednesday theme seems providentially inspired and aligned as my selection of zoo-themed lit is “If I Ran the Zoo”, by the incomparable Dr. Seuss. We must have fifty Dr. Seuss books in our home library, but tragically not this classic– never fear, the public library’s here! This tale’s chock-full of Seuss’ signature whimsical other-worldly…