Happy Columbus Day!
The kids and Ben have school off today, so we're going to spend the afternoon strolling around Central Park, thinking fond thoughts of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. I'll leave you with a few cool links until I'm back again tomorrow:
I just learned about "Boo-ing" from Skip to My Lou. My kids would LOVE every part of this — making a container, making the treats, writing a poem, ringing and running . . .
Mommy Poppins has organized a Halloween Costume Swap for New York area moms. Great idea! I can imagine something like this working well in pretty much any community — get to it Moms.
Have you ever been to a local bookstore to meet an author and get a book signed? It's a great thing to do and a wonderful way to forge a real-life connection between books and your kids. Check out your favorite bookstores for their upcoming schedules and if you're in New York, go to Books of Wonder this Saturday from 12-2 and you can meet John Segal, the author/illustrator of some of my favorite children's books.
The fantastic illustrator Sarah Jane, the artist responsible for the beautiful drawing at the top of this post, has her etsy shop up and running. Yummy, yummy stuff.
And a quick reminder. You have until tonight at midnight (pst) to enter the Small Vendors Rock Giveaway.
Happy Columbus Day, everyone!
Labels: internet fun
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Monday, October 08, 2007
3 Comments:
I absolutely love boo-ing. We just did our round Saturday night.
I love the illustrations and have definitely put one on my wish list. And I highly recommend taking your kids to meet an author. We used to live near a wonderful children's bookstore in Minnesota and my kids have met Marc Brown, had lessons in pigeon drawing from Mo Willems and got a custom illustration/autograph in their Time Warp Trio book by Lane Smith. They are already avid readers, but those events really gave them a personal connection with the books.
Boo-ing is really big in our neighbhorhood. And of course if there is any state in the union where over the top is the norm, it's Texas, so the gifts left on the front step get way out of control. You just don't want to be the last house boo'd because, well, that is sort of like being the last one picked on the kickball team. Sad. But aside from that it's a great tradition!
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