I am just now getting around to making my New Year's Resolutions. One of them is to eat healthier. I am sorry I am just now starting off the year on sophistimom. If I'm not mistaken, it's February 1st. On that note, I just want to thank you all for being so patient with me. I know I have been gone for awhile, but I have not stopped thinking about my readers, and I have not stopped thinking about the blog. Life has just been crazy. Speaking of crazy things, I have recently moved into a basement apartment, and ...
Bet you're all wondering where I've been. I really have no excuse, other than the new place I moved into has almost no natural light, which means that taking pictures of food here has been a real problem. But I'm working on it, and soon we'll all be happy again. In the meantime, while I figure out what to do with lighting, I wanted to open a discussion on how to end pickiness at the dinner table. You all know I want my kids to eventually have some degree of sophistication when it comes to eating, and nothing shouts bad ...
Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge, is written by Shannon and Dean Hale, and illustrated by the awesome Nathan Hale. It is a modern retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, complete with giant villains and giant vegetation. It even brings in a few new characters. I like the fantastic new adventures, and Jack seems more cool in this book. Calamity Jack is well written and magnificently illustrated. It's even funnier than the first book. ---Mr. Book Reviewer (That's me up there, reading the book!)
I've mentioned Nathan a couple times before. He is my friend from when we were missionaries for our church in Quebec. His latest book Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge (both written by Shannon Hale and her husband Dean Hale), hits shelves in a couple of weeks. My son, who has been enamored by Nate's blog, recently interviewed him about his career. Nate, the cool illustrator that he is, didn't just answer the questions, he turned the whole interview into a comic series. Click here to read the first one. Then you can keep going back ...
I am just now getting around to making my New Year's Resolutions. One of them is to eat healthier. I am sorry I am just now starting off the year on sophistimom. If I'm not mistaken, it's February 1st. On that note, I just want to thank you all for being so patient with me. I know I have been gone for awhile, but I have not stopped thinking about my readers, and I have not stopped thinking about the blog. Life has just been crazy. Speaking of crazy things, I have recently moved into a basement apartment, and ...