"Who are you going to be today Olive?"

It has been dry as dry for months now, and today it finally rained - wooo hooo!

I love receiving packages, and today I received a book that I ordered from Creative Thursday.

We read it tonight for the first time, and it's a lovely little read. Remember Lucas, and his habit of choosing the same books every night? Well I actually took charge with this one tonight, and have decided we will both choose one from now on - then I get to read the nice ones I have bought!

Anyway, it is called "Who are you going to be today Olive?" and it's a story of a little bird just learning how to be herself. With the help and support of her many friends, Olive finds her way.

Marisa Haedike is the author and the illustrator, and the pictures are just so cute. The story does have a little hidden message thrown in too, which will make you say, "Oohhh, that was nice wasn't it!"

Check out her blog here as it showcases her lovely paintings she does almost everyday. They can be purchased from her etsy store...

one off the bookshelf......

I think as a kid you can never have too many books - but in Lucas' case, he has so many, he forgets (and us also) what a great selection he does have.

So tonight I cleaned up his bookshelves to make it more appealing for him to pick a newey. 

You see every night we tell him to go choose 2 books to read before bed, and 9 times out of 10 he will pick the same pop up truck books. I know kids love repetition but this drives us bonkers. When he does finally choose a different one, its always a long story, right when I want to watch my favorite tv shows (this will be on a Tuesday night or during Farmer wants a wife!).

When I was sorting through them all, I came across all of these lovelies that I have decided to move to my own workroom shelves now - just to keep them safe of course!  

This is one of my favorite books -  'Penguin dreams' by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J.otto Seibold.  It is such a gorgeous book - with lovely kooky pictures that will keep the kids mesmerized for ages; for there is so much happening on each page. 

I brought mine at a bookshop near me, but you can buy yours here.