XYZ Question-of-the-Day

How many yummy summer reading words can you read?

Just wondering . . .

Happy end of the yummy summer of reading!
Love, Grandma

Ww Treat-of-the-Day

Try this treat idea to take with you on your next walk!

Find an individual bag of chips like doritos or fritos or sun chips.
Squeeze the bag a little to crush the chips slightly.
Then add taco meat and the fixings of your choice
such as grated cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, etc.
Grab a fork and go for a walk!

Happy Yummy Summer Reading!
Love, Grandma

Look who turned three years old today!

Happy Birthday Lindsay!
Love, Grandma

Vv Word-of-the-Day

Going on a vacation is so fun that many people
bring home souvenirs to help them remember
their adventure. Some people buy mugs,
and some people buy postcards, and some
people buy hats or tee shirts.

But I buy picture books to help me remember my vacations!
Here are four of my favorites:
 

When we went to Mount Rushmore and the
Black Hills in South Dakota I bought
"Cindy Ellen"
a Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell

When we visited Cannon Beach in Oregon
I found
"How Will We Get to the Beach?
a guessing game story by Brigitte Luciani

When we saw the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
I bought
"John, Paul, George and Ben"
by Lane Smith

And while we were in Alaska I found
"The Salmon Princess"
An Alaska Cinderella Story by Mindy Dwyer

Come visit my "vacation" library anytime you want!
Happy Yummy Summer Reading . . .
Love, Grandma

Uu Word-of-the-Day

Snuggle under the covers while your Mom or Dad
read you a bedtime story . . . or snuggle under the covers
with a flashlight and read by yourself! It's probably
the best way you can stay up past your bedtime!
Some under covers suggestions:

"The Going to Bed Book"
by Sandra Boynton

"I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed"
a Charlie and Lola book by Lauren Child

"I Need My Monster"
by Amanda Noll

"The Monster Under My Bed"

by Suzanne Gruber

"The Sleepy Little Alphabet"
by Judy Sierra

Happy Yummy Summer Reading!
Love, Grandma

Tt Word-of-the-Day

Today would be a terrific day to find
a tree to sit under and read a book!
Maybe you would like to read about a coconut tree . . .
or a tree through four seasons . . . or a tree house
  . . . or getting a kite unstuck from a tree!

"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"
by Bill Martin Jr.

"Fall Is Not Easy"
by Marty Kelley

the Magic Tree House series of books
by Mary Pope Osborne

"Stuck"
by Oliver Jeffers

     
Or maybe you would like to visit Grandma
and see what looks good to read under her tree!

Happy Yummy Summer Reading!
Love, Grandma

Ss Treat-of-the-Day

Read this recipe to stir up a simple summer snack!

Crack 2 eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork.

Stir in 2/3 cup cooking oil and 2 tsp. of vanilla.

Stir in 3/4 cup sugar until the mixture thickens.

In another smaller bowl, measure 2 cups flour,

2 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt.

Stir these dry ingredients together then add them

to the big bowl and stir everything together.

Drop the dough by teaspoons onto a cookie sheet.

Flatten them slightly, then sprinkle them with

cinnamon sugar or colored sugar or sprinkles.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 7-9 minutes.

Cool slightly before eating your delicious

stir-and-drop cookies!

Happy Yummy Summer Reading!
Love, Grandma

Rr Word-of-the-Day

If by any chance you haven't found anything good to read
yet this summer, try one of these good books !

How Rock Learned to Read"
by Tad Hills

"How to Teach a Slug to Read"
by Susan Pearson

"Miss Brooks Loves Books!
(and I don't)"
by Barbara Botner

"Read Anything Good Lately?"
by Susan Allen

"Read to Your Bunny"
by Rosemary Wells

"The Wonderful Book"
by Leonid Gore

Happy Yummy Summer Reading!
Love, Grandma