We've been reading...

My Pinterest board is not up to date... I will have to raid my husband's phone for photographs of what he has read with E recently, but at the end of February my Pinterest board said I had 94 books pinned - so we're 1/3 of the way through our challenge with 10 months to go!

Things slowed down after the initial surge, but I anticipate that now I am home and on maternity leave, we may speed up again a little.

I am loving this challenge. It reminds me about the book box which sometimes is neglected for painting, or a DVD. It makes me value those bedtime stories more. It makes me realise how much time we spend together when I'm feeling like I've spent more time doing housework than being a parent. It's probably helping my tired brain tick over too. 

Current favourites here at Thursday's Child HQ include The Gruffalo, anything from the Thomas the Tank Engine collection ("Choo choo book) and Each Peach Pear Plum.

You can check out my Pinterest Board here!

300 Picture Books

The lovely Jocelyn over at The Reading Residence introduced me to this little gem last week and I'm really enjoying taking part. Even my husband has started taking pictures of the books he's read with E to send to me... It really is a project that the whole family can be involved in. The idea is to see just how many books you can read with your kids this year... 300 sounds a lot but I think it might be easier to achieve that you think. Famous last words. I can't get the badge to work today, but you can find more about the challenge here.


So, our reads up to Sunday 5th January, 2014... We started off 2014 with Old MacDonald by David Ellwand and finished our week with a personalised book E received for her birthday... Effy and Daisy's Big Day Out at the Alphabet Zoo.

You can keep up to date on my dedicated Pinterest Board. We're up to 16 so far, but some favourites have included... 

#300PB