Melanie Gideon’s midlife crisis, honestly depicted in the pages of The Slippery Year, is hilarious. One day, she realizes that she has been sleepwalking through life. In her words, “I felt empty – an unrelenting, existential king of emptiness. By all markers I was living a happy enough existence, but somehow I wasn’t feeling it.” We can identify with that ah ha moment when we too question the meaning of our lives.

The sheer number and variety of books published about toddler behavior can be overwhelming. And trying to find time to actually READ any of these books while raising a toddler is another issue entirely. Here are recommendations for two toddler parenting books I read and enjoyed.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, learn a fingerplay about love and sing the silly song "Skidamarink" together

Find some recommended books for young children about love

Help your children remember all of the people they love with an “I Love You” photo book

Discover a fun and easy recipe for Sweet Fortune Cookies, plus Healthy Valentine’s Day Snacks

Download handouts from the popular library program!

This Little Piggy went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade by Amy Allen is a real delight for the fashionista mommy!

My favorite rhyme is this verse to the tune of "Frere Jacques":

Louis Vuitton, Louis Vitton,
Mulberry, Mulberry?
Nappy bag dilemma -- Lulu, Kate or Anya?
Shopping spree, buy all three.

This awesome book is filled with intriguing and quirky things to do with kids. 

Try this brain teaser from page 126:

If two's company and three's a crowd, then what's four and five?

The answer is at the bottom of my review!