by Brooke Romney | Feb 13, 2014 | Gift Ideas
My mom just gave our family an early Valentine’s gift that we love, STOMPLE! We love games, but we had never heard of Stomple. So, we busted it out last night and it is so much fun! It is a marble game that involves a lot of luck and a little strategy and...
by Brooke Romney | Dec 4, 2013 | Books
I love to read to my kids. As they’ve gotten older, it has been pure joy to read books together that we all love. Over the Thanksgiving break we finished Skinnybones by Barbara Park. Saying we loved it would be an understatement. There were times during the book...
by Brooke Romney | Oct 2, 2013 | Books
I read this book in middle school and remember loving it, so I picked it up again to read to my kids. My 8 and 10 year old were riveted and often had outbursts of why the seemingly perfect society with no choices, love, happiness or color was so wrong even though it...
by Brooke Romney | Jul 10, 2013 | Books
I just finished this book and loved it so much! It should be required reading for every middle-school age child and every parent. It subtly taught so many important lessons like kindness, love, integrity, intelligence, empathy, and honesty. I cannot say enough great...
by Brooke Romney | May 29, 2013 | Books
image via Barnes and Noble I LOVE reading books to my kids. It’s one thing that we all enjoy doing together. Hands down, our favorite series has been the Underland Chronicles aka Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. It was fantastic. My sons were 5,7, and 9...
