PBBC Children's book giveaway of the beautiful book Plant a Kiss! Twitter/Facebook photo contest!

Enter to win the book Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthat and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds!

This is an adorable story about kindness and generosity; it starts with  a girl who plants a kiss and shares it with the world. ( I think it's a great book for both boys and girls, especially now that the weather is warming up and it's also a touch-and-feel book because the *kiss* is embossed sparkles on the page.)

Twitter/Facebook photo contest! Submit by taking a photo of a beautiful plant or flower you see this week and share it with us on Twitter. (If you have a baby/toddler, sure of course, they can be in the shot too, hehe, let's spread around the beauty found in nature.)

On Twitter send your photo to @IsobellaJade

Use the hashtag #plantkiss

On Facebook tag me in your photo post with "Plant a Kiss" in the description of the photo.

Our Plant a Kiss photo contest starts now 5/17 ends 5/25

Phoenix and beautiful flowers in Central Park on Mother's Day

 

( I'll throw in a copy of my YA novel Careful to the winner, or choose any of my books.)

We hope your Spring has been fun and filled with great memories in the great outdoors with your babies, family and friends,

Cheers to Sunshine days and when it rains don't let it stop your fun, go to the museum and let your baby be delighted with the colors of the paintings!

~Isobella & Phoenix

Check out Plant a Kiss on BN.com.
Check out Plant a Kiss on Amazon too.

We love reading in the park!

Park Playtime: what are you and your baby reading in the park?

Phoenix playing in Madison Square Park

 

It's a great to bring a book ot two to the park this Spring and Summe to read to your baby or toddler. We love the parks in NYC and visit them very often, and we always bring a book. A good way to remember a book is to keep it in your stroller basket or in your diaper bag.

Remember even if your baby is on the go, very busy exploring the park while working on walking, you can still read to him during more relaxed moments, your baby is always listening and it might get hard for your baby to sit still but fill your babies ears with words from books you love and create a word of the day or week from the books you read together.

I love the park with Phoenix because together we can discover nature, touch the bark on the trees, smell the flowers and play in the sunshine, and it's the best free fun ever! I get a work out too chasing Phoenix as he crawls around.

 

Phoenix playing in Madison Square Park

In our Kids at Work Music class, the Raffi song Baby Beluga inspired me to buy the book for Phoenix with the lyrics and it's now in our stroller basket along with this 1, 2,3 NYC counting book from my sister for Mother's Day.

Phoenix playing and reading in Bryant Park

 

Mix up your playtime with reading time, create your own storytime in the park.

Enjoy your fun in the sun,

~Isobella & Phoenix

We tried out My Gym and loved it

Climb every mountain, hold on tight, give it a good smack and rise to the top! Phoenix had a blast at www.my-gym.com this week, fitness for babies! Great for active babies like my little one.

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day, the best feeling in the world is being a Mom! Phoenix and my husband and I shared a Carriage Ride in Central Park, the zoo, the carousel and crawling around in the grass.

 

Riding the Ferris Wheel at Toys R Us and Moosiki Kids music class!

 

The rain didn't keep us from fun today, we went on the ferris wheel at Toys R Us in Times Square and went to a http://www.moosikikids.com/ class! which was awesome! Laura brings a classical edge to jamming out and Phoenix got to even play the piano...oh he jammed! It was cool for him to feel the vibrations of a piano and feel inclined to press the keys and create some music!

 

baby eating solid foods = introducing books with food themes

We've been reading books about food, along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar we've been reading other books that involve food, especially the touch and feel type books like Mealtime that can inspire me to pull out certain foods and let Phoenix touch them in real life.

Phoenix has been eating a lot of solid food, he loves bananas, avocados and peaches and we just started with cheerios, he eats a ton of them!

When we are traveling around the city, I use these OXO Tot blocks to carry homemade baby food and cheerios and we also love Plum Organics too.
 

Mommy and me Museum, Parks, Music Class adventures & more

Okay, gotta post this soon, we are already into May! These are some of our April Museum, Park, Music class and play adventures.  Math Museum, MOMA, Central Park, Swings in Madison Square Park, Carousel in Bryant Park, Macy's Flower Show and Kids at Work Music class, the BIG piano!