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My leaky bucket

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley Leave a Comment

My leaky bucket

This morning was one of those days. I only managed to get two [interrupted] hours of sleep. I am a lifelong insomniac so I’m pretty good at rolling with the whole sleep deprivation thing with the exception of when I’ve had close to no sleep and then interrupted sleep. Last night was one of those no sleep +…

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Audiobooks anyone?

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 8 Comments

Audiobooks anyone?

Thank goodness for audiobooks, folks! My kids would love nothing more than for me to read to them from sun up until sun down. I will often sit and read a towering pile of books with them, and when I get up to do something else they complain that I did not read them enough…

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Reading Under the Covers: Growing Readers

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 2 Comments

Reading Under the Covers: Growing Readers

I love my little poppies to the moon and back, but I am also a huuuuuge fan of bedtime. By the end of the day, I am usually tuckered out and ready to veg on the couch with a good book…in silence. And then, in an hour or two, I head upstairs to my room for…

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What is your favorite book??

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 5 Comments

What is your favorite book??

FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* I’m wondering…. what is your favorite book? I’m a bibliophile. My mother always says that one of my very first words was “bookie” for book, and that I would follow her around the house, with book in hand, chanting, “Booooookie-bookie-bookie-bookie!“ I don’t recall learning how to read, but I know…

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Reading on the go…

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 8 Comments

Reading on the go…

As I’ve mentioned before, Leo never, ever, ever, ever stops moving. This includes reading. He is always reading on the go!       This is us, leaving the library heading to pick up dinner. I also found this gem of a video from when Leo first started reading, a couple years ago: Can anyone else out…

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Whatcha readin’ this weekend?

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Whatcha readin’ this weekend?

Today Schizz told me I should “slow down with the books”… The pile of books I am reading. (Okay, there might be a few more in my car.) Schizz likes to read but he doesn’t consume them like I do. He doesn’t get that there is no slowing down when you’re a bookworm. Life’s too short!…

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poppies Hi, all! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, wife, mom to three amazing children, writer, bookworm, nature lover, coffee drinker, Chesney fan, board game nerd, and now- suddenly-unexpected homeschooler...and podcaster!
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