An invitation

This month we are celebrating our five year blog anniversary and we have some big changes and new projects coming up this year. We are excited to announce that on 1st March we will be opening an online shop and we also have a new blog to accompany the shop.

We will of course still be blogging here at sunnydaytodaymama but we will also be blogging our shop news and events at rainy days sunny days. If you'd like to keep updated you can follow us there and we'd love to show you around our new shop and our Spring 2014 collection.

We have a special discount code for all our readers so please call back here next Saturday to get the code and then come along to our Grand Opening.



You are cordially invited to join us at the Grand Opening of our new shop on Saturday 1st March 2014.

Rainy Days Sunny Days
~ a new online shop
~ handmade art and gifts, vintage children's books, toys, craft kits, learning resources
~ delivery to UK and worldwide
~ free UK delivery on orders of £50 or more

You can also follow Rainy Days Sunny Days on Bloglovin', Twitter and Pinterest.

Snowdrops at Bourn Hall

Sunnyboy loves to talk about, and hear stories of, when he was a baby. This week we've been talking about when he lived in my uterus and how he got there. Today we were at Bourn Hall where Sunnyboy's life began. He's a lot bigger now than the day I went to collect him from the clinic and came home with him in my uterus. He was the little embyro that stayed and he's my sunny happy boy.

Valentine's Day books (and ducks)

My Valentine's Day gift to Sunnyboy was these two rubber ducks. We've also been reading Valentine's Day books.


Four Valentines in a Rainstorm by Felicia Bond


Be My Valentine, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish with illustrations by Lynn Sweat


Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis with illustrations by Jan Fearnley

BOOKS on Sunny Days Pinterest.
VALENTINE'S DAY on Sunny Days Pinterest.

15 winter picture books for children

Today is five years since we started blogging at sunnydaytodaymama and on that day five years ago we had snow.


"It's a sunny snowy day today mama"


The Snowstorm Surprise by Richard Scarry


Pooh Welcomes Winter by Kathleen W. Zoehfeld with illustrations by Robbin Cuddy


Tom and Pippo in the Snow by Helen Oxenbury


Winter Harvest by Jane Chelsea Aragon with illustrations by Leslie Baker


A Little Bit Of Winter by Paul Stewart with illustrations by Chris Riddell


Catch Jo's Cat by Belinda Evans


Anna Bear's First Winter by Roberta Edwards with illustrations by Laura Lydecker


Frog In Winter by Max Velthuijs


Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara


One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth


The Ducks' Winter Tale by Dave and Julie Saunders


The Big Fuzzy by Caroline Castle with illustrations by Daniel Howarth


The Bear's Winter House by John Yeoman and Quentin Blake


The Snow Queen based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Alan Marks


Snow Is My Favourite And My Best by Lauren Child



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Click here to see the play, crafts and learning ideas blog link-ups we share at.

BOOKS on Sunny Days Pinterest.
WINTER on Sunny Days Pinterest.