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

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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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This year

Life has been busy and blogging has been intermittent over the last year so thank you to our readers who are still reading and a belated Happy New Year to you all.  Also a thank you to Canana for the lovely Christmas gifts and another fantastic card, which Sunnyboy loved. This poem is for you.


The Big Book To Grow On with illustrations by Janusz Grabianski

This year we will be blogging again regularly both here and at sunny happy boy. Among other posts we have planned we'll be posting about some of the projects we've been doing. We have more of our Ancient Egypt project to share, and new projects including The Stone Age, The History of Flight, Around The World In Eighty Days, and lots more.


Weasels at Heffers Bookshop

In February we will be celebrating our five year blog anniversary and will also be sharing some exciting news and changes at sunnydaytodaymama. We're looking forward to spending more time here and at your blogs this year.

Here's a look back at the last five years at sunnydaytodaymama and we hope you'll join us for more sunny days this year and in the years to come.

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013