Drew Downs

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Living

Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.

  • Our date

    Out on a date with my daughter. Ice cream and french fries (& chicken nuggets)!

  • The less than exquisite view from our triage room. Baby will be coming in the next few hours!

  • [This is part four in a series on our favorite children’s stories and is being cross-posted on my new parenting blog.  Please visit the first post for instructions!] One aspect of children’s picture books is that they aren’t simply words, but picture books.  An intrinsic part of the storytelling is done through pictures, images, paintings, or illustrations.  More…

  • [This is part three in a series on our favorite children’s stories and is being cross-posted on my new parenting blog.  Please visit the first post for instructions!] Shortly after my daughter was born, her bilirubin level spiked and we had to take her into the hospital.  Our brave girl was taken through the ER up to…

  • [This is part one in a series on our favorite children’s stories.  Please visit the first post for instructions!] My current favorite children’s story is Itsy Mitsy Runs Away written and illustrated by Elanna Allen.  It was just published in June, and I was drawn to it because of its imaginative cover and fanciful title.  Boy, did I…

  • [This is part one in a series on our favorite children’s stories.  Please visit the previous post for instructions!] One of the favorite early responses to Tuesday’s call for favorite children’s stories was the family favorite Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. It has a simple rhyme scheme and repetetive pattern that children enjoy as the…