I mentioned a while ago that I was going to have an Usborne Book Party. It turned out to be a great party and I got tons of free and very reduced price books.  In fact I was able to get over $200 in books for only $40! My girls love every single thing we got and I am in love with the new books as well.

One of the books we got is The Complete Book of First Experiences. What a great book! It has going to the doctor, the hospital, the dentist, the new baby, etc (9 different titles in one). I was so glad to have it before we made our trip to Vanderbilt. It really helped DD1 to understand some of what would happen when she went to the hospital. Even though she has been to the doctor a bazillion times she really enjoyed reading about other kids going to the doctor, too. I am very impressed with this book and totally recommend it to anyone looking to add to their library.

As a free gift for hosting a show, my hostess told me I could pick any kit up to $75. I picked the Learning Palette Set 1 which included the following sets: Counting , Rhyming Words, Alphabet , Beginning Consonants , Beginning Vocabulary  and Vowels. If you have never heard of these learning palettes you should most certainly check them out. It is such a neat idea and so easy for kids to use. My 4 yo loves it already. We are just now working through the Alphabet pack. Right now we are still working on recognizing letters. She recognizes all capital letters but still gets some of the lower cased letters confused.

You would think I sell the books (and I used too!) the way I am so in love with them, but really are great treasures! One day, time permitting of course, I would not mind getting back into the business, but for now I'll just continue to host great parties!