Blog a la Cart

Meet one of the nooks of Cartwheel Farm. As far as nooks go, it’s one of my favorites.

Something about the faux taxidermy paired with my grandmother’s childhood desk and my great-grandmother’s Steiff teddy, the frames wallpaper (our Wall of Frames) and the growing wall of artwork… they sure add up to some good feelings.

Here’s a close up of the wall. You’ll note some photographs of Sunny, some choice pieces of artwork, and a poster from our friends over at Idiots Books (we’re subscribers, and receive six pieces of independently published booky goodness from this duo a year. You can too! And I’ve teamed up with them on this project). And we’re particularly excited that the Idiots, Matthew and Robbi, have recently launched a site for kids, Bobbledy Books. Now Sunny and Kaki can get in on the fun!

Bobbledy Books launched last week, and, thanks to Courtland’s horrendous sleep habits, Familia Cart signed up right away in the early hours of the morning, which means that a copy of the print below will be coming our way and find a home on our Wall of Frames. (Subscribers in the first 36 hours received this print as a bonus. Wee!)

The print is taken from the first of their children’s books, The Girl With Frogs in Her Ears. While we await delivery of this new book for the girls’ library, Sunny was delighted to receive her first Bobbledy package this week, complete with the Bobbledy Blob.

She put the Bobbledy Blob to work tackling the first drawing prompt over on the Bobbledy Blog. The assignment? Draw a picture of yourself riding a wild animal. It came as no surprise that our Chicken Whisperer doodled herself (complete with green bow) riding on a blue chicken.

The image now proudly hangs on our Wall of Frames. We look forward to adding to the wall thanks to future drawing prompts. And we’re eagerly anticipating the addition of The Girl With Frogs in Our Ears to our bedtime routine.

And now to let you join in the fun! Here’s how you can win a 1-Year Membership to Bobbledy Books. That includes:

• Three picture books by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
  
• One “make-your-own” book that we start and you finish with your pictures and words
• One book with pictures and words by one of you
• One album of children’s music by Drew Bunting
• A card on your birthday
• A five-headed crayon (called the Bobbledy Blob)

To enter:

• visit Bobbledy Books. Be sure to check out their blog and leave ’em a warm and fuzzy (or cold and prickly, if you must) comment on one of their posts.

• Then come back here and leave me a comment below telling me that you’ve spread the comment love.

• for an extra chance to win…
‘like’ Bobbledy Books and Blog a la Cart on Facebook, then come back here and tell us you like us, you really like us! in the comments.

• and one final chance to win…
subscribe to Blog a la Cart and sign up for the Bobbledy email list (sign up form in the right column of their blog), then come back here and let me know that you’re reading along in the comments.

Make sure you enter a valid email address in the email section of the comment box so I can contact you if you win! The winner will be chosen next Wednesday, September 5th at 12pm EST. Open worldwide. Total Value: Up to $60.

GOOD LUCK!

And, of course, you can just go right ahead and become a member of Bobbledy Books or Idiots Books. For the kids in all of us.