Saturday, April 20, 2013

Review: Children's Yoga with Little Shanti Studio

When I was contacted by Wendy of The Little Shanti Yoga Studio about children's yoga classes, I was certainly intrigued, but not very sure my robot-loving, samurai-kick-throwing 3-year-old would be very into following yoga directions. Boy was I wrong! Andrew had a great time and it is all due to Wendy and her super fun teaching style. During our yoga session at the Rose Memorial Public Library, Wendy based the class around an adorable picture book...

Friday, March 15, 2013

Review: Flexibath, the magical foldable tub

Our apartment has just a shower stall and that's not much fun for a toddler and his toy boats. So, last year I went on a hunt for a portable bath tub. An inflatable tub worked at first, but was soon too small, losing air, annoying to store and easily slimed up. Yuck! There had to be a better solution. Enter the Flexibath ($35-$40 on Amazon). Created by Dutch Company A Real Cool World and distributed in the US by Prince Lionheart, the Flexibath is...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Q&A & Giveaway - Donna Thorland's The Turncoat

Now that you've gotten my opinion of Donna Thorland's delicious historical novel THE TURNCOAT, how about you win a copy of your own to devour? All you need to do is like Rockland Mother on Facebook HERE and leave a comment with your thoughts on the Q&A with Thorland below, and you'll be entered for a chance to win a copy of the novel. Entries will be accepted until midnight on Monday, May 18th, with the winner to be announced on Facebook. You...

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Book Review: The Turncoat by Donna Thorland

(NAL; March 2013) One of the reviews for this debut novel calls it a "stay-up-all-night, swashbuckling, breath-holding adventure of a novel*," and I am in complete agreement. Donna Thorland's THE TURNCOAT had me staying up way past my bedtime...and I'm a woman in much need of sleep! I was quickly hooked, though, on this historical novel about a Quaker woman who becomes a spy against the British in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. ...