Nestled in the heart of Liberty Hill, Texas, Simply Home Boutique stands as a charming yellow house brimming with unique treasures. Established in 2012, this delightful boutique has become a local favorite, offering an eclectic mix of home décor, fashion, kitchen treats, and gifts for all occasions. Whether you're stopping by for a fun shopping event, hunting for the perfect gift, or simply soaking in the boutique’s cozy charm, every visit feels like a little getaway filled with warmth, community, and delightful treasures.
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Birgit Sund on February 13, 2025
School’s in full swing, the kids’ extracurriculars are in overdrive, the house still needs to function like a well-oiled machine (or at least not completely fall apart), and, oh yeah—there’s work, errands, and the endless to-do list that never seems to shrink. Sound familiar?
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, let’s talk about something you really deserve: a little self-care. Whether you’re dropping hints to your significant other or treating yourself (because, let’s be real, you’ve earned it), these handpicked self-care products are here to help you relax, recharge, and reclaim some much-needed “me time.” Because taking care of you isn’t selfish—it’s
essential.
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Birgit Sund on February 4, 2025
Today’s featured book The Sun and The Planets by Patricia Geis, reviewed by our reader and local mom Yvette, is a very detailed and informative adventure about earth and outer space, with pop-ups, pull-outs, sliders, and foldouts.
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Yvette Fischer on October 18, 2023
Attention, fellow book enthusiasts, parents, and caregivers of budding bookworms! Is your little one an avid reader or do they simply adore listening to your soothing voice as you read to them?
We are inundated with numerous requests to review children's books, and unfortunately, we can no longer keep up with reviewing all of them ourselves. It pains us to decline authors, as we hold a deep love for books and a strong desire to support the incredible individuals who both educate and entertain our precious little readers.
Recognizing that many of you have young book lovers at home or have experienced this joy in the past, we wanted to gauge your interest in a "Read and Share" program. This program would offer you the opportunity to receive free books in exchange for providing book reviews. Interested? Read on for details.
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Birgit Sund on June 27, 2023
Did you know that according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), harmful chemicals found in plastic called Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) interfere with children's hormones, growth and brain development?
Did you know that more than 80% of baby and children's feeding products are plastic?
Did you know that by decreasing your child's exposure to these plastic chemicals, the level in their bodies can drop dramatically within just 3 days?
Read on and find out how.
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Birgit Sund on November 16, 2021
Today's featured books,
My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters and
My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters by Natalie Reeves Billing and illustrated by Lisa Williams are part of “The Monstrous Me Collection”. Both books are uniquely engaging and describe one story from two points of view, the children's and the father's and mother's respectively. Once you reach a certain place in the book, you flip the book over and read it again, it’s the same, yet different.
Who's going to be the monster today, Mom or Dad?
Read the book review of a fellow Live Grow Play Austin reader and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
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Erin Thompson on October 8, 2020
Today's featured book Perry the Fairy and her Tail by Tsila Glidai and Illustrator Tamar Efrati is a charming lesson about acceptance, self- confidence and inclusion told by the sweetest grandmother to her curious granddaughter. This is the first book in a series of Tell Me A Story, Grandma Glee. Children ages 4-8 will enjoy this book as they engage in rhyming sentences on each page and beautifully hand- drawn pictures to compliment every page.
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Laura Schwarcz on September 29, 2020
It’s fall, y’all, and what’s better than cozying up at home with the kids and a fun board game on a cold, rainy day? We just got a new board game and we love it: Ravensburger 3D Labyrinth!
Just like in the classic and other versions of Labyrinth, the goal of this game is to be the first to collect all of your treasures by moving walls and open passages of a Labyrinth, and to foil and block your opponents. Better get your thinking hat on!
Read our review and enter for a chance to win your own copy of the game.
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Birgit Sund on September 23, 2020
We have a new book review!
These are my Pants was written by Jane & Katelyn Park and illustrated by Aniqa Ashfaq. This is a cute, colorfully illustrated book about a young squirrel named Sam who learns the importance of sharing. This book is great for 3-6-year olds.
Read the book review of a fellow Live Grow Play Austin reader and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
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Erin Thompson on August 10, 2020
We have a new book review!
Three Paws &
Three Paws’ New Family was written by Karen Struck. With this book series, the author is encouraging children to "dream their life and live it".
The two-part series Three Paws and Three Paws’ New Family feature an Alaskan Grizzly cub named Boots. Boots sustains an injury that leaves him with a bit of a physical challenge. His dream has always been to be an expert salmon catcher, but this injury sets him back on his dream.
Read the book review of a fellow Live Grow Play Austin reader and enter for a chance to win your own copy. This is a set of 2 books and comes with a cute teddy bear.
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Birgit Sund on July 30, 2020