Yawning Yoga review

Getting kids to sleep can IS a feat in itself!!  It doesn’t have to be quite as bad every night… right? I had the great pleasure to review a new book called Yawning Yoga a goodnight book, for a good night’s sleep
Written by Laurie Jordan and Illustrated by Aaron Randy. This is an amazing book!!  We LOVE Yawning YOGA!!

Some of my very favorite highlights are: Tips for better bedtime! In the front of the book are 4 simple tips to help parents prepare kids for bedtime. BRILLIANT tips!!  Amazingly helpful and they really work! Not just for bedtime but for nap time too!!  BRILLIANT!!

Second favorite part?  It’s a hard cover book. Books with paper covers never ever last in our house. This book is beautiful!! Thick satiny paper that will last reading after reading!!

LOVE the story line!! It flows so nicely. I love the sing-song relaxing rhythm of the book. The story teaches kids yoga moves for relaxation. Stretching and breathing, laughing and thanking your body for all the things it does for you during the day!!

This book is amazing!

Extra bonus!! The end of the book is an index of actual kids doing the poses in case you need a little help!

The illustrations?! OHHHHHH SOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!! Bright pretty illustrations.  Some of the pictures made the kids laugh right out loud.WE LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!
 
 Emma and Eli offered to listen to the story in the daytime and let me take pictures.

Earlier, I read the book to Eli at nap time within 10 minutes he was O-U-T cold!! He slept for a full 2 hour nap!! This book is MAGIC!!!!!!!

Updating My SEO Because Even the Internet Needs a Good Declutter

If you’ve been poking around peanutbutterandwhine.com lately and thought, “Huh, something feels different,” congratulations. Your instincts are sharp and possibly paranormal.

I’m deep in the process of updating my SEO. Not the glamorous kind of update where confetti falls and Google personally thanks me, but the gritty, behind-the-scenes kind where old posts get dusted off, links get refreshed, and keywords are gently coaxed into behaving better. Think less makeover montage, more haunted house cleanup.

While revisiting early posts, I discovered something unsettling. Many of the original photos and videos have completely vanished. Not broken links. Not corrupted files. Gone. Poof. Into the digital ether. This can only confirm one thing: peanutbutterandwhine.com is haunted.

There is no other explanation. Sure, it could be old hosting changes, platform migrations, or me being wildly optimistic about my organizational skills a decade ago. But let’s be honest. It’s ghosts. Internet ghosts. Possibly annoyed by my early font choices.

So here I am, updating old posts with new images, clearer formatting, better internal linking, and SEO-friendly structure so Google can finally understand what I’ve been yelling into the void all these years. I’m also making sure posts connect to each other logically, like linking back to my ongoing fun stuff such as the Monthly $50 Your Way Giveaway right here:
👉 https://peanutbutterandwhine.com

Internal links help readers stick around, help search engines crawl the site, and possibly appease the spirits living in my archives.

I’m also adding relevant external links to trustworthy sources, because Google appreciates good neighbors. For example, SEO best practices straight from the pros over at Moz:
👉 https://moz.com/learn/seo

The goal isn’t to rewrite history. It’s to make sure my content is still useful, readable, and visible in a world where the internet changes faster than my craft room fills up.

If you stumble across a refreshed post, missing photos, or suspiciously improved clarity, just know it’s intentional. And if something disappears again overnight… I’ll be lighting a sage bundle and updating my alt text.

Stay tuned. The ghosts are watching. 👻