He brought home an acorn yesterday that he'd found on the playground. We planted it in a red Solo cup with a hole in the bottom and it's attempting to grow in our kitchen. Maybe by spring he can plant it outside.
I was eating a quick supper last night and happened to look inside the cup, thinking it was some meat that Ryan had cooked up. Thinking to myself, "Ryan cooked the **** out of that meat!"
I may have said it out loud.
and I may need to see an ophthalmologist.
Felt better when I knew what it was.
My sister sent me a Trixie Belden book that she'd found in her basement storage. She knew that I loved it as a kid and none of her kids got into them. I'd read a couple to Maddy and Ryan when they were little and liked me to read to them. So now, I'm starting my collection of Trixie books. Do you think a five year old boy would be interested in having his old grandma read him books about a 13 year old girl detective? Maybe... She was such a tomboy and her brothers were pretty fun. We'll see.
What I'd like to find for him is the book, The Wolf King. I know I saw it in the garage once upon a time so it's probably stored away somewhere. My kids had loved it when their dad read it to them. I'll have to dig that out.
Anyway, I have a meeting in 11 minutes and need to prepare for it. Have a wonderful Thursday.
3 comments:
I don't think you can give a better gift to Leon than reading chapter books aloud. When Son3 started kindergarten I read the first Harry Potter book to him at night. It too nearly the entire school year to finish it, but by then he was hooked on continuing stories and has been an avid reader ever since.
May I suggest the Beverly Cleary "Henry Huggins" books? My sooner siblings and I loved these,and my kids did too! Reading aloud to kids is a highly underrated activity. Say what you want about her husband, but Laura Bush once reported on a hospital study that said that children who were read to following surgery reported less pain than those, who had the same surgery, who were not read to in recovery. Mean mother I am, I had a rule that I would only read 1)To all kids who wanted a story at one time--you can stay up and hear the story, or go to bed and read on your own--I wasn't reading half a dozen chapters from as many books each night and 2) (perhaps most important) only books I enjoyed would be read aloud. You were free to read the others on your own, in bed.
No idea what a "sooner" sibling is. Maybe this avjd reader needs to loosen the purse strings and buy a laptop instead of relying on her Kindle.
Xoxo
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