...literally!
I've been so frustrated with our constant health issues lately, but today I feel more hopeful. Today the sun is out and it's supposed to be close to 50 degrees! Our little one's cough is better and her nose is a little less stuffy and runny, and things are looking up a bit. I've felt rather like a caged lion lately, not wanting to take her much of anywhere because I don't want her getting anything else or giving her germs to some other unsuspecting little one, but going crazy inside these four walls. So I haven't been out a whole lot, which is hard for me. I'm looking forward to going outside this afternoon to play and for a walk. And tonight I tutor, which I always enjoy.
Crayons are a big obsession at the moment. Ever since Daddy got them out a week or so ago, she asks for them several times a day. It's really increased her excitement about colors. She's becoming much more consistent at naming them correctly or pointing to the right ones when you ask her. Blue used to be her favorite to talk about. Then pink. The last two days it's been green ("geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee," she calls it). She's been pointing out green things all the time.
She's also obsessed with ladybugs right now. She has a sleeper with ladybugs all over and she goes berserk whenever she sees it. I can't get it on her fast enough if I have it out. She bends over and points to them on her feet and legs, then stands up and points to them on her tummy and her arms. Then she points to the ladybug on her wall (a painted wooden one that I made before she was born--there are lots of little bugs and things up on her wall for decoration). Last night she discovered lady bugs on the cover of her current favorite book (Each Peach Pear Plum is the book). She wouldn't stop pointing to those.
We've started doing bedtime stories recently. While she drinks her milk sitting on my lap in the rocking chair after her bath, I read her a book. Each Peach Pear Plum is the one she chooses the most right now. But once in awhile she'll choose Guess How Much I Love You, which always makes me cry, if she actually lets me get to the end of it (she just likes to look at the pictures in that one and keeps turning the pages before I get to the end of the sentence!). Sometimes she just likes looking at pictures in her Richard Scarry word book. She goes through phases, but always returns to the same things. I'm ready to move on to something new! What books do your little ones like at the moment?
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One of the boy's favorite at this age was "My Many Colored Days". I think that it was by Dr. Suess(?) Sounds perfect for her right now. E's favorite was "The Little Red Hen" I could recite it in my sleep. Her copy had the old pictures like mine had, I think the cover finally came off and I had to put it away.
We like all the books by Sandra Boyton. They're fun for kids and adults alike. K's current favorite from the library is "Roar", which has lots of jungle animals in it. We have a nice selection from the library and usually read 2-3 a night.
~Allecia
"Guess how much I love you", "5 little monkeys" and "Good morning, good night" (which is a touch & feel book).
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Katy loves any book that the words are sung - she has "Old MacDonald", "There was an old Lady who swallowed a fly," "If you're happy and you know it," and "Puff the Magic Dragon." Those are the only ones she doesn't turn the pages too quickly to read the words!!
Well if Dan is putting Leah to bed it's always Tippy-Tippy-Tippy Hide by Candace Fleming (i think). We got it from the library so much that I got them their own copy for christmas. Barnyard Dance is another favorite too by Sandra Boyton. If I put her to bed, she usually wants me to make up a "Once Upon a Time" story which involes a couple of her friends and her traveling to the candy shop where her mom works. My favorite bed time book to read though is Time for Bed. I don't remember the author but it's about all different kinds of animals going to bed. It's sweet.
~Sara
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