I am so pleased with the way Anna's newborn pictures turned out! They were worth the wait!! Now the hard part is deciding what to enlarge and where to put all of them!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thank goodness for Books
I have posted more than once about how much I love when my kids sit down and look at books. Lately, I love it more than ever. Allie and AJ are in this phase where they are super whiny and they fight a lot. Some days can be really long with 2-two year olds bickering and throwing fits over every little thing.
However, I think they love books now more than ever. Several times through out the day they will empty the bookshelf or a basket of books and quietly look through them. It is heaven on earth.
Every night we read a few books (or Brazilian comics in Portuguese)as a family. Both Allie and AJ are starting to like to pretend to read too. It is so cute. AJ will open a book and say, "Once upon a time there was a dinosaur (or whatever the subject of the book happens to be). The End." They both LOVE the "If you give a..." books. They can finish every page now that they have caught on to the pattern (our kids are so smart).
Tonight we read, "If You Take A Mouse To School". Allie wanted to read it to me after I read it to them. She opened the book and said something along the lines of, "If you take a mouse to school, he'll probably want your lunch box. He will play soccer and skateboard and chances are if you give him a snack you will take him back to school." She "read" this to me as she turned through pages using picture cues. I am sure she could have told me the whole story if she wasn't skipping pages as she flipped through, but the cutest part was how proud she was of herself. She was just beaming as she remembered the words from the book.
I love how learning comes so naturally for little ones. It is amazing to see how they take in EVERYTHING!!
However, I think they love books now more than ever. Several times through out the day they will empty the bookshelf or a basket of books and quietly look through them. It is heaven on earth.
Every night we read a few books (or Brazilian comics in Portuguese)as a family. Both Allie and AJ are starting to like to pretend to read too. It is so cute. AJ will open a book and say, "Once upon a time there was a dinosaur (or whatever the subject of the book happens to be). The End." They both LOVE the "If you give a..." books. They can finish every page now that they have caught on to the pattern (our kids are so smart).
Tonight we read, "If You Take A Mouse To School". Allie wanted to read it to me after I read it to them. She opened the book and said something along the lines of, "If you take a mouse to school, he'll probably want your lunch box. He will play soccer and skateboard and chances are if you give him a snack you will take him back to school." She "read" this to me as she turned through pages using picture cues. I am sure she could have told me the whole story if she wasn't skipping pages as she flipped through, but the cutest part was how proud she was of herself. She was just beaming as she remembered the words from the book.
I love how learning comes so naturally for little ones. It is amazing to see how they take in EVERYTHING!!
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