Yesterday, I walked into the living room to “remind” Maggie and Katie that I had asked them to turn the television off 2 times and come to the kitchen for dinner. When I rounded the corner, though, I was greeted with this sight and all I could do was laugh.
Tags: Katie
A week or two ago, I was chatting on IM with a friend when Katie sat down next to me. She cuddled for a minute, then started reading the IMs out loud. Sure, there were plenty of words that stumped her, but she was getting far more than I thought she could. Or, for that matter, should.
Katie has been reading little things for a while; even the occasional Eric Carle or Dr. Suess book. And she has looked longingly at Maggie’s longer, more grown up books and asked for chapter books of her own. She’s even tried to take some of Maggie’s books to read, but she just couldn’t quite do it.
So last week, while I was at the library, I picked up an easy reader chapter book for my baby. She “read” it in the car one day, and left it open to a page somewhere in the middle. This past Friday, I brought it back to her and mentioned that I was very proud of her for reading so much of the book.
Nah, she told me. Its too hard for me. I just looked at the pictures and skipped the words.
So we started on the first page. Honestly, I thought she was probably right. She couldn’t possibly read this chapter book. Not my baby. But she did. She read the first chapter aloud with me sitting next to her, and then decided she could tackle the next two chapters on her own. And she read every word on every page.
I think it is time to call her, officially, a reader.
Tags: Katie
This morning, we were watching Dinosaur Train, and Maggie said she wished we lived in the Cretaceous period and the the Dinosaur Train came through our house and through the fireplace.
Stagg and I started listing off all the problems with this idea, including:
* A train coming through the living room would make it hard to watch TV
* A train going through the kitchen and laundry rooms would also make it hard to cook, eat and do laundry
* A train going through the house would make it very cold on days like today when it is 20 degrees outside.
* Carnivores are not actually as nice as they seem on TV.
* Our trees would be eaten by the herbivores.
* We are all made of meat, which is what carnivores eat.
* The dinosaurs would probably eat us. quickly.
Maggie thought about it for a while and decided that it would no picnic to have the train in the house. And then she thought about the carnivore part a little more, and decided that she wouldn’t like it if dinosaurs ate Stagg, Katie, Lucy or I, but it would be ok if they ate Oscar and November.
I knew I liked this kid.
Tags: Maggie
Last night, the girls went to bed with their pajamas inside out and backwards. Each had a spoon under her pillow, and an ice cube was carefully put into each of the toilets. Apparently, these are the things that make it snow. Unfortunately, it didn’t work overnight. And although the weather forecast has predicted snow, I don’t see anything yet.
Scratch that! I see snow!
