So Sweet, For A Minute

So sweet for a minute. Reading his books and then in a flash it changes.

And then he gets in a little bathroom reading.





Thankfully the book was covering his - shall we say, exposed areas.

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Rescue 911

There's a new favorite book in the house, and the moment he wants us to read it is when we're intently watching all of the season finales - or trying to carry on a conversation with each other.  It's one of those noisy button pushing kind of books.

But there's a very good thing about this book also...

Drew is also learning what to do in an emergency also.  Grammy got this book for us shortly after Drew was born and she'd heard a story of a toddler who saved a family member thanks to reading this book.

So it's a great book and has a valuable lesson... if only we could read this on our time and not our child's.  Oh yeah, there is no such thing anymore.

Rocky vs. The Dragon

Lucky you - it's a double post kind of day...

The boxing gloves are coming out at night lately and there's a new battle brewing, and well... "Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE!"

That's right, Drew now has temporarily put away "Green Eggs and Ham" and is now focusing on two new items.

First he has a new book he likes to read - or rather sing to. He calls it a few things including "Honalee" and "Lived by the Sea".This was a Christmas gift, and took a backseat temporarily to Dr. Seuss, but after "hiding" Green Eggs" we've finally gotten several reads in. He's also asked to listen to the CD as he falls asleep - it's great with a few songs on it.

Although, the other grown-up in the house has had his influence lately. See, Daddy introduced Drew to the soundtrack for Rocky. So what does Drew say when he hears the first song "Eye of the Tiger"?

That sounds like Mommy's phone. Yes, that's my cell phone ring tone for Dave. Clearly Dave calls me a lot.

So while this music is playing Drew is busy strutting his "Rocky arms" in the mirror in his room. And if you've seen Drew's "guns" you know it's quite "impressive". (note sarcasm)

Drew has asked to have "Rocky" sing him to sleep at night too. Dave was so proud. I think if we have more kids, I need a girl. I need someone on my side.

2 Yr Old Storytime

Who says you need to always be the one to read to a two year old?



That's right, Drew was reading to me last night!

OK before you think he's some sort of boy genius, we've read this story to him a million times, and he pretty much has it memorized. But shhhhhh, don't tell anyone.

#1 on the "Bedtime Read" List

Since we took the crib apart in Drew's room, and moved it to the floor we've really established a great bedtime routine. He lays in bed, we pick out 2 stories (or he gets one story read twice), put the music on, turn the lights out and say our prayers.

Amazingly it was at this time he made the switch from board books to regular page turning books. He took no interest in them before, but now it's something extra special.

And his favorite - Winnie the Pooh and the Bumblebee Chase. The nice short story is cute, but I'm not sure that he really pays attention to the story. He loves the wheel that he gets to turn on most of the pages.

He asks for this book every night and gets it most of the time, and often on the days when he gets this book - he could care less about book number 2.

I think it's time to hit up the library and see if we can find any more "turn-the-wheel" kind of books!

Some of his other favorites right now include:

• Anything with Elmo - which we have a few from the Target $1 section
• Llama Llama Red Pajama - which he got for his birthday (great pick Jodi)
• Anything with the ABC's in it - he has fun pointing them out.
  

So I think we're getting to the point where we can pack away some of the board books. He finds them so "last year". Kady is going to get another set of hand-me-downs I think! We need to make way for the big-boy books.