This morning (while I was having breakfast in bed 😉 ) Big and I had a chat about reading. I said that I was a bit upset that none of the books I’d bought her seemed to be things she really enjoyed and I wanted to know what she liked so that I could get things that suited her better. We went through a pile of her picture books with me explaining that I kind of thought she might enjoy things with a bit more story and a few less pictures.
She told me that she likes the pictures and I talked about how with books with more story she was supposed to see them in her own head. We discussed how when she listens to tapes she has to see the pictures herself, and she hadn’t really thought about that working for books. So she went off to her room and fetched Jasmine the Present Fairy (Rainbow Magic S. – The Party Fairies)
and sat and read a few pages next to me. She decided she really enjoyed it, and I promised that when she finishes it, I’ll get her some more, as we looked through the covers and discovered there are lots more.
Looks like I’d better do some fast shopping – she took it up to bed with her tonight, and there are only two chapters left now 😀 She’s now decided that picture books are for babies and she wants ones with stories in. When she gets hold of an idea, she really gets hold of it.
Other stuff we did today included more crafts – worked our way through one heart from this tutorial to make a necklace. I’ve done another one tonight, trying out the seed beads we bought a few trays of. Think we could do with getting a few more though, amazed at how many we used in just one heart. (We have lots of pictures of Big making her heart, and even more of the process of me making mine, as I’m hoping she might manage to make some more tomorrow.)
My parents popped around, and Big did a demo of parchment craft for them – we framed it and sent them away with a lily picture for their house. Small bounced excessively while they were here, and moaned a little about the lack of television – generally speaking though he’s taking to the lack of it very easily. I was hoping he might join in with some beading, but he doesn’t seem inclined, although he’s very happy to wear the bracelets we make for him.
And now I must off to bed. Early morning tomorrow, as I’m going up to help with the office move.
Oh, and I nearly forgot – I did a whole pile of blogring admin and added a couple of ppl to the ring. Have a wander around and see if you can find them 🙂
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