Platt Discovery Cottage

careful what I wish for

October 18th, 2007

For 18 months I have been worried about my daughter.  She seemed completely incapable of being interested in books.  She would run from the room when I read to her brother, she would shake her head violently when I sat down to read to her and it just didn’t look good.  Being a voracious reader myself, I don’t know how to relate to someone in the house who doesn’t read, like, um….my husband?  That, plus I also said I would never married someone unless they were also a musician, but it seems to be working despite lacking those two major components.

The Bug has suddenly developed a passion for reading.  A passion.  She runs to me at full speed (I spend most of my day sitting on the floor) with a book in her hand screaming as loudly as she can - have I ever talked about how noisy The Bug is?  She’s just a really loud kid.  So screaming is just out of control loud.  She is so excited about books that she spends a good part of her day screaming about them.  When I’m not reading to her, she flips through them herself and points at things she recognizes, particularly bugs.  Again, she does this with a great amount of noise. 

So, I’ve got my wish of a tiny reader, however it came with a great deal of cacophony.

And….the pirate lapbook is finished.  As soon as I figure out how to put photos on my blog, I’ll have them here for you to see!

Enjoying the noisy journey,  Amanda

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