Fans, as you know, we are fond of a book in this family, so Julie has been quietly, but frantically, worrying that she was not reading to Clara as she had read to Joe. She has been worried also that Clara didn't like books. But, in the past few weeks, Julie has had a revelation. She realized she was judging what she did with Clara against what she'd done with Joe, and that wasn't fair to either of them. It is true that Julie does not read to Clara as she read to Joe, but Julie has decided not to worry about this anymore because she does read to Clara and Julie thinks they both have fun. Whereas Joe was read to before bed, and usually when we got home, Clara isn't read to at either of those times. She's done by the time bedtime has rolled around and seems to be thinking if you don't get that flipping moon and the great green room away from me, I will freak. OUT!!!!! And when we get home, all hands are needed to get dinner together before Clara's bath time. So instead, Julie and Clara read in the morning after Julie has nursed Clara. This seems to suit fine. Julie has also realized that Clara does like books (and she will admit that her secret heart is hugely relieved even though one is not supposed to have a secret heart), she just greets them differently from Joe. Joe would just sit back and take it all in when he was Clara's age, though he did enjoy a lift-the-flap book. Clara is all "let me at 'em!" She crawls on them, picks them up, turns pages. . .and she loves a touch-'n'-feel books (Joe never lifted a hand), especially pages with hair she can sink her little fingers into (e.g. the to hairy mane of the pony, the too tufty tail of the pony, and the soft nose of the pony--pony book is fabulous because of its abundance of hairy-tufty-soft nose pages--and the too shaggy ears of the puppy). Miss Che said Clara likes the puppy books at school, too. Apparently there is a puppy book with a puppy nose to press because more than once, the report of her daily doings have included that she busied herself giving that puppy's nose what for.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Reading With Bird, and, a Revelation
Fans, as you know, we are fond of a book in this family, so Julie has been quietly, but frantically, worrying that she was not reading to Clara as she had read to Joe. She has been worried also that Clara didn't like books. But, in the past few weeks, Julie has had a revelation. She realized she was judging what she did with Clara against what she'd done with Joe, and that wasn't fair to either of them. It is true that Julie does not read to Clara as she read to Joe, but Julie has decided not to worry about this anymore because she does read to Clara and Julie thinks they both have fun. Whereas Joe was read to before bed, and usually when we got home, Clara isn't read to at either of those times. She's done by the time bedtime has rolled around and seems to be thinking if you don't get that flipping moon and the great green room away from me, I will freak. OUT!!!!! And when we get home, all hands are needed to get dinner together before Clara's bath time. So instead, Julie and Clara read in the morning after Julie has nursed Clara. This seems to suit fine. Julie has also realized that Clara does like books (and she will admit that her secret heart is hugely relieved even though one is not supposed to have a secret heart), she just greets them differently from Joe. Joe would just sit back and take it all in when he was Clara's age, though he did enjoy a lift-the-flap book. Clara is all "let me at 'em!" She crawls on them, picks them up, turns pages. . .and she loves a touch-'n'-feel books (Joe never lifted a hand), especially pages with hair she can sink her little fingers into (e.g. the to hairy mane of the pony, the too tufty tail of the pony, and the soft nose of the pony--pony book is fabulous because of its abundance of hairy-tufty-soft nose pages--and the too shaggy ears of the puppy). Miss Che said Clara likes the puppy books at school, too. Apparently there is a puppy book with a puppy nose to press because more than once, the report of her daily doings have included that she busied herself giving that puppy's nose what for.
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All book reading is good book reading, morning, noon or night :)
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