In the morning, we read Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton, or rather I sang it (to use the term loosely). There is a notice on the front cover that you can hear Davy Jones sing the story. We haven’t ever listened to it but I try to put it to a Monkees-ish tune. We also read Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom. Reid’s excitement every time we see the page where Daddy bear comes home is funny to see. She doesn’t remember when I was on mat leave and we used to wait eagerly the last half hour or so for Ken to come home. Or maybe she does. She often comments on how Mama bear stays home with Jesse but I go to work. It doesnt seem to bother her, she just notices the difference.
In the evening, we read:
- Don’t Forget to Come Back! by Robie H. Harris about a little girl who is left with a babysitter (after many protests) and then has a nice evening. We may need to refer to this one if the stars ever align just right so that we find a babysitter. Reid doesn’t consider staying with relatives to be anything but a visit without Ken and I to interfere;
- There’s Only One of Me! by Pat Hutchins, which was as good as I hoped, if a bit tongue-twisty as the little girl was her “half-brother’s half-sister” and her “stepfather’s stepdaughter” and each page contained all relationships that had been identified previously;
- I started The Gift by Kristine L. Franklin but there were too many words for Reid and Ken kept making fun of the little boy’s name – Jimmy Joe;
- Stephanies Ponytail by Robert Munsch, with which Reid really identifies. I will have to offer her Stephanie-style ponytails from now on; and
- My Little Book of Sharing by Marjorie Decker.