Let’s hear it for books that endure. The decade of my birth has supplied all of our bedtime reading these past three nights.
For F, who turns two next week, the lesson lately has been that there’s no such thing as a little Orange Splot. For Christmas I got him a $4.95 paperback of Daniel Pinkwater‘s The Big Orange Splot, and boy, have we gotten our money’s worth. In addition to the delight he’s gotten from the many, many times we’ve read it — and to me it seems more like a quasi-religious parable with each reading — Mr. Plumbean’s favorite drink has inspired F’s first three-syllable word: lemonade.
Two nights ago, I read And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? to S, and tonight he asked for it again. (Yes!) Last night S asked me to read him Christopher for President, a book my parents bought for me during my premature flirtation with running for the presidency when I was six or so. And they say that Jimmy Carter wasn’t an inspiring leader…
Sorry to trend off-topic, but what was F’s first two-syllable word, and can we please start a betting pool on his first four-syllable word?
Sorry to trend off-topic, but what was F’s first two-syllable word, and can we please start a betting pool on his first four-syllable word?
Sorry to trend off-topic, but what was F’s first two-syllable word, and can we please start a betting pool on his first four-syllable word?
I still remember when Carter won and am still inspired! It is the first election I fully remember because my best friend’s parents were for Ford and I had no idea it was a competition before then.
I still remember when Carter won and am still inspired! It is the first election I fully remember because my best friend’s parents were for Ford and I had no idea it was a competition before then.
I still remember when Carter won and am still inspired! It is the first election I fully remember because my best friend’s parents were for Ford and I had no idea it was a competition before then.
F’s first two-syllabler was either “momma” or “chicken.”
“Velocity” would be an appropriate start to his four-syllable repertoire…
F’s first two-syllabler was either “momma” or “chicken.”
“Velocity” would be an appropriate start to his four-syllable repertoire…
F’s first two-syllabler was either “momma” or “chicken.”
“Velocity” would be an appropriate start to his four-syllable repertoire…