Homemade Books

Children have very active imaginations. Of course mine are no exception. So, I think I'm going to start writing down some of their made up stories. We'll turn them into homemade books. They'll draw their own pictures. For the sake of legibility, I will write the words. Then they can read their own very special books. In fact, I just may turn some of their stories into books for publication. How cool would that be for your child to go to the library and see a book that he or she wrote sitting on a shelf. Better yet, how proud would they be to see other kids reading them? That's going to be one of our "it's too hot/cold/rainy to go outside" projects. Guess I should stock up on craft supplies. I think I'll use those gift cards I've been carrying around for the past five years.

You know you speak Toddlerese when...

Last night, My husband , the girls and I went to the market. They didn't have all of what we wanted, so we left to try another one. As we were leaving the shopping center, I heard my oldest mumble something. When I asked her to repeat herself, she said, "I want to go to the pepper diner!". My husband asked, "What did she say?". "She wants to go to the pepper diner", I replied. He was puzzled of course. "She want to go to Chile's again", I told him. We laughed. If motherhood required a resume, I'd add Toddlerese to Adult translator as a skill.