In other news, earlier this week, Mr.P began reading his first chapter book, Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus. We don't use that word in our house so the titled has been altered to ....the Silly Smelly Bus. It's fun to sit and read with him because I'm able to read ahead a little so I know what's coming up. He'll move along slowly, sounding out the more difficult words and needing my help on the even harder ones, but when he realizes what he just read out loud, I can see it coming together by his facial expressions. My favorite times are the parts that make him laugh. Here's an example from yesterday. Junie B. is scared of the bus, but her parents are making her ride it anyway and she notices the door for the first time.
"It wasn't a regular kind of door, though. It folded in half. And when it closed, it made a whishy sound. I don't like that kind of door. If it closes on you by accident, it will cut you in half, and you will make a squishy sound."
He read this and giggled. Then, as it formed a picture in his mind and it made more sense, he laughed a little more. Seeing him made me laugh and we kind of fed off of eachother for a minute to the point where the book fell on the floor and his head was buried in my arm. lol
I know I'm all over the place with this post, but Camri and her boyfriend planted the strawberries yesterday. We did the Topsy Turvy, which is somewhat of a big red eyesore right now. Hopefully the leaves start forming soon because right now it just looks like a big red barrel-shaped canvas. I'll probably end up hanging it from the playhouse that Jeremy built for the kids. Not sure if it will get enough sun, under the trees like that, but that thing is kinda fugly. lol
Oh, I saw a pretty red cardinal perched in one of trees out front this morning just before I was leaving to take Camri to school. Maybe I should hang another feeder out there. I'll put that on my birthday list ; )
