Reading

This morning Ollie picked up the huge Harper Collins treasury and started reading "Caps for Sale" using the pictures to make up the words. He knows the story well so that helped too. He said to Matt, "Come here Mashew, come and do reading". I love it when he 'reads'. While he was reading away, I quietly went and got the camera and took a video of it without him noticing otherwise he would stop and come over to my side of the camera to look at the picture.

I am a book snob. Particularly when it comes to children's picture books. I will not read (in general) books that come from TV shows eg. Bob the builder books, Sesame Street etc. I will read and buy (or mooch) books that deserve re-reading multiple times. Books that can be read over and over again with new things to discover on each re-reading. Books that have good sentence structure. Books that challenge, inspire.

Yesterday he was taking pictures of me with his Thomas toy camera and he was happily snapping away when he said "Mummy, focus!". IT cracked me up because that's what I say to him all the time especially when I'm taking a photo of him. He doesn't like to look at the camera.