Becky and I are back from Missouri where we spent a week or so with our grandchildren while our son and his wife were off on a trip celebrating their anniversary. It was a good, if exhausting time for us, but we are mostly so glad we can help in such a way.
Micah, the second youngest of our grandchildren, will turn three years old in August and is a happy, talkative, and joy-contagious toddler. Micah loves books and loves having an adult read to him. I often took the reading assignment, especially as Becky became the favorite of the 16-month old who was a little apprehensive about his parents being suddenly gone. Becky and Gabriel became great friends.
By far, Micah’s favorite read-aloud book was a complete collection of Curious George stories, “Monkey George,” as he calls him. If any of you have trouble sleeping at night, might I recommend the complete collection of Monkey George stories. Read them aloud and you will be in deep slumber in no time at all.
In addition to Monkey George, we had repeated reads of Ferdinand the Bull and the Story of the Little Gingerbread Boy. And once in awhile one of the cardboard books that are more Gabriel’s speed than Micah’s. Continue reading