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On the days when Bauer can’t fall asleep during naptime (like today), he has Quiet Reading Time instead. He will sit back there on our bed for a good hour or more and flip through book after book to his little heart’s content. When he runs out of books, he will get up and pick himself another big stack of books from the shelf and go back to his reading. He usually wants a snack (or two), but as long as he’s quiet, I’m happy because I like to do my own reading/writing during this time.

Bauer is really enjoying the Patricia Lakin books about the alligators named Sam, Pam, Will and Jill. We have read Camping Day, Snow Day, Beach Day, and Rainy Day, all from the library of course. They are all very cute and clever rhyming stories. Bauer picked up the phrase P-U (as in, something stinks) from Camping Day and now uses it in all sorts of contexts.

We also checked out every Ezra Jack Keats book that was available the last time we went to the library. I knew of Ezra Jack Keats from the one little board book we have called The Snowy Day about the little black boy named Peter. I didn’t realize Keats had created all these different stories with Peter and his friends who live in the same neighborhood. I love the words Keats uses as he writes the stories. I’m no expert, but I think his books are truly great children’s literature because of the way the stories and pictures draw us in and keep us wanting more. One of my favorites is Jennie’s Hat, while Bauer is partial to Regards to the Man in the Moon.