Reading and books

Apparently, when babies start pulling up to one thing, it's just the first thing and only a matter of time until they start pulling up to everything. Who knew?

So, it's official. All of the second shelves in our house are toast. Good thing we've already moved the tarantulas to a higher shelf.

Actually, the particular shelf she's at is the one with all of her books on it. We've stocked it recently with a total E-bay score from our childhoods.

Yep. Those are many of the beloved Serendipity books written by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James--not the entire series, but I think this is an impressive sampling. Grant and I both knew a few of them as children and this collection is a good smattering of ones we both knew as well as a few neither of us did. Though Kendra's not nearly old enough to sit still through a whole story, I still read her at least one each day. All the sites and books say it's good for babies to hear stories read even if they're not listening. Builds their vocabulary. And, with these stories, eventually she'll learn a clever moral too.

Actually, we've been to the branch of the library enough times, the staff there recognize her. Better get her love for books started early...

She sure is our darling little girl...