I'm a Big Sister

     This week, I'm visiting grandbabies. Miss Betty and I have been busy reading and rereading all her favorite books. At this point in her cute little life, her collection mainly consists of board books, but thanks in large part to Grandma's Book of the Month Club, she's got plenty 😉

     Like most little ones, she likes to read the same books over and over again. Grandma doesn't mind. I finish a book and say, "Would like to choose another one for Grandma to read?" Most of the time, she replies, "We gonna read it again." I happily oblige. There's nothing I would rather do.

     We've read this big sister book several times a day since I've been here. With new brother, Baby Bobby,  having arrived, she enjoys the pictures about all the things she likes to help Mama and Daddy do. It's wonderful reinforcement of her newfound big sister skills, and the illustrations are adorable.

     I love to watch her beautiful face while we read. Her eyes are bright, she smiles, and giggles, and snuggles up. On many pages, she has a favorite word or phrase or part of the picture that she wants to show me and they are the same every time we read that story. It is a joy to watch her developing as a reader.

My Little Gingersnap Loves to Read

The quality is poor, but I LOVE to see her enjoying her books. The rocking, the horsey noises, the way she's learned to hold a book right side up and turn the pages, her sweet little self - every part of this makes my grandma-teacher heart incredibly happy.

Dreams Do Come True

I've wanted grandchildren for a while, and last May, my first one arrived and she is even better than I imagined. Seriously - there are no words.

We all want our children and grandchildren to inherit the best of our traits and pray that the worst will skip a generation or, better yet, disappear all together. My sweet grandgirl is happy, loving, smart, and...she LOVES to read! Hurray!

Whenever I am able to visit, we try to make it through her entire collection, which is considerable since she is not only the first grandchild on both sides and has bibliophile genetics, but she has an auntie who is a librarian, a grandfather who is a retired teacher, and me.

Each month, I use my Amazon Prime membership to send her two new board books. I always hit the closest holidays, books about counting and the alphabet, and lots of family love books. I call it Grandma's Book of the Month Club. My plan is that when she is older, we'll read chapter books, and if we are still living far apart, can FaceTime to talk about the books. We'll always have something to talk about :)

My double-fisted reader enjoying her UCLA counting book

(Daddy's alma mater)

Perched on her "thorne" (courtesy of Auntie Kim), enjoying one of her Valentines Day treasures with Darla the unicorn (courtesy of Uncle Michael).

 She loves reading with Daddy.

Reading with Grandma during Spring Break.

She absolutely loves books about animals.

She's getting pretty good at making animal sounds :)

This Grandma's heart is happy that we have another generation of readers in the family.