Ainsley reads: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

Story Retelling at its finest:

Knuffle Bunny!!!!

Mo Willems.

Write that down.  I'll wait....
Got it?

Good.  Mo Willems is a brilliant, beyond brilliant children's author.  Hilarious.  You know his books...

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus

Elephant and Piggie series

Knuffle Bunny

Well, Ains LOVES Knuffle Bunny (who doesn't?).  And it just so happens that her BFF Ian's daddy produced the children's theatre show of that very book, in concert with Mo himself. 

Did I mention? It was at the KENNEDY CENTER!

We went to see it!  Want to hear the book?  Courtesy of your very own A-Bear:



summer summer summertime!

What do you do with an endless stretch of days?

• walks to the local bike shop to practice riding training-wheel bikes
• visits to the parks & playgrounds
• afternoons at the pool (love free public pools in DC!!)
• gelato & lattes (at least one or the other nearly every day)

I have created a monster.  You know you're in trouble when you wake up to: "Mommy, let's go to the coffee shop."  :)

• a visit to the natural history museum (preschool style)
• homemade smoothies (PINK!)  
• clean pantry, organized desk space, paint stain off the couch, fridge clean, floors double-triple scrubbed, furniture & wall hangings re-arranged (quite a chore in this old house with old plaster and brick walls!), laundry under submission, wall-molding dusted, walls scrubbed, cabinets washed, toy bins cleaned and simplified
• play :: trains, blocks, dollies... you name it.
• Dora & Lady and the Tramp

• an hour at the local library 

Check out these cool new books!  We love them!

here

here

I. Love. Summer.

A few plans for the week:
* repaint front door (sand, prime, then paint)
* jasper's birthday
* line the kitchen shelves & cabinets
* plan our ROAD TRIP
* more pool time!!
*perhaps clean the chandelier??? Any suggestions as to HOW?

little reader

These are long vids, I'll warn you - but I just HAD to post them!  (She didn't tire out until part-way through Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink... no vid for that one.)

  

 

 

poop :: a funny word!

There is absolutely, positively, nothing funnier to this girl than the word POOP.  Almost daily she can be heard saying, "mommy - know what's a funny word? (what?) * poop! * baahhaaaaahahah!"

She started out retelling the Paperbag Princess - (using her farm book as a prop) - but who can resist a little tangent when the word poop pops out!

Snapdragon - the second vid is especially for you. xoxo

Dinnertime at Our House

Apparently, we are beginning a tradition of reading aloud to each other at the table.... or should I say, Ainsley will be reading to the family at dinner.  We always light candles. Every night. What are your dinner traditions?