On the receiving end of Spot

On both Saturday and Sunday nights I had the pleasure of Ben reading Spot to me. It was interesting to see which things he had picked up along the way - the most emphatically read page was from Spot Goes on Holiday where Spot tries to swipe a towel from the hippopotamus getting changed in the bathing box. I was pretty impressed with his intonation.

This evening we went to the park after dinner and then had to go and pick up an ebay purchase past Springvale Rd. Benji was getting a bit restless in the back of the car so I promised him some stories when we got home and then we then recited My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes which passed the time rather well.

Tonight we had 3 stories, oldies but goodies: Who Sank the Boat, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes and Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella. The next 2 days are home days (carless, panel beater, oops) so we will walk to the library and borrow a big stack of picture books. Which reminds me, I'm going to go to the library's website now to check the catalogue to see that Avocado Baby and The Elephant and the Bad Baby are on the shelf. Oh yes and how could I forget, Crusher is Coming! - now that is a top read!

I was a children's librarian at Hawthorn Library before I was a lawyer. It was such fun, especially preschool storytime on Fridays at 11am with Bec. How can I ever forget us being halfway through a story when 4 year old Sally called out to Bec and I "I'll show you my bum later if you want". None of the kids got it but the mums up the back had a good laugh. I wonder what she's doing now, 12 years later? Hopefully not showing people her bum...

I will have to change my work days once Benji is capable of sitting still for 3 stories in a row just so that we can go to preschool storytime. He would love it.

Avocado Baby is by John Burningham

The Elephant and the Bad Baby is by Elfrida Vipont and illustrated by Raymond Briggs

Crusher is Coming! is by Bob Graham