On a beautiful, sunny, 67 degree Saturday afternoon, I’m typing away while Saxon is napping. Since Saxon is down to one nap per day, I find it critical to enter Tasmanian devil mode during the 1.5 to 2 hours of her afternoon slumber, spinning around painting, blogging, more garage organizing. I’ve pushed the envelope today and Saxon is standing up in her crib (thank you MobiCam for the Truman World-esque peek) saying “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy…softie, baby, doggie, Mommy, Daddy…book, book, book”
Another peek into Saxon’s World shows her sitting up in her bed Indian-style reading to her doll “nanna,” who is sitting in her lap.
One of Saxon’s very favorite activities is reading - mainly having us read to her. Of course, this thrills me. My parents read to me all the time and to this day I still love reading. Saxon, who is now 20 months old, has her favorites and is very vocal about which book(s) she wants to read - and this changes from day to day.
We wanted to share Saxon’s favorites and you’ll see them listed in the sidebar. Pat the Bunny, a gift from one of my clients, was one of her very first faves. The other three are on her current reading list - in “heavy rotation.”
Clip-Clop is the story of dog, cat, pig and duck (dcp&d) who all go riding with a horse. Saxon loves the part where the horse starts going really fast and dcp&d scream, “Whoa” and they all go flying through the air, landing, with four “plops” in the hay. While playing on the arm of the couch, Saxon likes to reenact the scene. Sometimes it takes me a moment to catch my cue (”whoa, whoa”).
Llama Llama Red Pajama is about a baby llama, who, yep, you guessed it, wears red pajamas. After going to bed, baby llama, gets scared and anxious and gives shout-outs for him mama llama. The first time I read this, I wondered, “why in the world am I reading this to a child who has not yet exhibited fear of the dark or being alone? am I simply planting seeds of fear in her little brain?”
Haven’t seen any dark consequences yet, but maybe this is the type of thing she will have to work through with her therapist 20 years from now. Carey has asked if I could please hold off on getting Saxon Llama Llama Mad at Mama for a few years.
Where is the Green Sheep is my favorite of the three. Not only is it beautifully illustrated in a minimalistic style, the book shows all kinds of sheep (i.e. Near Sheep & Far Sheep) until it gets to the end where you find the green sheep sleeping. About 2/3 through the book, Saxon starts “shhh, shhh” so we won’t wake the green sheep.
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