Books!

The time has finally come when Rya will sit through an entire book! We've tried to read to her since she was born, but it usually didn't last for more than a few pages. She's always been interested in books- carrying them around and looking through them herself, but not actually sitting and listening to them. Recently she has allowed us to read to her sometimes during the day and always at night. Like a lot of kids, she chooses one toy/book and tends to fixate on it for awhile before moving on to another. This week her favorite book is:

This book was given to me by my mom in 1990 and is signed by the author. It's a cute story about a girl who wants to be a dancer just like her big sister, but she's too little for dance class. By the end of the book she is finally old enough to attend a class. Soon enough Rya will be able to attend a dance class... or soccer, gymnastics, piano lessons, etc. We can't believe she's growing up so fast!

Jason had this book and added it to Rya's collection:

I had never read this book, but fell instantly in love with it the first time I read it to Rya about a year ago. She couldn't sit through the whole thing then, but she does now. If you haven't read this book and you happen to see it in a bookstore, take five minutes and read it. Elizabeth is a princess and wants to marry a prince, but a dragon attacks her castle and takes the prince hostage. Because all of her clothes have been burned by the dragon, Elizabeth wears a paper bag on her quest to rescue her prince. She outsmarts the dragon and goes into the cave to rescue her future husband. He basically tells her she doesn't look like a princess anymore and she should come back when she does. In that moment, Elizabeth realizes her prince is really not someone she wants to be with. It's a cute story with a good message- one I hope Rya remembers. I'm sure I'll read this book to her before every date she has... FAR in the future of course.

Rya has a ton of books and we can't wait to read them all together! Today is Mother's Day and I was given a super cool, homemade gift. Pictures in a future post!