Books and boards

Isaac seems to have become rather particular about what he's reading. He typically has 10 - 15 minutes worth of books before going to bed. With Elissa, it used to be a cup of milk with her books, but that's not possible with Isaac. I have to give him his milk in between his bath and reading, as he just bats the cup away once we're in the seat next the books. I try putting it away and bringing it back once we're settled and have read a couple of books, he still swipes it away and points at the next book.

He also knows exactly when he's had enough of a particular title and is ready to move on. There are a couple of books at the moment which I can only get about 60-80% through before he closes it and pushes it away, pointing to it's intended replacement. Attempting to re-open it and finish only results in more grunting and pointing. Occasionally he'll feign interest, grab it again, only to throw/drop it aside and again point at the one he wants now.

It's funny to think that it was only a few weeks ago we were discussing that it seemed to us that Isaac may not have been as interested in reading as we remembered Elissa being at the same age. Apart from the fact that my memory cannot be trusted at the best of times, our concern was unfounded. He'll now regularly trot forwards and back from us to a book shelf/pile (of which there are now a few to choose from around the house) with book after book.

We took the kids for a quick trip up to a new shopping centre not far from home. Outside one of the play areas they've got a large wall set up as a blackboard with buckets of chalk and dusters for the kids to use as they see fit. They both seemed to enjoy it.


This was just a trip to the shops, do we didn't take the "proper" camera. It's times like this that the phone camera is quite handy, and for a quick snap it does a reasonable job. I didn't get any pictures of them in the playground, as we were too buys playing and such. Not taking enough pictures isn't something I lose a lot of sleep over.