Reading to the Busy Bee

What do you read a 7 month old? Anything I want to! I want Lukka to like reading, so I let him chew on my books if he's interested, and every day try to pull him into my lap for a 'story time'. He usually likes to sit in the crook of my crossed legs, which to me is strange for how curious and newly-mobile he is (see last post). I love to read him board books, but get so bored (ha, I know) with the same 5 we have. Usually, I just leave those out for play time and let him chew on them, and make 'story time' special with a different book every day. This week has been my favs, the Beatrix Potter set. I wish I had this set in her original, small editions, but I have a big set that I assume was on sale at B&N when I bought them. Also, for Christmas, I 'got' Lukka (ok, this was obviously for me!) the Beatrix Potter journal, i.e. the "Egyptology" of Peter Rabbit's creator. Oh well, still the same whimsy and spirit as Ms Puddleduck would say!

On another note, the family and I went to the library tonight and "The Daring Book for Girls" was one I picked up. I had noted it's brother, "The Dangerous Book for Boys" at B&N earlier last year, and was firmly decided I must have both for our children (ok, so child, but hopefully, someday a girl will be in our future, too!) Here's a look at the two websites: Boys, Girls. Such an awesome idea! Click on over to the Big Kids' Table to check out what us 'big kids' are reading.

Houston, We Have a Crawler

As of this morning, Lukka has become a full-blown crawlin' fool! He practiced for over a month going backwards and even 'monkey crawling' (up on feet) just to make sure his real one would be perfect! Now, how do I get him to slow down...? :)

Bumper in His Fishin' Hat

He's been practicing a few steps this weekend.

Family

Lukka with Arjax ("Bear" laying down) and Atreyu (sitting).

Lukka and me trying to get a good shot together. It only took 5 tries.

Lukka's Scrapbook, Installation #2

These two pages are each "Mom" or "Dad". The left is Dad, complete with all Sepia colored photos, and some odd paper I found in this bag. The "Mom" page is decked out in 1915's-era stickers on "StoryBooks" and "Reading Time". The colored pages behind the pictures are original pages from one of many Beatrix Potter books. My two favorites.

Oma page. This little outfit is one of the first outfits he was to receive as a newborn, and one of my favorites with his cute sailor hat. The bottom left picture is a card from Punch Studio (I LOVE these cards, I have about 5 packs of them, and I can always think of ways to dress up the scrapbook with their 1910-20's era feel) while putting two green heated-wax sealer (star) for a dress up on some old fashioned wall paper. So cute! (Hint: another Punch Studio card is on the "Mom" page.)

Lukka's Scrapbook, Installation #1

Well, I've finally finished it after 7 months (hey, come on, he's only 7 months old!). I spent about an hour a page, so he would love it as much as I do when he inherits it! These are a few of my favorites.

His 'Name' page.

My pregnancy pictures taken by Renee and a few odds n' ends from my doctor appointments (including one ultrasound picture).

Grandma K page decked out in fairy-tale fawns and woodland creatures.

Daddy's pages-- "Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails".

Cute Baby Blog

I love travelling and have been itching the 'bug' for over a year and a half. We didn't do any vacations last year because of Lukka and now, well...it's just too darn cold to go anywhere cheaply! The only thing I can do is hope for a summer vacation this year, and in the meantime, read blogs written by worldly mothers.