Cowboy Small and His Narrator

 

While we were on our road trip to North Dakota this past summer we stopped in Livingston, Montana on our way out of town from soaking in hot wada at Chico. The small cowboy town was big enough for our traveling caravan to split up, but we all ended up in the same book store.  Go figure, we’re a family of readers so it makes total sense.

Sue bought Lois Lenski’s Cowboy Small for Maggie and when she handed it to her, Mags sat right down in the doorway of the bookstore and flipped through the nugget of a book. A girl after my own heart….reading a book about cowboys! The book has since become a favorite and we brought it with us on our road trip to Carmel along with some other favorites.

The thing about Cowboy Small is that Barry has a really awful voice that he reads in what he claims is “Cowboy Small’s narrator’s voice.” Forgive me for what I’m about to write but to me it sounds like Cowboy Small’s narrator needs to go poo-poo. Often when I’m writing or editing photos Maggie and Barry will come and read books on the couch while I finish up. The other night I couldn’t help myself and turned on the computer video camera to capture Barry reading Cowboy Small to Maggie.

Please note my arm and the desk jiggle because I start laughing…..and now I present to you Cowboy Small read by Barry.

 

 

Bookworm

My heart has been swelling with pride as Maggie has started to spend more and more time ‘reading’  her books. Her attention span for her books shocks me and more than once I’ve thought that she must be eating something she isn’t supposed to or doing something dangerous, only to find out that she’s flipping through yet another book.

I don’t know how babies decided which books they like and which they could do without, but Maggie has some of her favorites by far. Barry’s parents got her a few Quack books for Christmas and she loves them. She has also fallen in love with a book of pictures that we’ve had since she was born. I swear last night she was pointing to our family picture saying “mama” and “papa.” I’m just ecstatic that she seems to love books!

Rain Please Go Away!

On rainy days, we look like a three ring circus getting ready for our walks and on the walk I’m sure that we look worse. Poor Syd, still hates the rain and poor Mags, she doesn’t like getting bundled up. If she had her option, and she doesn’t right now, she’d never cover her head or toes.

In other news, I have been really enjoying reading on a regular basis lately and it feels oh-so-good! There was a time there where I was worried that I’d never, ever read with any regularity again. I’m not suggesting that I am reading often, but at least I feel confident in sticking with the same book from front to back cover.

I think my book group will be thankful to have me back because I have continued to attend,  but have only been able to engage in the conversation half heartily. On the other hand, maybe they don’t really care if I’ve read the book or not….our conversations sometimes don’t always focus on the book anyhow.

3G sent us home with some stew tonight for dinner and we’ve got the tea kettle on…perhaps I’ll settle up with my book for a short bit tonight.