We were supposed to go to Sacramento for a birthday party today, but both kids feel sick. Erin woke up with a fever this morning, and she had a restless night. She’s been very excited to read Green Eggs and Ham to her cousins but now she won’t be able to. Adrian sounds like one…
Category: Stories
My Baby Can Read!
Erin read Green Eggs and Ham to me tonight. Right to me. She read it all. I lay on the bed with her as she puzzled out the sounds. “G…got? Is it long-o or short-o? I think it’s long-o. Goat.” “Why is the ‘O’ long?” I asked her. “Because there’s an ‘A’ next to it,”…
When Parents Leave The Burn Book Out
On one day each week, Erin’s kindergarten has an early dismissal, right around lunchtime. This is also a day I keep Adrian home from preschool, so I meet Erin at her classroom with Adrian, a lunch, and a picnic blanket, and we hang out and eat lunch next to the playground. Erin and Adrian will…