A Trip To The Bookstore

Since Allen has been busy at work the last couple of weeks, including a work trip to Biloxi last week, we are making up for lost time. The sun also decided to break through, clearing up all those dreary dark clouds, so we decided to make a trip to the book store today.  It's been exciting these past few weeks watching Nylah become more interested in books. She loves to bring one to us to read, then right after we read it to her, she will sit down and pretend to read it herself.


Barnes and Noble is one of our favorite book stores, especially since there's a little bit of everything for everyone. And since we had our stroller with us, I decided to bring my camera along. One thing I will never regret, are the many opportunities to snap pictures of Nylah as she grows up, even at the seemingly simple outings, such as the book store. Real life is documented in the simple things, and they are the things we look back on and appreciate the most. So yes, if you were at the Barnes and Noble store in the Augusta mall, I was the mom sitting in the isle taking pictures of my baby while she peeked through the books, exploring her imagination. I was the mom that got a few curious looks, and even a smile, from passerbyers.  Then there is Allen. He was the dad that had to try out each book before we bought them, as if trying on a new pair of shoes. "How else will we know she will like them, unless we read them to her first?!"    Haha! I suppose he has a good point.

Some of Allen's favorite children's books are Dr Seuss, while some of my favorite children's books are The Berenstain Bears series. Needless to say, she got one of each, plus two others.

I hope Nylah grows to love books like we do. So far we've held off on TV for the most part, other than a couple Nursery rhyme videos from Youtube. No Saturday morning cartoons here yet, though I'm not completely apposed to some later on.

We also started her on Flashcards early on, familiarizing her with objects. She was a little late crawling and walking, but vocabulary is the one area she has always been advanced in.  She is beginning to lose interest in her first set of flashcards, so we got a new set to plaster around the house.

And of course, no trip to Barnes and Noble is complete without playing with the trains! I don't know who had more fun, Nylah or Allen.

Blast From the Past

I was leafing through a box of books in the garage that
I have kept over the years from my childhood, and I can't
wait to read them to Nylah (once I know she won't eat and
devour the pages).  The Berenstain Bears were my most
collected series. The first book I ever got was, "Bad Habit",
and I loved it because just like Sister Bear, I always had a
bad habit of biting my nails. From there, I pretty much
collected the entire series.









Here's a blast from the past! One of my favorite books in the 3rd grade was 'A Kitten for Rosie" And better yet, my favorite teacher, Mrs Simkins signed it and gave it to me for outstanding reading, which was my favorite subject. :)
It's hard to believe I still have it.

I also found a book called, "Monsters Don't Scare Me!"  Apparently I signed it and gave it to myself because I thought I 'deserved' it! Haha!

And last but not least, I LOVED LOVED LOVED Amelia Bedelia!! Her innocent, and literal interpretation of life was roll-on-the-floor hilarious! I could never get enough of her books, and I remember getting so excited whenever I saw a new one come out in the school library!