Anniversary, Human Anatomy, Maj Lindman, and Completed Books 5/25

Today Steve and I have been married for nine years! My, how time has flown. Eight years ago Marcus was born and from the earliest age loved books. Before he could walk or talk, I could lay out his five favorite books and tell him, "Marcus, go get Touch the Bunny," and he would crawl over, pick it up, and bring it to me. Gabriella, now seven, loves books too and reads all the time.

The kids and I just finished part 1 of Little Women. We will finish it by and by and be happy to have done so.

This past week, instead of reading at night, Marcus has been doing 4-D puzzles of the human body. He has four different puzzles: the human body, the heart, they eye, and the brain. I have to admit that I tried to put together the eye and was unable to do it! The directions are vague and confusing. Still, Marcus was able to put each puzzle together. He also times himself and his fastest time so far is 4 minutes. Below are the pieces and then final product of the human body puzzle.


Gabriella has been enjoying Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Snipp, Snapp, Snurr books by Maj Lindman. She requested, "all they have at the library Mama."


Books Completed Lella: Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen, Maj Lindman, Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Reindeer, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and The Gingerbread, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and The Yellow Sled, Maj Lindman, Tintin in Tibet, Herge, Land of Black Gold, Herge, The Crab with the Golden Claws, Herge, The Calculus Affair, Herge, The Wrong Kind of Bark, Julia Donaldson.

Books Completed Marcus: Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls, Emily McCully, Esther's Story, Diane Wolkstein.

Books Completed Both: The Red Sea Sharks, Herge, Words In Our Hands, Ada Litchfield, Andiamo, Weasel!, Rose Grant, The Great Graph Contest, Loreen Leedy, Marie in Fourth Position, The Story of Degas' "The Little Dancer", Amy Littlesugar.