how to encourage a reader?

i love to read books and i wish my boy will share my love with books too. but so far i can only get him to read when its about to sleep. what i like most is that he is the one who brings a book to me when its almost bedtime. i dont really know how i could encourage him to read and read.what i do is just i keep books within in his reach. and when he seems to like to read i make myself available so i could read with him too. im very much happy that there's a lot of tot books in our public library here. which enable me to do book rotations without spending. i didnt really buy much books for him coz i feel like he would just outgrown it too. but i always make sure that i borrow materials from the library for him. i actually try to join a virtual book club for kids but i just cant come up with good activities. maybe i could try to put that on my new year's resolution for the new year to come soon. we'll see how i can encourage him to read. how about you? how do you encourage your kids to read?

oooppps.l! (why he needs to sleep on a floor bed)

at way past his bed time, this little boy was still hyperactive. i was trying to make him sleep on his side of the bed. but he still wanna play on mommy and daddy's bed. so up he go by himself. i just let him play on the bed while i stay on his bed. after few minutes i was surprise that i cannot hear any noise. then blag! he fell right on mommy. oh well, thats why he still had to sleep on a floor bed. hehe!

i fell in love with sarah boynton

we actually decided not to buy too much of toddler books for our boy. anyway, we have an easy access to a library with wide collection of books. i just hope that Ty gets excited as much as i do during our library trips.

the first time that we check out books from the library, i actually hoarded on Sarah Boynton's books. i love her illustrations and humour. one book that really stand out for me is the "happy hippo, angry duck ( a book of moods)". perhaps because i usually experience a lot of mood swings. and in the last part it says:

ps:
aside from the books, i love her iPad apps too. i love how interactive it is and my little one enjoys it much too.

tomie de paola

i want my boy to develop a love for books. i was happy when i tumble upon a virtual book club for kids in facebook. i really want to participate and im glad that we have an easy access to a library with wide collection. but due to lack of time and resources, i wasnt able to come up yet with an activity related with the book we chose.

but yesterday, i didnt bring out his other books. we just kept on reading de paola's books. and he kept on asking me to read it again and again. but i think he most enjoyed the "get dressed santa" book. as i read, he would sign back the things that santa is putting on. we dont have any santa hat in the house but i used his beanie instead. even if he have mittens, he rather put on his socks on his hands and have a good laugh. this i think is the activity we end up doing after reading this book.

and when he got tired with all the dressing up, he decided to read "my first angels" until he was able to sleep.

hopefully, next month il be able to come up with a better activity. teehee!

dear ty,

today is your 17th month. i almost miss it again. we don't really celebrate your monthly birthdays but im trying my best to write you a letter to remind me of your month-by-month changes.

17 months, few more months before you turn 2 but you're starting to show some "terrible two's" symptoms. although you havent learn to say "no" yet, you're quite firm in your demands. you either cry out loud until you get what you want or you push mommy toward the thing that you want. you would even grab mommy's hand to get what you want! and because i dont wanna see you cry i would usually give in to your demands. im just glad that your daddy is there to balance things out. if it wasnt for daddy, you still might be climbing the dining table but because daddy is just as firm in saying "no"when you do so, you finally stop.

but what you like doing best now is turning your toys upside down! you seem to be enjoying your toys that way. well, we usually let you do that because we know you just wanna explore.

you dont say clear words yet, but i observe how much you're trying. and im still surprise how you would sign for specific object which you dont use to know what their signs were. you also now know how to say some animal sounds such as cat, dog, sheep. you can also point some of your body parts too. honestly, just your nose. you still mix up your eyes and your ears. we'll continually work on that though. you also sing twinkle, twinkle little star especially the line "up above" although yours was ba-bove. and you stop what you doing when you hear maroon five's pay phone and sing along too. i would say that it was yours and daddy's song. you say baba when you wanna go down and even if you wanna go up. i would always correct you though to say up when you want to go up. sometimes you would say up but you still mix up the two.

there are lot of changes from the baby we brought home from the boy we now have. but i would still say that everyday you're on the age that i want you to be. i love seeing how you grow up and i just love you more and more each day.

love,
mommy

randomness

if i wanna keep this blog i must really post more often. its just that sometimes i feel like whatever im gonna write wont make sense to anyone. but this is me and my blog. it may not make sense to you but it makes sense to me. i just wanna live life's moments. years from now, i wanna look back on what i did or what i think. so im gonna write no matter how random it may seem.

yesterday was the day in a year where we could play dress up. but we werent decided that we'll gonna dress up so we didnt. no time for last minute shopping but there would always be a time for family bonding. so here goes our picture for the season:

dear tyrese

dear little one,

you finally reach ur 15th month and your starting to show how much of a boy you are. you're getting much adventurer and a little rough on your plays that i cant help but worry when your playing with your girlfriends. i dont think you realize how gentle girls are. you want them to do as what you do.

nowadays, you seem to love being on higher ground. i dont know if its just a stage or you got it from mommy's love of higher grounds too. just be careful with the edges little one i dont want you to hurt yourself.

at 15 months you can now sign a lot of things. our time warching baby signing time finally showed some result. i cant actually wait to teach you the alphabet but i know i shouldnt hurry you. i bought you some books and flashcard in preparation for winter since i dont think we can go out as much as we do during summer. we'l try to make staying in as fun as playing out.

we'll continue to see what milestones you would take on your next month. you never fail to amuse mommy. i love you little one!