A couple of days ago, I went to look for Kate in the back of the house because I hadn't seen her for all of 90 seconds and, as every mom knows, that's usually not a good thing. As I walked down the hall, I heard her in her room, chattering away, and figured she was just in there playing. But when I looked, she was sitting with a book in her lap from her bookshelf "reading" out loud to herself. Since then I've been trying to catch her on tape, and tonight I finally got it. The video is a bit shaky because if Kate sees the video camera, she will immediately stop whatever she's doing and start trying to grab it so she can put it in her mouth, so I have to sneak up on her if I want to tape her doing something. This I filmed by crouching down in the hall outside her room and holding the camera just around the door frame. I imagine this is what filming a nature documentary about a very skittish sort of bird is like. Perhaps that can be my second career.
It makes me laugh how she's so authoritative with her tone, like she is completely confident she is reading the book, and how at some parts she changes her tone of voice like we do when we read to her. I have to admit, as a reader, it makes me happy to see her enjoying books. My dream of an in-home book club is one step closer to reality, people!
Comments (6)
Just what I needed tonight! Treasure this, they grow so fast. I can remember all those times I went crouching around the corner to catch my babies in those precious moments...aaahhh so sweet. Warms my heart as well!
Posted by Renee | September 29, 2008 8:19 PM
Posted on September 29, 2008 20:19
That's PRECIOUS!
Posted by Gam | September 29, 2008 9:13 PM
Posted on September 29, 2008 21:13
so glad you got that on tape!
Posted by charity | September 30, 2008 6:41 AM
Posted on September 30, 2008 06:41
That's awesome. And, I kid you not, Kendall heard Kate (she wasn't watching, because she was on the other side of the room), and started making the same noises. They speak the same language. :)
Posted by Kelly | September 30, 2008 9:24 AM
Posted on September 30, 2008 09:24
That was too cute! Go Kate!
Posted by Kelly Rice | September 30, 2008 11:27 AM
Posted on September 30, 2008 11:27
If your book club is doing a series of Boynton books, we want in.
Posted by Katie | September 30, 2008 9:18 PM
Posted on September 30, 2008 21:18