Reading The Chronicles of Narnia to a 1.5 year old boy is interesting considering the fact that he is beginning to learn the sounds that animals make. For example, when we switch the TV to a kid-friendly station, such as Animal Planet, quite often you will see a snake on the screen. Timothy, on queue, gives a loud "hisssss" when he sees it.
Well, this makes for interesting reading time because I have my built in sound effects machine. In the creation of Narnia, you hear of a lion ("roooaaarr!!") a horse ("neeeeigh!") and then an elephant (he does not make the sound, he just puts his hand on his nose to signify a trunk).
So, this becomes quite fun and challenging when Aslan, the great lion ("roooaaaarr!!") makes Strawberry, the horse ("neeeeiiggghh!!") a talking horse. And when the Lion ("roooaaaarr!!") turns Strawberry into a flying horse ("neeeeiiggghh!!") named Fledge, and then sends Digory and Polly on an adventure, well, you get the idea. When Uncle Andrew tried to run from the animals, the Elephant (hand to nose) grabbed him with his "tunk."
Maybe I will wait a few more years before I attempt to read The Farm to him.
My daughter is quite the little princess. She is learning how to crawl, although right now it appears to be little more than a glorified face plant as she uses her forehead to balance her body and support her torso.
She also seems to be Daddy's little girl. Everywhere I go, there are these precious little eyes following my every move...what a great feeling. Of course, if mom leaves the room for two seconds and comes back in you would think she had been gone a week by Alexa's reaction! Ah, Shannon deserves such love. She is a great mom.
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