YAWN!

It's been a long week and to be quit honest all  I want to do is sleep for a week (yes I know it's only Wednesday )

Sleep Book

I'm off to bed and maybe I'll just stay there for the rest of the day... Happy Reading Evereybody

The Great Dr. Seuss!

Today is the birthday of a great author, one who has inspired millions of children and adults.  The man I am talking about of course is the great Theodor Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss.  I don't know anybody who does not have fond memories of at least one of Dr. Seuss's classics and I know how excited I when I was finally able to read those tongue twisters for myself.  Now that I am a big girl and have done some research I have found it quit fascinating to discover how political this famed children's author was.  I have been lucky enough to see some of his artwork that is intended for adults and it is just as twisty as the stuff for kids :-) Here are just a few of my personal favorites.

Oh The Places You'll Go!

"Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places. You're off and away!"

This is probably one of my personal favorites there are just so many places to see!

The Lorax

"Unless someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not."

This is Hubbins favorite with good reason.

Green Eggs and Ham

"I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I Am"

Had this book memorized by age four...think I can still do the whole thing from memory!

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

"Oh me oh my, oh me oh my what a lot of funny things go by"

How many fish are there? 1, 3, 4, 5?

The Foot Book

"Wet foot, dry foot. Low foot, high foot..."

My nephews LOVE this one, spent many happy hours with it.

Happy Birthday To You!

"Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?  Who had the best voices to read these wacky rhymes?  Is it sad that as a person over the age of 7 I have a whole shelf dedicated to these books?

Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch

One of my families favorite Christmas movies!

Also a great book

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve Eve everybody!  How do you spend your Christmas Eve Eve?  Who is the Grinch in your family?

Techno Babies!

I love technology!!!!  As much as I sometimes wish I were a pretty pretty princess in a castle sharpening my sword to go slay dragons, I would still need my ipod, a computer with internet capabilities and Skype! (Also really good indoor plumbing and running hot water for a good shower).  One of the reasons technology is so important to me (besides the fact I love toys) is that my three nephews all live way too far away from me, but with email, texting, facebook, and skype I keep in almost daily touch with them, which makes it much easier.  For instance over Thanksgiving I actually got to play tag with my almost 3 year old nephew lil G using an ipad and computer, he would start at one end of the room run up to the ipad and touch the camera yelling TAG, I would then take of and run back and forth and touch the camera and "tag" him, we had a great time.  I also got some quality face time with my other two cuties the almost 2 Baby R and the recently turned 4 K-man.  Baby R entertained us with songs and some great drawings of "O's".  K-man used his time with us to draw us a picture of The Lorax by Dr. Suess.  This was pretty cool on many levels, the first being I am so stoked at how much all my nephews LOVE books, I love reading to them, they love being read to, they love to look at books by them selves, it's pretty awesome. 

Real picture of my nephews house!

The Lorax is even more special because it is one of my Hubbins favorite books, so to see his little nephew enjoying it is very cool. 

Anyways this is one more reason we should embrace some of this technology, as much as I love a good old fashioned book, I'm glad that there are ways available for me to share these stories with my nephews across the country.

How do you use technology to encourage the next generation to read?  What modern conveniences are a must have if you ever get taken away to a magical kingdom? Do you adore my nephews as much as I do?