My bibliophile son

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

Just had a huge tantrum - lying on the floor kicking his feet - because Judith touched his book. Not while he was reading it.

Andreas is very book orientated at the moment, and will shout "book book book book book" every time we pass a book shop or a library. It's sweet, if a little wearing.

His bed time ritual at the moment is to line all his toys up in his cot (that's the reason they're in the cot), settle in my lap with his favourite, a St Bernard named Woof Woof, and say "Woof Woof story" ("Woof Woof is ready for his story now"). I read him Room on the Broom recently (he chooses three - yesterday he came to me straight after dinner with a pile of books and said 'three books'. There were as well) and he announced it was "Woof Woof fave".

Comments

[childthursday.livejournal.com]

The tantrum was probably no fun, but I love that he loves books! Books are the best.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was pretty funny. It was his first full out on the floor tantrum, which probably helps.
I can fully understand the *my* book, I want to read it first, thing, too (it had just arrived and she just wanted to look at it, but you never can tell with sisters).

I agree, it is rather lovely.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I think Liv and I do that walking past bookshops :-)

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Do you remind each other of how many books you've just got in the post from Amazon/Ebay too? That's what I do if I don't want to go in.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Well, mostly we _do_ go in :) But we've got an awful lot better at buying only books we actually want, not just ones that happen to be there.

[nevboo.livejournal.com]

Smart boy!

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I know :) He gets it from me, of course.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

For the briefest of seconds there I thought you meant Benedict, and was amused at the thought of him lying on the floor screaming abut a book.