Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

They are taking good advantage of the break in the weather!

All the Campines hopped the fence so now they are back in the pen!

 

[Ribh]

Sounds like a good opportunity to snuggle down with a cup of hot cocoa and a grand kid on each side and read a picture book.

My idea of joy ~ but neither child has been trained to story books. Mum puts them on IT stuff & then tells me they have short attention spans! Neither is keen on being read to. My 3 year olds could listen to 3 or 4 picture books in a row, or even a Milly~Molly~Mandy story without trouble & I had a bunch of dyslexic ADDs. Even as High schoolers, in a power outage, mine would ask to be read to to pass the evening. I don't get the technology thing ~ except maybe mum thinks it gives her a break.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

My idea of joy ~ but neither child has been trained to story books. Mum puts them on IT stuff & then tells me they have short attention spans! Neither is keen on being read to. My 3 year olds could listen to 3 or 4 picture books in a row, or even a Milly~Molly~Mandy story without trouble & I had a bunch of dyslexic ADDs. Even as High schoolers, in a power outage, mine would ask to be read to to pass the evening. I don't get the technology thing ~ except maybe mum thinks it gives her a break.

My kids never really got into Milly Molly Mandy unfortunately, though I like them!

My favourites are probably the Alfie stories by Shirley Hughes

 

[Ribh]

My kids never really got into Milly Molly Mandy unfortunately, though I like them!

My favourites are probably the Alfie stories by Shirley Hughes

I had my mum's copies so they had historical value. We got all the Alfie stories from the library. I love her illustrations!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I had my mum's copies so they had historical value. We got all the Alfie stories from the library. I love her illustrations!

Me too. They contribute to the story as much, if not more, than the words.
"Alfie gets in first" is a particularly good example of this. It shows small children so naturally. One of my absolute favorites! The way she captures the increasing distress of Alfie and
Annie-Rose's growing fractiousness is spot on.

 

[Ribh]

Me too. They contribute to the story as much, if not more, than the words.
"Alfie gets in first" is a particularly good example of this. It shows small children so naturally. One of my absolute favorites! The way she captures the increasing distress of Alfie and
Annie-Rose's growing fractiousness is spot on.View attachment 2262409

I actually bought this for my GS! It's terrific. He loved it.

 

[Ribh]

I actually bought this for my GS! It's terrific. He loved it.

I also really liked things like Goodnight Owl & Where the Wild Things Are ~ but I worked as a children's librarian & minored in Drama @ uni so I don't mind making a fool of myself.

 

[LozzyR]

We've had over 100mm of rain in the past 24 hours ~ heavy, torrential, thundering rain. The girls pen is a soaked slimy mess. The run is ok ~ but they can't be in it. The sand box is ok but that is 14 girls huddled in an 8X8' space ~ which is obviously not enough space for 14 girls, though not everyone has bothered to get up yet. They got about a 15 minute run yesterday ~ the only sort of break we got in the weather. I can't get out to them this morning to check on them. Visibility is close to zero & the rain is pelting. Haven't seen rain like this in a long, long time & we have another 24 hours of it yet.

It’s rained non-stop today. River and and Nyssa were completely over it by the afternoon and got very shouty!

 

[LozzyR]

Sunny winter days and crisp Autumn days are the best.

I'm dreading Summer

Given last summer, I’m not surprised!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks Try to stay dry. At what point do you start to worry about flooding?