Last night Lily and I finished reading Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  We have been reading it together each night for the past two weeks, and it has been such a fun experience.   We have always read stories at night, but this was only my third attempt at reading her a chapter book.  (The first two we read were Winnie the Pooh and Mr. Poppers Penguins – both of which she loved.)  This time is was just a little more special, as I thought back to memories of my own mother reading me the Little House books. 

She loved learning about all the things they did, like making cheese, sugar snow, and putting their hair up in rags.  In fact, she liked the part about curling their hair with rags so much, that we decided to try it Saturday night.  It was the cutest thing ever, and she was SO patient while I did it.  The results were gorgeous too.  I sure love having these special moments with her, especially because she is growing up way too fast, and before I know it, she will be reading to her own children.

PS.  Lily also gets plenty of special times with her daddy, whether it is watching "Trick my Truck" or building things.  The other day they built Kevin's Christmas Legos, and she loved every minute of it :).