To encourage Dietrich to enjoy books, we've started a daily popcorn-and-story time. It's totally working; he wakes up from his afternoon nap, then calmly chomps on popcorn and listens to stories for at least 30 minutes (i.e. about 27 minutes longer than he does anything else).
Another benefit: He has started making up his own stories. Most of them involve things (like balls or goats) jumping off of buildings and crashing into cars. Or houses. Or trees.
But last night, at dinner, he started telling Eric a different tale. It started, "One time, Jesus had a tractor ... "
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It was great to see you all when you were visiting Minneapolis. Heather and I are now in Mexico. I'm writing this from an internet cafe in Puerto Morelos, a little fishing village/town in the Riviera Maya along the Caribbean Sea coast.
Love it!! Story time will always be a good memory. =0)
Now that's a story I'd like to hear. Oh, I can hardly wait to hear him chatter away...
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