Books

Leo's teacher is really into writing books. I think the whole school is actually. It's their way of teaching kids to express creativity with a who-cares-if-you-can't-spell attitude.

In class, Leo made a book of "Contin" or counting and it says "one M&M, two bananas," etc. He loved it and read it to his girlfriend Foster in the Kindergarten playground. Last weekend was Foster's and her sister's birthday, so Leo made up two very elaborate book/cards for them. Foster's was a counting book with "one M&M", etc on each page and pictures of the M&M's and all. When he got to 10, he started making jokes, like "Even if you line up all the balls, there are still only 10 of them" or "Even if you put them in a triangle, there are still only 10 balls", etc. I think it was based on the "Even if you line up all your boogers neatly, they are still dirty" line from "The Holes in Your Nose". For Foster's sister, he made a 'lift the flap' book called "Where are My Toys". A little kid is looking for her toys and looks under the bed and behind the shelves and finally finds the toys somewhere. There are little flaps that you lift and under them it says "no toys here" or "here they are". I think this was based on a board book that we had when Leo was like 2 years old called "Where's Spot?" Anyway, great fun, and I wish I had copies of them to paste in a scrapbook! But I'm sure Foster and Grayson are really appreciative!