My Little Girl
6 Oct
The great thing about being housebound with illness for an entire week is that you get to spend a lot of time snuggling and playing with your little one.
And by “little one” I mean my daughter. Don’t be gross.
You start noticing all the adorable little quirks she has and hearing all the new words and phrases that on a normal day you’d be too busy cleaning, homeschooling, surfing the internet to notice.
For example, Bee’s favorite new thing to do: storytime.
She has a very specific book that she requires and then she sits down with Mr. Bee and I to tell us a story.
The book she choose? The Final Lecture.
For those of you who haven’t read the book (or watched Oprah. Ever.) The Final Lecture is described as:
On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.
Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.
It’s funny, it’s sad, but most of all, it’s a book about a dying dad.
Awesome choice, Bee.
For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy Bee reading you a story (transcript below)…
“One upon a time, long ago, that flying rock. That stone step hill. Hmmm, let’s see…Let’s check this page.” (repeat times infinity).
I’m not joking people. She repeats that “story” (which she is totally plagiarizing from a Backyardigans episode. I’m just saying…) over and over and over again.
The other day, she got to page 46 in the book and had no intention of stopping. Then the book got “lost”.
In her spare time, Bee has also discovered a new way of sitting in her favorite chair.
I won’t lie. I had no intention of helping Mr. Bee out of the situation. It was just too damned funny.
Song title: My Little Girl by Tim McGraw
omg, that is ADORABLE! I love the way she pounds the book for emphasis.
TJ’s stories are similar, but she doesnt use my Oprah’s Book Club books… “Once upon a time, there was a [insert subject matter of chosen book], the end.” Yeah, we need to work on details.
TJ was watching Bee’s clip with me and she said, “ah-more! ah-more! that’s funny!” so we are on viewing number 7 and counting….
That’s pretty much the awesomest way to read a story ever.
My new favorite book!
She is so cute. My little one is 4 and is into “reading” to us too. It’s fun to hear the stories they come up with. =)
That is SOOOOOO cute. So cute. I absolutely love it when little kids latch on to something like that book, something that’s weird and not cuddly and just… funny!