training my sister...

Last night Emma wanted me to read a magazine to her...so after reading a couple articles from Martha Stewart (her choice!) she decided that she wanted to read it. She looks up at me and says,"how do i read?" So i told her just to say what i say and it will be just like reading. So, one word at a time, we read a little article from "Decorating Ideas" (her choice again!). One advertisement she wanted to read was for Dutch Boy paint. We read a little bit and when it came to saying,"Duthc Boy" i said," oh, we don't like Dutch Boy paint, we only like Hirshfield's paint." So we turned the page and started reading again (one-word-at-a-time!). This time it was about wallpaper and low and behold soon the article said to go to Sherwin Williams! Again after she said,"Sherwin Williams" i said that store is not a good place either. So we turned the page again and this time there was an article for Benjamin Moore paint on the page. So i started reading it with Emma. After she repeated,"Benjamin Moore" i said,"Now we're talking!" (since Benny Moore paint is sold at Hirshfield's) and Emma thought those were the words printed in the article...because she repeated them just as animated as i had said them..."Now we're talking!"

So sweet!