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I just couldn't think of a pithy title to describe today. DD has a cold, so we've been staying home these past few days. We've played all our our board and card games several times through, finished reading Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and started a new Nancy Drew, The Haunted Showboat, camped out, played dolls, listened to music and only ventured outside in the late afternoon to take advantage of this gorgeous weather we're having.

In spite of not feeling well, she wants to read. She read a few of the Dora readers that I picked up from a consignment sale. I was really impressed because they are longer stories with more difficult words than most of the other readers we have. Today, she hunted around for her Phonics Pathways book because she wanted to read to me. That was a great moment, as was my role in helping her fix me a surprise lunch. She led me to the pantry, told me to close my eyes and "feel around on the top shelf. I'll tell you when you touch it. Don't open your eyes!" Turns out she needed the peanut butter.