Two weeks ago, we went to the library and checked out a stack of Christmas books. One of them was The Nutcracker Ballet. Jay completely surprised me and fell in LOVE with it! In fact, the only thing that he likes more than the Nutcracker right now is Star Wars. He has Nutcracker-Star Wars battles. He has incorporated lines from the book into his everyday speech. For example, “Mommy! I’m brandishing a sharp saber!” and “BONG! the clock struck twelve,” and “What was that scampering sound?”
He’s been reading this book to himself over and over, multiple times every day, and then he asks me to read it. I renewed all of our books today so he could enjoy it a little longer (unfortunately that means WE have to read it a few more times too).
Here’s the reason Jay loves this book. The battle with the evil mouse king. He looks at this page over and over and OVER.
The pictures are quite detailed. Notice the sword puncture in the mouse king’s heart…
…and the blood-drenched sword with droplets on the floor. What kind of kids’ book is this? No wonder Jay likes it so much!
I dressed Rose up as a ballerina in honor of our household’s Nutcracker craze.
Rose is such a little me-too sister. If Jay likes it, she likes it too. Every now and then she sneaks in a turn with the most coveted library book of all time.
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