Hazel likes to jump off the ottoman and she can jump pretty far. Today she started to jump after Aline put on the Olympics and turned it to ski jumping. After a few jumps Aline asked her if she was a ski jumper and from then on she would say “look at me, I’m a ski jumper” before she would start her countdown to her jump. One time she fell to her knees after jumping, she let Aline know that she did not need a doctor, that she may be a little bruised but she wasn’t bleeding. Aline told her she was very glad she wasn’t badly hurt. Her response was she was a very good ski jumper.
Little Olympian
- Those Darned Squirrels
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
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