We have too many books. HAHA! Best joke ever. That’s not possible! (is it?) Books may be starting to pile up on the floor because they no long all fit on the shelves. That just means our shelves are too small, right? Right?
At bedtime last night, Bang me to read books. And more books. And more books. I ended up reading 4 and DW also read at least one, possibly more. He’s already memorized “The Gruffalo”. It’s 6 minutes… feel to watch. Or not. Up to you, but if you choose not to, know that you are missing out on a good story.
So anyway, Bang was book hunting wanting me to read more and more and more books to him. Unfortunately, there was one in particular he wanted – “Jingle All the Way”. A Backyardigans Christmas book. He searched his bookshelf for it but couldn’t find it. He searched his floor but it couldn’t find it there either. I knew this already, but saw it first hand last night, there are A LOT of books in his room. Too many to fit on his 6′ tall bookshelf. There are piles of books in his room.
It’s the one thing I just can’t get rid of. Not my books. Not Crash’s books. Not Bang’s books. Yes, there are still baby books on his shelf. They are baby books from when Crash (the 8 year old) was a baby. Basically just board books with pictures. Baby’s First Colors, Baby’s First Animals, Baby’s First Words, etc…
Crash has a significantly smaller bookshelf, but it’s jam packed as well. I’m wondering if this is why he can’t stick to just one book until it’s finished. He bounces from book to book and reads a different one every night. Chapter books. He won’t finish them. Even if he likes them. Besides clothes, bed and dresser, it’s the only other things he has in his bedroom. No toys. No TV. No electronics.
DW and I (mostly I) have two bookshelves six feet high and there are so many books on it the shelves have double rows. Many haven’t been read yet. My tablet is also loaded with books. You see? It’s not just the boys shelves that are loaded with books. Asking me to get rid of books is like asking me to give away one of my limbs. Though, I suppose I could be happy donating them to the library where I could go visit them. Shared custody.
Oh! speaking of The Guffalo… here’s one of tonight’s conversations with Bang:
Me: My favorite food is scrambled Bang
B: Nooo
Me: My favorite food is Bang ice cream
B: Noooo
Me: My favorite food is Roasted Bang
B: Nooo. You’re not a Gruffalo.
Me: How do you know?
B: You don’t have purple prickles all over your back.
Me: Maybe they’re under my shirt
B: Your eyes aren’t orangeMe: Ahh okay. You got me on that one.
We have this problem in our house too, but I agree…is it really that big of a problem!? I’m thinking it’s time to give our board books to another baby to enjoy….
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Exactly. I could be collecting far worse things than books. Like rocks or tube socks. 🙂 But yeah, I think it’s time to donate some books. It’s kind of a win/win. If getting rid of books can be viewed as a win.
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Totally!!
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Gruffalo crumble. Hee, hee, hee. Good job, Bang!
I might have a book or two. 😉
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I’m finding that’s what we bloggers seem to have the most in common. Books. I love them 🙂
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Bang is so funny!
We also have that “problem.” The last time we hosted a party, we hired someone to clean the house good because depression, Little Man, and Baby Girl.
Lady: You have too many books in this house. They’re everywhere.
Me: I just donated three large boxes to Goodwill and have twice as many books in this house in storage. Don’t go there.
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Ohh you have books in storage? We don’t have that. I think you have more books than us 🙂
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Or a smaller house 😉 I taught English for a year and acquired a ton of books for my classroom, so a lot is from that.
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My wife, being a teacher, takes all the books to school once my kids has outgrown or ‘outread’ them…She believes in passing the torch. I tend to agree. As long as the torch doesn’t involve any of my books.
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Ugh, hate it when my stuff “goes missing”. My wife knows not to get rid of books, but that doesn’t stop her from tossing other stuff I don’t need. 🙂
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Didn’t you mean “stuff that she thinks you don’t need”…
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Exactly.
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Same thing. We hoard books too…:p. And Gruffulo is such a hoot. We read the kids that from 6 months old and a period of time where before bedtime, we’d watch gruffalo and then read the book. I think it’s probably us who like it more than the kids…!
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Isn’t that the way. We get attached to things far easier than kids do. But often times, kids see how we react or treat something and they do the same thing. I’m hoping my love of books rubs off on my two. They are both excellent readers, but won’t yet willingly pick up a book to read in spare time. But they’re still kids, there’s more important things to do!
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I’m sure their love for reading will continue on as it all starts at home. And one day, they’ll be up all night trying to finish a whole book – and we’ll be nagging them to put it down and go to sleep!
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I sure hope so. That would be kind of a dream come true 🙂
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“There are certain Universal laws of physics, and one of them is this: There is never enough shelf space.” – Terry Pratchett
🙂
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Great words from a great author 🙂
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Quite. I miss him. There will always be shelf space made in my house for his books.
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Unfortunately, I only learned about him at his passing. However, his stuff sounds incredible and will be reading him for sure.
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In a totally non-related matter, I wanted to let you know I gave your blog a shout-out on a recent post. 🙂
https://daleydowning.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/blog-share-day/
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