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Bookworm

January 24, 2013 by Beth Shepherd

I love books and reading, as does Big Papa, so we are thrilled that Baby Bird’s favorite “toys” are her many books. Recently she’s started “reading” to herself (Oh Joy!). She’ll take her books off the shelf, amass a dozen or so favorites, splay them out in a circle and then plop herself down in the middle and flip through the pages, sometimes saying a few memorized words or just babbling away.

A baby and her books 1

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: books, children's books, reading

Story hour at the Shepherds

September 13, 2012 by Beth Shepherd

Story hour at the Shepherd household. Okay, so maybe it was story ten minutes. Yes, at least four or five books were covered. Well, maybe not covered as in “cover-to-cover.” And, ahem, there were one or two distractions. Hmm, maybe there were really a dozen or so distractions. Please note: story hour was kitten approved.

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Filed Under: Family, Photography Tagged With: cat, reading, story hour

Some might fend off a mid-life crisis by leaving the comforts of their corporate salary to jet off to a deserted island. Others might buy a Jaguar. I’ve chosen to dive head-long into my 50s and beyond by becoming a first-time parent. At any given moment you might find me holding a camera, a spade, a spatula or a suitcase. Or my little girl's hand. Adopted from Armenia, she puts the Pampers and Paklava into my life.

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