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Journaling Reads:
A few weeks ago Daddy bought you this little robot to put together but
he didn’t want to open it until a special occasion presented itself. So
when our friend Adam moved into the city and we wanted to visit, we told
you we’d build robots in Adam’s new house. But then I got sick and we
couldn’t go for weeks. When the time finally came, you were so excited
that I made sure you had two robots. You wouldn’t stop talking about the
robots all the way up to San Francisco and the few hours we spent at
Adam’s were some of your favorite moments of the weekend.

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Journaling Reads:
We bought this guitar a few years ago. At the time, you played with it
for a bit but, as always, you grew tired of it. I’ve learned that the
trick is to put each toy away for a while and then to take it out as if
it’s a new toy. Then you get to enjoy it all over again. Each time you
get the toy, you discover some new way to play with it. My rockstar!

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Journaling Reads:
There are many things I am good at as a Mom but singing you songs is not
one of them. I always say that I didn’t grow up here so I don’t know
many children’s nursery rhymes, but the fact is I am too shy. I don’t
like my voice and I don’t like to sing, even just to you. But I am
really lucky that your teachers don’t feel the same way. They’ve taught
you many songs and, even better, you come home and sing them to me. On
this particular day, you decided to teach me this new song but you only
knew bits and pieces of it. After I heard a few of the words, I looked
it up on YouTube and, sure enough, you were telling it correctly. The
story of five little monkeys who were teasing the alligator and how he
snapped all of them one by one. Thanks to you, I’ve learned a little
story and maybe when the next little one comes, you can teach it to your
sibling, too.