Today, while hunting through some very old cassettes trying to find a favorite Bill Cosby record I copied to a tape years ago, I ran across a little treasure I didn't know I had.
I discovered, on an unmarked cassette, a full tape of The Boy reading pictures books. He is reading pretty well, but it is his "little boy" voice so he might be third or fourth grade. It is awesome. I don't know if I knew he recorded himself reading...if I did, I don't remember it.
After my confession yesterday of wishing away my kids' childhoods, I feel like I got a little bit of it back today.
These aren't Grammy worthy recordings, of course. But listening to him read "Froggy's Baby Sister" or any of the Froggy books that he used to just love--with full Froggy and Mom voices-- is such a treat. Oh, wait. His oration of "Olive,the Other Reindeer" just began. Love it!
Throughout the recording I occasionally hear the "reading timer" we used to use so he'd get in his full twenty minutes or so required reading, but it goes off several times. That is good. I guess he really WAS reading when he squirreled off to his room when I told him it was time to do his homework and he didn't want my "help".
I can't wait to share my discovery with him when he gets home from school. I wonder if he even remembers doing them. Maybe in all my hoarding behaviors there really are treasures hidden...I hope there are. This one has been a hoot!
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That's awesome! How fun to get back a moment of childhood.
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