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[marauderthesn]

Motherhood has left me without time to do a lot of things, but reading books isn't one of them. Marauder Junior is breastfed and usually eats with her eyes closed or with her arm thrown over her face, so she doesn't particularly care if I'm reading a book while she's eating. I prop up the book on a little stand in front of me (I feed her sitting on

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[aome]

At least the classic Nancy Drews remain as they are, although I have to point out to Two, as I'm reading aloud, that "this was back when you didn't have to go through airport security" or "this was before cell phones so you used pay phones" or whatever. He was noticing that "All the cars are sedans. Sedans, sedans, sedans!" I had to explain that most cars in that era WERE sedans. :-P

I actually don't mind that "Are You There, God?" changed to sticky pads rather than belted pads (that was the most recent edition I read); part of what "Are You There, God?" is about is being really relevant to today's tween girls and what they're experiencing, and I think it helps not to yank them out of the story by having belted pads. But, yeah, other things - sometimes becoming "historical" is just fine, thx.

What is Marauder Jr up to, developmentally, these days? :D

[marauderthesn]

She's figured out how to put her pacifier back in her mouth and she rolled over from her stomach to her back the other day. :)

[ext_4019405]

You would absolutely like reading Little Women or at least, watch the movie with Winona Rider as Jo.