Tuesday, May 31, 2011

the one where Laura really grows up.

I'll be honest.  I finished this book weeks, possibly months ago.  I'm not reading Little House to Maren anymore before she goes to bed.  She now likes her own board books (which all revolve around the topic of sleep typically) before I put her down.  I moved the chair out of her room and into our bedroom.  And while this seems like a teeny weeny change we're talking a major shift here.

Little Town on the Prairie makes me sad b/c Laura is all grown up and has lost some of her spirit.  She's obsessed with autograph books and the town's new literary society.  Mary has gone off to school and Almonzo is now on the scene as a romantic suitor. 

Maybe it's the prospect of Laura becoming a cynical old teacher.  Or the fact that I'm just SO into these Goodnight everything books.  But I just cannot pick up These Happy Golden Years.

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