We’re knee deep into Goldbug now. Every night, it’s Goldbug, Goldbug, Goldbug. June doesn’t want to read anything but Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things that Go, a transportation opus spanning 87 freaking pages. No longer content to simply point out the rascally yellow pest hidden on every page, June now must press her lips on each page where he appears and “swallow” him. This goes on for 87 pages, my daughter lying prostrate on an open book while I try not to tear my fingernails out. By the time the story ends at around 1:30 a.m., I feel like hissing, “There is no such thing as a pickle car….or a cheese car! Scarry made this crap up just to mess with you!” Instead, I coo, “Yes, my precious angel, there is Goldbug…”
Make the Goldbug go away
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My kids LOVED Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! That is how my oldest son toilet trained… He would sit on the toilet with that giant book…. happily and quietly…. sometimes for up to an hour… and eventually he would poop!
Luckily, my kids were never obsessed with anything. Very much moderates. And still are. I was so lucky to never have to live through the “Princess” phase. Sooo lucky on that one! I hate everything about those princesses! I too would have pulled my fingernails out!
My son also loved this book. When he was 3, we bought him Richard Scary’s Busy Town, a board game. It was beyond a hit with him, and he still plays it weekly at age 4.
Too funny! I’ve spent many evenings trying to find the goldbugs on every page with my son…
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Jake loved that book so much that several of the pages were torn from his affections. Bet you can guess which were his favorite pages. hint: they perform Jake’s favorite activity~ work.
This sounds similar to when I found out that my parents had hid the card in Candy Land that sent you back to the beginning because I wanted to play it over and over again and they couldn’t bear to have anyone have to start over and extend the game.
My son was the same way. There were a few nights when I thought about hiding the book. He outgrew this stage finally. But really who writes an 87 page children’s book?
A crazy person.
I read some books so many times I knew them by heart. I am glad June has something that makes her happy, this phase will pass eventually.
My boys also went through the “Goldbug” phase. This too will pass and the next is yet to come. Try to savour it like a great cup of coffee, a Belgian waffle or a good glass of wine (I’m sure you get my point)……My boys are now 13 and 21 and I miss Goldbug. That’s when life was simple.
How much snow did you get? I saw some photos in Va that were really incredible. Any power outages? (Maybe that’s why you didn’t post yesterday.) We were supposed to get lots here (central NJ) , alas nothing. Lots of wind but thankfully no power outage. Hope you are safe and well.
Well, we now do have snow. It just took longer to arrive than anticipated. I imagine your power has returned since you posted yesterday.
First time commenter, feeling your pain. I don’t know if this will help, but my almost 2-year old and I have been reading Good Night Moon lately with an eye on the roving mouse. Did you know that it roved, the germy little varmint? I never noticed until I started reading the book with my boy, but in every picture of the full room, the mouse is in a different spot: in front of the fire, on the drying rack, on the bookshelf way in the corner, sneaking a bite of the bowl of mush.
I realize that I’m recommending trading one problem for another, but at least Good Night Moon is short! Solidarity.
This absolutely cracked me up!