“Reading to your children is a gift you give your child. Reading to your grandchildren is a gift they give to you.”
~ Toni Armenta Andrukaitis
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“Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.”
~Pam Brown
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My son and daughter-in-law read and sing to baby Belle every day. A friend had mentioned to me that Hallmark and other companies make recordable books that you can read a story with your own voice and personalize them. I thought how wonderful. I don’t get to see Belle that often, so she really doesn’t know my face or my voice. I’d like to read her a story and have a permanent recording of it for her.
My friend, Debbie, who is an excellent shopper and who can hunt down the obscure, bought me the book, “That’s What Grandmas Do.” Perfect! I recorded it for Belle to hear while I’m far away. That was in with her Christmas presents.
The idea got me to me thinking, why can’t I record my own stories, with my voice and my face and post it on YouTube. This way she can see and listen any time. I don’t have enough space on my iPad, so I could record one at a time and delete after posting. I thought that was very clever of me. Sometimes I have a challenge, I get an idea, and I invent something because…THAT’S WHAT GRANDMAS DO.
Here is my story for Belle, in Spanish, “Buenas Noches Luna,” by Margaret Wise Brown.
(My Spanish is rusty, but my heart sparkles.)
Toni Andrukaitis 