Dr. Seuss' Birthday (Read Across America Day)

The March 2011 issue of FamilyFun Magazine had some fun ideas for celebrating Read Across America Day on March 2. Since March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday, we took some of the FamilyFun ideas and went with it in a Seussical direction.

And how could we start but with a dinner of green eggs and ham?

Don't worry. We made sure the yolks were cooked before eating them. Say, "Ham."

Jeremy then did an animated reading of Green Eggs and Ham that really captured the kids' attention.

We enjoyed some bookworm treats (caterpillars in the kids' minds) from FamilyFun that Jr. and Jeremy made.

During Me Time this week, I sewed library bags for the kids, which I presented during our party, so now they have something to cart their books to and from the library as well as keeping them organized at home.

We brought out pillows and blankets to make the living room comfortable and let everyone relax and read or look at books for a while. And when we needed to take a break from reading (to change the occasional diaper), we had bookmark bracelets (which Jr. decided were snakes) to keep our place- also an idea from FamilyFun. Since the instructions aren't on the FamilyFun website, I'll share the basic idea from the magazine. It's really easy as you can see from my photos.

Cut a one-inch wide strip of cardstock to the shape of a worm and draw a face. Cut slits on top behind the head and below in front of the tail so they overlap to make a bracelet when it's not being used as a bookmark. That way you can keep track of the bookmark while you're getting lost in a good book.

I think my favorite part of the whole evening however was watching Nichole read to her little brother.

It was a good family party.