A book to devour

Emma took this shot of Elise and James adding paper cheese and black checker olives to Grandpa H.'s form of pizza crust.

For a rollicking good time with your children, I recommend William Steig's "Pete's a Pizza." Reading this one night led to an impromptu human pizza-making session in our house, just like the book's father does to cheer up his son Pete on a rainy day. We giggled and tickled. "Oh, no, Lisee, you don't fit into the oven," I said, bending her in half on a cushion. "I better make you into a calzone!"

The kids had so much fun that when their grandpa stopped by another night soon after, they wanted to read the book with him and act it out again.  Thanks for being such a good sport, Grandpa!