Have you ever heard of Goldbug? We got this book about cars and trucks in a yard sale. A few months ago Lucas started choosing it often for us to read to him. I thought it was the lamest book because all it is is a bunch of pictures of vehicles. There are hardly any words and it just wasn't that interesting (to me). Lucas liked it a lot, but that was before we discovered Goldbug - now he LOVES it. Goldbug is this little gold bug that the author has hidden in every picture. Lucas is a champ at finding that little bug. At first we would have to show him which area on the page to look, but now he finds him before we do.
One of my favorite family moments was about a week ago when Lucas really started getting into the searching game. We were in his room and the three of us were looking for the bug. When Lucas searches for him he says, "Hmmm?", and then when he finds him he makes a noise like a bug. Well we were all looking for him when all of a sudden Lucas pointed to the bug, made the bug noise, and then sqealed with delight. We were so excited that we cheered him on and he responded by jumping up and down and giving us high fives. He was SO PROUD of himself. Now this is his reaction every time. It's priceless. You can see for yourself in the videos below.
It turns out that this Scarry guy has been around for years and has many books - but only one with this bug in it, as far as I can tell.
This is what the pages look like.
You can see Goldbug peeking out of the back of that purple car.
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Three Goldbug Videos
In the first video you can see that Lucas is distracted by the video camera. The next two videos show him looking for and finding the little bug. We were helping him in these videos because he was distracted, and he was still a novice, but now he is a pro and finds him before we do. Listen for the bug noise that he makes and notice how fast he moves. He's such a little spaz.
3 comments:
This is Adam's FAVORITE book! We read it every night before bed. It's his "truck book." And we look for Goldbug on every page, too! (Ben didn't think there was a Goldbug on every page, but Adam sure showed him!). When I first pulled out this book, I hated it b/c it took forever to read, but now we just read one or two pages before bed, and Adam repeats after us what all the trucks and cars are called. It's precious! I'm glad you guys found this treasure. :)
boy o boy lucas! goldbug looks like tons of fun. im for sure missing out!!! anyways i hope that you still remember me.."whipcream":) hope you are being a good boy..and not missing me too much. i put your new videos on my myspace...so your out there for all my friends to see..:) miss you LOTS. MUAH
cousin erika
Shan,
My favorite video is the third one where Jeff CLEARLY has lost interest and is watching the game. He reminds me of Neil! Ha
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