Coffee with Your Cereal?

I loved reading Amelia Bedelia stories as a child, and I was so delighted to check one out from our local library during a recent visit. What a joy it was to read this with our oldest, as she found Amelia Bedelia's charming series of misunderstandings irresistable. In Come Back, Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish and illustrations by Wallace Tripp, Amelia Bedelia begins her work as a housekeeper. When instructed to bring coffee with cereal for breakfast, Amelia Bedelia innocently serves the cereal in the cup of coffee! A string of silly mistakes sends poor Amelia Bedelia on a continual quest for employment, securing this as an undeniable hit with our little one!

She wanted to read this again and again, so you can imagine my excitement when I came across cream puffs, which were a notable confection made by Amelia Bedelia in this story, in the frozen foods section at our local grocery store! We then planned our evening of silly "mistakes" on Daddy, who was so kind to share in the fun! As you'll notice in the photo above, the coffee is laden with cereal and was served prior to a delicious array of cream puffs. We also enjoyed "pinning" up Mommy's hair with safety pins and pretending to heat a can of soup (literally, of course--can and all!). What fun we had, and what a learning experience this was. We even enjoyed thinking of how Amelia Bedelia might respond to comments of ours. We will be delighted to look for more of these fun titles during our next library visit!