Tummy Girl

Our new favortie book is Tummy Girl by Roseanne Thong

Once there was a tummy girl...
A full-of-warm-milk yummy girl,
A round-and-jiggly tummy girl,
Pink-as-a-piggly tummy girl,
Who loved to cuddle up and curl.

Once there was a bubble girl...
A getting-into-trouble girl,
A sudsy, wudsy bubble girl,
A washing-off-the-mudsy girl,
Who made the water swish and swirl.
Once there was a hiding girl...
A dash-from-mommy's side-ing girl,
A crawl-behind-the-curtain girl,
Beneath the chair, for CERTAIN girl,
Who scampered off just like a squirrel.

Once there was a waddling girl...
A teeter-totter toddling girl,
An "I can do it!" waddling girl,
A wrapped-in-cotton-swaddling girl,
Whose diapers started to unfurl.Once there was a feeding girl...
While-mom-and-dad-were-reading girl,
A nice-big-spoonful-munching girl,
A drippy, milky, crunching girl,
Who stirred her breakfast with a swirl.

Once there was a running girl...An in-the-rain-and-sunning girl,
A racing -through-the-thickets girl,
A chasing-bugs-and-crickets girl,
Who loved to dash and dart and whirl.
Once there was a swinging girl...
An "I'm so high. I'm singing" girl,
A try-to-reach-the-rooftops girl,
A love-to-feel-the-raindrops girl,
Whose hair would spring and curl.
Once there was a dancing girl...
A stomping, bomping, prancing girl,
A two-step, three-step dancing girl,
A "you and me step" dancing girl,
Who loved to skip and jump and twirl

Once there was a treetop girl...
As-far-as-she-could-see-top girl,
A lovely-place-for-snacking girl,
A nothing-here-is-lacking girl,
Who made the branches bend and curl.

Once there was a dressing girl...
Who-always-kept-us-guessing girl,
A-fancy-hat-and-sundress girl,
A flashing, dashing, fun-dress girl,
Whose face was just like a precious pearl.
Soon you'll be my older girl,
A taller-than-my-shoulder girl,
An "I can do it!" older girl,
A bigger, braver, bolder girl.
And though you'll grow up in a whirl...
...You'll always be my tummy girl.