I’m stepping away from Women’s History Month for this post. Today would’ve been Dr. Seuss’ 112th birthday! Schools and families across the U.S. celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading his and other books. My son and his school celebrate this Friday. We’re working on a birthday hat for his school project. He also gets to wear pajamas and attend a school dance on Friday. I was thinking of doing something that’s not too hard, something similar to the hat below. I’m sure a lot of his schoolmates will create the tall red and white hat. Me and my son want to do something different. I love the colors in the hat below. What do you think? I’ve always liked the bright blue and red in the hat below.
I learned to read at 5 with Dr. Seuss books. My favorites were always The Cat and the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. I’ve read my son these classics, along with How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who many times. My son doesn’t like to read as much as I do. He’s more of a math kid but…Dr. Seuss books are an exception! We’ve also watched the movies several times. He has several stuffed animals and toys of Dr. Seuss characters. It’s hard to believe Dr. Seuss’ writing was rejected many times.
I looked for a YouTube video to share for this special day but I didn’t like any of them. A couple of them were rap battles between William Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss. I wasn’t impressed with them. I tried to get into the videos and laugh but unfortunately I really couldn’t. I know I’ve shared some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes in the past but…I’m doing it again. Here’s a few of them below:
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you.”
“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way.”
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
My favorite out of all of them is…
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
Do you have any Dr. Seuss favorites?
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hahaha really? we do with parsley but not really green
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Ha ha! My mom would make green eggs with food coloring.
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yes when I’m goofy which is allot I might say I do not like them in a box, etc. they look at me like huh?
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Sam I am! Ha ha ha!
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I am sure I read it tons of times and I joke with my kids even now using those words
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Yes! That’s one of my favorites! That was the second book I ever read.
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I love the green eggs and ham one! I never knew that so fun
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Ha ha! Good choice, Erika! 🙂
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Oh really, Lynn? They do it every year at the schools over here and around the U.S. I know what you mean, it’s hard to pick one favorite. I myself have more than one favorite. 🙂
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I know… haha! But that is the first story that comes to my mind when I hear Dr. Seuss!
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I didn’t know there was such a celebration very cool! I like the hat you are thinking of making! I love them and could not pick on! They are such fun and wonderful books!
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Ha ha! We usually read the book for Christmas.
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Yup, same here! I’ll always love the books and quotes.
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YAY, love Dr. Seuss! My favorite is still the Grinch!
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Love a bit of Dr Seuss 😊
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😊another generation in love with the Doctor
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Wow! Where was this, Cindy? In California?
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My hero and I lived in his neigborhood growing up!
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Cat in the Hat was my first book too! Then I read Green Eggs and Ham. They’re all timeless classics.
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Me too! I have a few of them at my mom’s still. I bought my son some too.
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Those are both great quotes, Micki! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I’ve always been the shortest too!
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The first book I ever read was Cat In The Hat, and I loved reading all those stories to my son when he was a baby!
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Me too, I had a massive collection when I was little.
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Aww! 😀 I’ll always love his books and characters!
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go is my all time fave. I taught it to my graduating seniors when I was still a high school teacher. It was always such a fun but bittersweet module. My favorite quote, since I was a kid in fact, has always been “A person’s a person no matter how small.” I was always the shortest in the class. =0)
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I loved Dr. Seuss when I was a kid. Always fun to read. My what memories.
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That’s a great one, Kara! Which books did you like?
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That’s a good one, Van! 😊
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“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ☺
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I ❤ Dr. Seuss!
"You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in." is one of my favorites, as well as the one that's your favorite. Good reminders!
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