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Awhile ago I was evaluating our books to determine which ones to keep and I came across this tattered old book.  It was missing all of the little characters that slide into little slots throughout the book.  It seemed like the perfect candidate for the trash, but I got an idea to adapt the book so that perhaps it would entertain a child in church.   I printed out little wallet sized full body pictures of the kids and laminated them. I even went so far as to changing all the characters in the book to my children. I changed every character except Bear, perhaps one day I’ll be ambitious and change him to Mom or Dad.   It didn’t work as well as I had planned, not only did it not entertain her for as long as I had hoped, the skinny little family member cut-outs kept slipping deep into the slot causing Nicole to cry out in frustration as she tried to retrieve them and before long, all of the pictures I had made were missing (the pictures above are the second set that I made) When Zach was called into the bishopric, I racked my brain for ideas on how I could keep Nicole entertained without him.  I pulled this book out and made new family inserts, but was carful to make inserts that couldn’t fall completely into the slots and get lost or stuck.   A week or so later I got the idea to add some of Nicole’s favorite cartoon characters (Curious George and The Man in the Yellow Hat). The last addition was a big hit.  She spent the entire meeting on Sunday happily playing with ‘George’ and ‘Hat’ as she called them.  She made them dance and hug and sing.