Read It!

One of my favorite things is when she brings me a book and says "Read it!" Then she'll say "Lap" and sit in my lap. We read the book together and she turns the pages. When the book is finished she'll say "Done!". And then we start all over again.

Right now her favorites are Goodnight Moon, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See, and a fantastic book called Daddy Hugs.

She can make noises for almost all of the animals in Brown Bear. For the bear she growls Rawr! For the red bird she says "Tweet!" For the yellow duck, she tries to say "Quack" but it comes out "Cack". She can't quite make the horse neigh. I love the green frog - she tries to say "Ribbit" but she can't say her R yet so it's "Ibbit." She's been able to meow and say woof (well, "Oof") for a while. She can't say the "Baa" for the sheep yet. For the goldfish, she opens and closes her mouth like a fish gulping water.

My bliss? Watching Steve hold her in his lap while they read Daddy Hugs together.