That was my first sentence. It makes me so happy that Nathan is such a big reader- he goes to bed with several Richard Scarry books every night and has a few original Curious George stories memorized. And also guilty, because I definitely did not spend as much of James' first year reading to him like I did Nathan- in fact, mostly I just counted James being in the room when I read to Nathan as reading time.
James, however, has decided that he needs to be read more age appropriate books and is taking full advantage of living in a house full of them. When he sees a board book, he grabs it crawls over and shakes it at me, his way of saying, "Read the book! Read the book!" His favorite book, hands down, is Sandra Boynton's Doggies (which he can totally read, because he is a genius- when you open the first page, he says, "Woof!" Of course he also says that whenever you open any Sandra Boynton book.) A close second is Slam Dunk, which he can also "read." ("Ball! Ball! Ball!")
He also wants to read whatever Nathan is reading, and they are both currently obsessed with this book. So we spend a lot of time talking about R2D2 and C3PO and I spend a lot of time answering questions like, "What's a New Hope, Mommy?" and overhearing things like "Hurry, run, Thomas, down the track before Darth Vader gonna GET YOU!" I really thought I had a few years before the Star Wars obsession kicked in but apparently it starts young.
James, however, has decided that he needs to be read more age appropriate books and is taking full advantage of living in a house full of them. When he sees a board book, he grabs it crawls over and shakes it at me, his way of saying, "Read the book! Read the book!" His favorite book, hands down, is Sandra Boynton's Doggies (which he can totally read, because he is a genius- when you open the first page, he says, "Woof!" Of course he also says that whenever you open any Sandra Boynton book.) A close second is Slam Dunk, which he can also "read." ("Ball! Ball! Ball!")
He also wants to read whatever Nathan is reading, and they are both currently obsessed with this book. So we spend a lot of time talking about R2D2 and C3PO and I spend a lot of time answering questions like, "What's a New Hope, Mommy?" and overhearing things like "Hurry, run, Thomas, down the track before Darth Vader gonna GET YOU!" I really thought I had a few years before the Star Wars obsession kicked in but apparently it starts young.
"Read the book" was not only HB's first sentence, but 90% of what she said for about 8 months.
Posted by: Grumpaw | August 02, 2010 at 08:58 AM