We read it twice before bed every night and the last several mornings she wakes up before I leave for work (this used to never happen ... it is nice for me because I love getting to see her before I leave for work) ... as soon as she sees me in the doorway she whispers "read ... read ... read" ... and grabs Good Night Washington DC ... and on the last page when it says, "Thank you for sharing such a wonderful day" she whispers "yeeeaaaaaaa" ... it is just precious ...
I am so happy she is getting into reading ... I will admit for a little while there I was worried ... she wasn't like other kids I knew ... even as an infant she showed no interest in books ... as a little baby if you tried to read a book she would kick ... try and roll over (probably why she figured out how to) ... if you were holding her she just tried to squirm away ... I thought she would never have a love for reading like I did ... as an infant all she wanted to do was listen to music ... she could do that for hours ... and she seemed remarkable content if she could hear M*A*S*H on ... that seemed to quiet her right down ...
So the fact that she asks to read a lot now makes me so happy ... because it was something so special to me as a kid and I had hoped she would love to read too ...
Recently she has been taking her napkin at meals and holding it saying "book to read" ... so when I ask her to tell me a story she points along just as if she is reading it to me ...
Some days I wish there could be a camera on her all the time ... she is just a trip ...
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