book

We are book people. It was one of my girls' first words and first signs. We have these teeny tiny books, only about 2 inches big that they both loved as babies. Now Ladybug's favorite are the "look and find" books. Her big sister has been doing them with me for a few weeks and is really good at them. When Butterfly was only a year and a half, she used to hold the book, especially in the car and just study the pictures. This keep her attention longer than anything else. Ladybug is now hitting that stage where she loves to study the pictures and mimicking her sister, will point to items (but not necessarily when finding something).

Butterfly's current favorite books are the Disney collections. She loves her bedtime stories and they are an essential part of our routine. I sit in the recliner and she settles into my lap. We open to the table of contents and she studies the pictures that go with each of the titles. She picks and we turn to it and read. I especially like that she has moved beyond the super simple board books and now we get to read stories that feel a bit more like literature. But mostly I'm just thrilled they like books so much (like mother like daughters I suppose).

Our book story of the day however is just for fun. Papa (my dad) was playing with the girls, sitting on the floor. Butterfly grabbed a book off the nearby bookshelf and brought it to him to read. It happened to be a Welsh dictionary but he opened it up, the girls piled onto his lap and they studied this book, chatting and investigating. Then she grabbed the Spanish dictionary and they sat together, looking intently through their books, pointing out apparently fascinating passages and sharing them with one another. Papa played along and little girl was thrilled, who knows what story she was imagining.