Our Little Bookworm

From very early on, we were reading to Finley. Way before he even knew what was going on, we read to him in his rocking chair, in the car, before bed, and even in the bathtub. Now that he does know what's going on (and then some), he LOVES books. He loves scanning the shelves for the one he has in mind. He loves handing it to you and then backing up to land in your lap (one of our favorite things he does these days) so you can read together.

Sometimes, he'll sit down with you to read only to pop up again instantly to go grab Agent P (giant penguin), Arty (small penguin) or his loveys (if we're in his bedroom). Nothing cuter than that!

He's great at turning the pages (sometimes prematurely if there's a page he's excited to get to) and enjoying pointing at different things on the pages so we can tell him what it is. Occasionally he'll reciprocate and if we ask where something is on the page, he'll point it out. He likes open-the-flap type books and books with buttons as much as plain old books with pages. If he wants you to read him a book, there's no way to get out of it--he'll just keep handing it to you until you give in and provide a lap to sit in.

A new twist to his reading repertoire is requesting to be helped into a chair (or onto the couch) and handed a book of his choice so he can read to himself!

His favorite books these days:

Go, Dogs. Go!

The Building Site (which I hide under the couch when I need a break for a few days)

First 100 Machines (a real page turner as you can imagine!)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I Am a Train (possibly his top choice)

Bunny on the Beach

Goodnight Moon

The Word Book (dare I say it's short on plot, but good for pointing)

Hop on Pop

Goodnight Babies

I love that he's taken to loving books so much and hope it will continue as he grows!