Hooray for Books!

We love books!  

Cat in the Hat is a recurring favorite for Evey.

Bedtime stories, wake-up stories, reading at breakfast, before dinner... Books, books and books!!  Evelyn has been more interactive with reading lately.

• Listening: She becomes intently focused on the story and will be engaged through long story books now. 
• Repeating: With some of her simple reader books, she'll repeat the phrases back to us while reading - especially "The Eye Book" by Dr. Suess
• Creating:  We've reached the point where she'll tell her version of the story and will expound upon the images and situations presented in her books
• Engaging: The common phrases from Evey are "Why, mommy" or "What's that, mommy" as she seeks to learn more

Bed time stories

I have to include this little story for you!  We read to Evelyn all the time - she will even sit and listen to the full version of Cat in The Hat now.  Lately, one of her favorite places to read is on our bed, snuggled in with daddy.

The other day, she climbed up on the couch and arranged the pillows just so.  Then she went and found "babies" (what she calls her dolly) and tucked her in.  Finally, she snuggled up next to babies with her blank-sie and a favorite book.

What a sweetie!