Taking after Sarah?

Lexi has really taken to the word book. It’s one of a handful of words that she really knows the meaning of. She knows where in her room the bedtime reading books are (behind a door in one of the built-in closets), and she gets excited at the mention of the word as we change her diaper and get her into her pajamas. She will hopefully take after Mommy and be a good reader, enjoying it as a relaxing pastime (unlike Daddy, who reads some, but it tends to be newspapers, magazines and online news).

Last night, I read Lexi a book at bedtime about a cat and dog that fight and cause chaos in the house and yard while their little girl owner tries to maintain order. It’s a book Lexi really enjoys because it has two animals that she knows the sounds of. She can see a dog and say “woof, woof” and see a cat and say “meow.” So she has fun following along in this book as it’s read to her. This morning, as we were changing her diaper, she insisted on a “book,” and so we gave her that one. She proceeded to “read” it with the “woof, woof” and “meow” sounds while adding plenty of other noises as “words” in between. It was so cute. She seemed to enjoy the book even more reading it herself.