We are raising a little bookworm. Rowan prefers his books over many of his toys (well, at least over all the ones that don’t have flashing lights and loud sounds).

His latest “thing” is to bring a few of his favorite books over to where I’m sitting and grunt. That means, “Mama, will you please read this story to me?” It is usually one of three Sandra Boynton books: [I]Barnyard Dance,[/I] [I]Snuggle Puppy[/I] or, [I]1, 2, 3[/I]. I read through it a few times while he dances (bounces up and down with a big smile) and grins big when I get to his favorite pages (“10 makes a celebration, LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!” and “BOW to the horse, BOW to the cow….”). Even his bedtime ritual (after his diaper and clothes change) is to sit on his bedroom floor and flip through several books for about 15 minutes.

His favorites are the board books because it’s easy for him to turn the pages. The few books we have with regular pages have several tears that I have yet to fix. Although my grandparents (Grammy and Grampy) gave him a “sound” book based on the movie [I]Brother Bear,[/I] that he adores. He used to just push the buttons to make the sounds, but now he turns the pages and pushes the buttons at the same time.

I hope this continues as I can’t wait to sit with him in his bedroom before bed and read the next exciting chapter in the Harry Potter series, or the Narnia series, or whatever he and his brother(s?) are into at the time.

By the way, I'm still pregnant. :)