Thursday, September 11, 2008

reading is FUNdamental

Stella loves books so much that she climbs into this basket every day and gets stuck.


She's gotten to the point where she'll choose a book, walk over to you with it and then chuck it at your face. That means she wants you to read it to her. Her favorites are any touch and feel books, Pat the Bunny, But Not the Hippopotamus and The Going to Bed Book. Anything with Teletubbies on it will do in a pinch. Oh and that book, Oh Dear by Rod Campbell where Buster's grandma sends him out to get eggs for his breakfast - that is easily her favorite and she's destroyed Grandma B's copy of it by pulling off all the flaps that are only supposed to be lifted. Oh dear indeed.

Stella also likes to drop things either into something or over it. If we can't find the tv remote or our cellphones they are either in the book basket or the recycling bin. She throws her stuffed animals over the gate at the foot of the stairs. If she's this interesting at a year, I guess we better brace ourselves.

1 comment:

Jessa said...

What a doll.

The hippo is in fact the scooper. We don't scoop much with it. Eli just uses it for walking and riding. We put his Teva sticker on it from his hiking boots. I think it will get many baby bumper stickers over the next months.

He loves it.