Books and Magnets

I'm back at blogging again after a short cold!!!  Haha!  It's funny how things fall by the wayside when you don't feel up to par.  :)  Our sweet one has always loved books!  By one year, he would sometimes sit still for us to read up to fifteen books to him!  I always read in Spanish and Brett always read to him in English.  As soon as we finished a book, he would peek over his shoulder and look at the basket like, "get another one!"  After 10-15 books later, he would finally get restless and want down.  I love love love to read to him and am so glad that he shares my love of "literature".  Ha!

Here he is perusing through his books.  By 11 months, he would let you know which books he wanted to read by slamming it shut and whining if you picked the wrong one.  As soon as you presented one he liked, he would let you read the whole thing and sometimes want to read it again and again.  Goodnight Gorilla was his FAVORITE there for awhile.

Needless to say, we do not manage to sit still for 15  books now :)  His limit is about 5-7 and then he hops down to run around the room!

Here he is being soooo proud that he can cruise around the furniture.  Look at that smile!

Another favorite pastime was playing with the magnets on the fridge.  I washed these four magnets so that he could chew/play with them.  He loved to take them off the fridge and throw them in the floor.  We would pick it up really quickly and slap it back on the fridge.  He would laugh and laugh at the game!

Sweet pumpkin!  Can't believe you are so big now!