F has a new favorite book, Who Is Coming to Our House
. It’s a sweet Christmas book her Grandma gave her last year in which all the animals prepare the stable for the arrival of Mary and Joseph. I’m not all that sure what benefits the new webs spun by the spider offer but I suppose that’s being picky. I’ve had to read this book at least 20 times today so I think I get to be critical at this point. F hurries me along to the end, turning pages as fast as she can then, on the final page when Mary is holding the baby (labor and delivery having been skipped over entirely as on the next to the last page she is very pregnant and approaching the stable on a donkey), F points to the baby and says “baby”.
Yesterday it sounded like “bay” but today she is getting that second syllable in there. “Baby.” “Baby.” Then she grabs the book, closes it, and shoves to towards me to read again.
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December 12th, 2007 21:39
How sweet! Baby was actually J’s first word. I think it’s a great one. Now whenever S looks at J she says “baby.” Way easier to say than Jordan, I think.
Of course, the reading the same book 20 times thing, as I know, is not quite as endearing, but at least you got a payoff in the end.
December 12th, 2007 23:40
That book is a real favorite around here too. The pictures are so beautiful, and I love the one near the end where Mary looks so pregnant and tired – it’s so real.
December 13th, 2007 04:34
oh we love this book too! We just keep it out all year long. my girls won’t let me put it away. I have it memorized…hehe
i love when our little ones start too say words. sweet
December 13th, 2007 11:50
The spider clearly was there to keep the flies away from the baby. So long as it didn’t mess with Mary, I’m sure it would be allowed to stay. At least, that’s the rule re: spiders at my house!