Our Little Reader

It's funny. My friend and fellow mama Cat asked about Josie's favorite toys in a recent email. And while she enjoys lots of her toys, her favorite thing right now is BOOKS! Seriously, she can't get enough of them. When she's crying, a book makes her smile. Before bed, she wants her dad to read her "Charlie Monkey" and "Peek-a-who!" She knows all the right places to point to and feel in all 6 or 7 of her "Touch and Feel" books. And, she'll just sit with a stack of books and "read" for 15-20 minutes at a time.
Case in point: The other day I was talking to my sister on the phone and Josie was making all of these squealing noises. I looked over and she had taken a stack of books, opened them all up, and placed them in a circle surrounding herself:
She literally had 8 books around her & just sat there thumbing through them babbling, squealing, and "reading" aloud. It was SO funny!
And here's another favorite - magazines! Although - unlike the books - what she likes best about magazines is the sound they make as she's destroying them. (Finally a use for all those old copies of "Dwell" and "Domino.")
And - I just had to share this photo because it makes me laugh (and may be foreshadowing the future). This was just after I took the magazine photo. She realized I was taking pictures and quickly dropped the magazine and crawled over to me. Then, she just looked up at me like this as if to say "enough with the camera already!" And, it's scary, but I also see a little teenager in her eyes. See what I mean?!