Tyler can "read" his first book!! He has a book "Olivia's Opposites" (the character that has now turned into a show), and each page is a picture of Olivia depicting one set of opposites (up/down, long/short, quiet/loud, plain/fancy). He "reads" it to me and Kelsi at naptime, but tonight he read it to me before bed. He has each page memorized based on the pictures, and he even uses my sound effects for quiet/loud. He looks at me after he says each word, and I nod my head when he is correct. When he gets to the page for coming/going, he always says "coming" first. I then whisper "going". He shakes his head with a little giggle and HAS to close the book halfway (his finger holds his page) and then re-opens it before he can "read" it correctly! It cracks me up that he wants to start fresh before he can say the "right" word!
As Tyler climbed into bed tonight he was looking for his "Bainy"...the new little bear that he picked at a yard sale this weekend and paid for with his OWN money. He even asked the woman, "Excuse me, how much is this?". She said 25 cents and he responded, "Okay, I have that." He had two dollars. He named the bear Bainy (don't know why!)...So after we found Bainy he says, "Mama, I play caveman in my bed....I use my blankets as the cave but Bainy isn't allowed in because he is only 1 years old and he is a baby." I love when he shares his imaginative world with me...He does so much imaginative play during his quiet time/nap time...He has separated all of his animals into categories of water animals and not water animals, and then creates an "ocean" out of one of his blankets...Very creative and getting bigger and bigger by the day, mentally and physically!!
