bookworm

hannah loves reading. yesterday morning she dazzled me by reading a book that i read to her often - she flipped through the pages and read them one by one, getting almost every word right! we have read that book a million times so even though i was super impressed i knew she had some time to memorize it. but then later in the day she read a book to me that we've only read a few times, and the last time we read it was at least a week ago. but she remembered it, and again had almost every word down.

she moved over to her new "big girl room" a few weeks ago, and since then she's wanted to SLEEP with a book every night. at first i tried to discourage it because . . . well because books aren't cuddly, i guess. and did i mention she wanted to sleep with a whole stack of 'em? but after a few nights of arguing with her and trying to get her to snuggle with a soft bear instead i gave up and decided to let her sleep with one thin paperback book.

i found her in her new room a couple weeks ago reading to herself: