Book Worm

I've mentioned before that Joel loves books, and fortunately, this love is growing! We go to the library about once a week and take home between fifteen and twenty books (along with some for Mommy, too!). Through the week, we read them, over and over and over. And over and over. Joel will sit on my lap and listen for up to a half hour. Or he'll sit by himself and flip through the books. Some of his favorites, like Machines at Work, he can pretty much "read" by himself. He doesn't say all the words, but he gets the important ones out on the page. Here are some of his top favorites right now.

We're hoping that this is the beginning of a life-long love of reading for Joel. That would make Joel's book worm Mommy very happy! :)

The Car Pajamas

Recently I bought Joel some new pajamas, and he loves them. He's never been quite this attached to an item of clothing, although I guess I should have expected it since they have cars and trucks on them! He asks to wear them every night, and then usually cries when I tell him they need to be washed. The other day I brought in a load of clean laundry to put away in his room, and he said excitedly, "Car jammies in there!" He was very disappointed when I told him the car jammies weren't clean yet. I'm thinking I should just go buy another pair...

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