We read to the girls before they go to bed, and recently we got a new bookcase for our living room where we keep all of their books. Agnes has been asking the kids to pick out what they want us to read to them, and it’s been interesting what they’ve been picking. Eleanor consistently picks One, Two, Three! by Sandra Boynton. Miranda’s been picking Elmo’s Little Playhouse. The funny thing is that we have two copies of Elmo’s Little Playhouse, and Miranda brings over both copies because she wants us to read the book twice.
We read the books that they bring over, and then the girls go to bed. Miranda’s been known to bring her copy of Elmo’s Little Playhouse to bed with her.
We’ve also found that Miranda likes to look at books upside down. She’ll grab a book and sit down to look through it, and more often than not she’s looking at it upside down. I’m sure it’s a preference thing, rather than random chance, though I have no idea why she likes upside down books. Anyway, every time we see her holding a book upside down, we say “Miranda, your book is upside down”, or “Miranda, turn over your book”, and she’ll turn it over.
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In the background, you can hear Eleanor say “Da!”. I don’t remember what she was pointing to, but she was reading her own book at the time.