I AM SAM!!!

I read to Talent every single day. When I first started reading to him, he was probably about 3 or 4 months old. It was when we first started putting him in his crib to sleep at night. I was trying to find my own rhythm as a mom and singing was a big fail. I found myself singing hymns from church....which is pretty fitting since my own Momma sang "Away in a Manger" to us when we were little. I however have one hymn that is my favorite....# 305...I'll Fly Away. If you know this tune, you know it is not a slow song, it's upbeat and happy. Probably why I love it so much. That song never seemed to really soothe Talent to sleep so I finally gave up on the singing. I turned to the only book I had at the time...."Goodnight Moon".

Now if you have ever read "Goodnight Moon" you know how catchy it is. Well, imagine if you will, that being the only book you have to read to your child for about 6 months. Yes, folks, I have "Goodnight Moon" memorized. I no longer even use the book to tell the story. I let him carry it around in his room and look at the pictures when he's playing. At Christmas I begged for the Dr. Suess book set. Talent's Aunt Boo bought it for him. "Goodnight Moon" was no longer our only book to read! I have never been more excited about childrens books before!

So I read Talent a different book out of the new set each day and he seemed less than impressed until, "Green Eggs and Ham". When I opened the book and started reading, he got excited. He laughed and pointed at the pictures and looked at me and smiled so big! He LOVES "Green Eggs and Ham" and we read it sometimes just for fun during the day to get him to smile and laugh! This last week he decided he wanted to "read" the book for himself. So I let him look through it by himself. I thought I would post the pictures of Talent "reading" his favorite book.