John "Reading"

The other night Chris was reading Dr. Seuss to John when John burst in with a contribution, revealing that he knew much of the story on that page. We were so startled! This afternoon I decided to test John with some books and he knew so much of them! (Not that I think he's "extra smart" for his age, just that--as a first-time parent--I have no idea when to expect these fun developments.) Now the next part to figure out is how to get John to repeat more than just the last word of each phrase, whether in a book or a song!

Around here we joke around a lot about having a bird in one's ear. (At the end when John sees a "clue" on the bottom of my shoe, he is talking about a sticker of an animal foot print, and he calls foot prints "clues," a la "Blue's Clues.")

My camera's memory ran out while filming, so I missed recording that John knows so much of Good Night Moon!