Interactive Books

Hand Hand Finger Thumb: I pat the book whenever it says "dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum" John has taken to patting his chest when I do this. Very cute. He gets very excited when its time to do this and is on fire with anticipation when I'm about to turn to a "dum ditty" page.

Pat the bunny: he knows this book well now. He pats the fur on the bunny, pulls up the little square of cloth over Paul's face to play peek-a-boo, he bends over to sniff the perfumed flowers in an exaggerates way, he looks at himself in the mirror (and says "nana" for some reason), he puts his finger through mummy's ring , feels daddy's scratchy face, and reads bunny's mini book. We love his sniffing, and dad is trying to teach him to put his finger through a real wedding ring and feel daddy's real scratchy whiskers, but John's not doing it yet

Goodnight moon: I taught him that the old bunny lady is the bunny's Nana, so when John sees her, he says "Nana!" , often without prompting