Our Favorite Books!

Reading has become a regular part of our schedule. Before bed, or if someone can't fall asleep, we read a book to calm down and focus. It's really helped. They've even started turning the pages! Well, sort of. :) Lily likes to try to eat the books, and Jake likes to grab one page and not let go. Thank goodness for board and fabric books, especially the DK Baby Touch and Feel series! The covers are a little puffy, and the pages really sturdy, so they stand up to a lot of abuse. Here are our current favorites;
Jake loves the Trucks book! I picked it up just for some variety but it's quickly become his favorite! He likes to feel the texture of the tractor's tires the best. Lily likes it too but is much more interested in the Puppies and Kitties one. Her favorite thing to touch is fur and fuzzy things. I really didn't think those kinds of preferences would set in so early! Honestly, I thought boy/girl preferences were largely conditional, but I've had to rethink that!

But our favorite book of all is still Fluffy Chick. Lily will stare at the cover and pet Fluffy Chick. We really don't even have to read it anymore!

What am I reading, you ask? In the few, brief moments I have to myself, I've been reading "Bad Mother" by Ayelet Waldman. It's an exploration of why women of our generation (daughters of womens' libers) feel like we need to be career minded, domestic goddesses, and perfect mothers all at the same time, and how we end up feeling like we're failing at all three! It's hilarious, insightful, and incredibly comforting all at the same time.