Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Evan has a new obsession. A good one, I suppose. At daycare, they read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to learn colors (words and sign language), animals and animal sounds. We've been told on several occasions how much Evan likes story time. Last Thursday, Evan and I were browsing the book selection at Meijer and I saw the board book version of Brown Bear, Brown Bear so I picked it up.

I am not lying. I read that book 17,000 times last week. And then, the book accidentally got lost. Oops.

One thing particularly notable, Evan doesn't like us to be out of the room. He doesn't necessarily want to interact with us while we're in the room, but he likes us to be near. Within sight is not enough. If there's a baby gate between us, even if we're only inches apart, that will not work. On Saturday, I was reading BB, BB to him but had to leave the room to make him some lunch. I was waiting for the inevitable tantrum because I had stepped over the gate but it didn't happen. For at least 15 minutes, he sat and flipped through BB, BB, pointed at pictures, said and signed "red" (the only one he can do), and made all kinds of unintelligible noise. I was impressed.

I also discovered that the book isn't even necessary. When he was whiney, I started reciting it from memory. What does he do? Stops whining immediately, sits cross-legged in front of me and listens to me recite. Amazing.