light. moon. egg. leaf.

i'm an avid reader. like, when i was little, and we'd go out to dinner my parents would have to tell me to put the book down and enjoy the company and EAT.

no one is having to remind me to eat these days...but i still choose reading over visiting most anyday. i'm antisocial :) just kidding. well, kind of.

i've been reading to pratt since he was born. when he was just a baby, i'd read to him while he was sleeping. vogue. at home. southern living. anything. i'd read instructions for cooking outloud. recipes. anything. as a new mom, it was just me and him for so many hours of so many days. so that's what i did to keep from losing my...well, to keep from losing ALL of my mind.

so you can imagine the joy these past few days when pratt has curled up on "moms couch" aka our bed, with a few great books.

goodnight moon. the very hungry caterpillar. if you take a mouse to the movies.

i first noticed it when reading goodnight moon a few nights ago. he kept pointing at the rabbit and telling me that he was "awake". and then when we got to the last page, he'd say, "now asleep". i was pretty impressed that he understood the entire book was about getting ready for bed. and getting quiet. and telling everything goodnight.

but then again, he impresses me by peeing in the potty or walking up the stairs. after all, i'm his mom. so i'm impressed by pretty much everything.

in his own way, he can tell you what happens when you take a mouse to the movies.

"popcorn!"
"swing (string) it all to-get-er!"
"kwissmas tree!"
"snowman!"
"carrot!"

you get the picture. and speaking of, yes, he's probably getting it from the pictures, but still. i was so proud.

so last night, we get out the very hungry caterpillar. one of my favorites.

i took a video on my phone, so i'll have to put it on here. it's so cute.

the first page, he says, light, moon, egg, leaf!

then, sun, pop!

it is absolutely adorable. and not just because he's my son. but because it reminds me that all those times i read to him, when he wasn't listening...paid off. for a long time i thought he needed to be sitting in my lap watching the pages turn.

not so. sometimes he was drawing. sometimes he was coloring. sometimes he was stacking blocks.

it didn't matter. it all sunk in.

and it's so nice to know that in the midst of all the chaos that is an almost 2 year old little boy, there is something i did right.

i read to him.

and he listened. and even better...he loved it.

oh how i love him.