Just to confirm once again that Althea is really our daughter--the girl loves books!Anyone who has ever been kind enough to help us with a move knows what bibliophiles we are, so this is very good news.
The tricky part is that she also loves tearing paper--not the best combination. This means for now she is limited to board books. We have some, but we could tell she was yearning for more (parents just know these things). So we took a trip to one of our favorite places--the huge Barnes & Nobel bookstore. Result: one very excited little girl. It got a bit tricky that she couldn
't touch the gazillion beautiful and interesting looking books, but it helped that we let her hold her new board books. She was especially excited about The Rainbow Fish, probably due to the shiny scales. Althea is seriously into glittery things.You will also notice a ribbon in her hair--the first time she has allowed anything to remain on her head. Charmed the socks off the nice folks in the Social Security office a few minutes before. Can't show you pictures from there--no photos allowed!!
After picking out our books, Althea and I cozied up in a corner to read them while Baba did more browsing. A mighty good time was had by all.
