"My Purple Book"

For Christmas this year, I got Makinley a book from our school's book fair. It's 5 princess stories in one book and the child is absolutely OBSESSED with the book. We have read it no less than 1,000 times since Christmas, I'm sure. She lovingly calls it her "purple book". She has slept with it most nights and back when I was still rocking her to sleep at night, she would carefully place the book between our bellies where it was safe. This child L.O.V.E.S. this book. I'm honestly quite tired of reading it, but I continue to do so. The other day, I figured out that Makinley has pretty much mastered every page of the first two stories....Cinderella and Snow White. I just had to get it on video of her reading Cinderella. Don't get me wrong, I realize that it mostly sounds like gibberish on this video. Part of that is because she was trying to "read yowd"! So, I try to decipher what she is saying after every page. Trust me when I say that she is dead on. It is the sweetest thing to hear her read it and I've caught her reading it to her babies on numerous occassions. Anyway, enjoy the gibberish. It brings a smile to my face every time I watch it.



Edited to add: I realize that my daughter looks like a pure ragamuffin in this video. We did absolutely nothing on Saturday but hang out at home. I find myself constantly trying to keep her hair our of her face and grab whatever clips and pony tail holders I can find. So, yes, she's in just her diaper and a shirt...and yes, her hair is in need of a brushing. But, she's still pretty darn cute!