Brown Bear

Most of you are probably familiar with this book:

If not, count yourself lucky.  Wait... did I just write that??  Oops.. sorry, Mr. Carle.  It's just a little repetitive, don't ya think?  (And, I've read it no less than 100 times in the past month.)  

That's probably just the reason kids love this book.  It's predictable and repetitive.  

When our dear friend Nancy Withrow gave Jack this book, she apologized.  It was hilarious.  She gave him another book, Tails, at the same time (which I've had to hide for awhile because it was being loved too much and I was afraid he'd tear it up.)  She had Tails wrapped in cute paper and we were excited to get the adorable interactive book.  She then disappeared for a minute, and came back with Brown Bear, Brown, Bear...   As I recall, she tossed the book at me and said something like "I got him this one too, but it's so dumb bad I'm embarrassed to give it to you.   Please forget I'm the one who gave it to Jack."  Maybe those weren't her exact words, but you get the gist.  

Jack requests to have the book read several times a day - so I'd say it's turned into one of his favorites.  I love that a "non-gift" has been so popular in our house.  So Nancy, if you're reading this, this next clip is for you ;)  

Did you hear that?  That's Jack saying "Brown Bear, Brown Bear,"- several times actually.   It sounds more like Bra, Ba, Bra, Ba...  But I say it still counts as his first two-word phrase.  

Thanks for the book, Nancy.  It makes my day every time I hear him say those sweet little words.