You Find Me. . .

The first three books Joe ever loved were Where Is Baby's Belly Button?; Tickle, Tickle; and First 100 Words, from the Bright Baby series. In First 100 Words, there are two pages of animals--farm and wild. We spent many, many a night with Julie asking Joe to find her the pig, or the gorilla, or the tiger. Julie would make all the animals' noises, too. Joe was so great at finding all those animals. And then before we knew it, he was saying di-on (lion) and we were beyond First 100 Words. But tonight, the tables were turned:

Joe [opening First 100 Words]: "You find me. . .the grapes!"

Julie [pointing]: "Right there!"

Joe: "Good job!"

Fans, he's got me down cold.