Birdie's Books

In this picture, you see Birdie moments after she has blown kisses to Ted, and Joe, and planted another on Julie's cheek. She will--will not--blow kisses or make kissy faces or do anything in that vein on command, or for the camera. Yes, Our Birdie has a mind all her own.

You may also, Bird Brigade, be noting the state of the bookshelves to the side of the chair and that they are in disarray. Birdie is now very, very good at following simple directions, and very, very good at making known what she wants. So she has been able to tell Julie that she would like "down" to get her own books, and so she does, one by one. She is fond of all the touch 'n' feel That's Not My. . .series (we have: dog, tractor, snowman, bear, pony, penguin, and monkey--this last lives upstairs) as well as the Carl books, especially the original Good Dog Carl. She likes anything with a dog in it really. She also likes anything with a beat: Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb; Jazz Baby; Chicka Chicka ABC. She is not fond of the Gossie series. Tonight, she pulled Gossie down as she was trying to get to Carl, looked at it, started to cry, and dropped it on the ground. Boo Boo was similarly disappointing. Soon enough though, they will probably be friends. They may even get kisses!