Nothing like having our video camera stop functioning to make the kids do the cutest stuff :). Several times in the past week, Caleb has offered (to Ethan) to read Ethan a book. Ethan eagerly accepts, and the two snuggle down into my big brown recliner. Caleb picks one of the Disney books from the library pile (Aladdin, Snow White or Bambi) and "reads" it to Ethan, page by page. Caleb has heard these stories so many times that he can actually recite sentences from every page verbatim. It is hilarious to hear him bust out with complete sentences like "Jafar, adviser to the Sultan of Agrabah, was searching for a magic lamp hidden in the Cave of Wonders." He never uses that many words in a sentence conversationally, but he has memorized so much of this book (from hearing it 3 or 4 times a day for weeks). Last night, just before bedtime, Caleb "read" Aladdin to Ethan for more than 20 minutes. I joked to Marcus that this is how people have families with 10 kids: the older kids take care of the younger ones.
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