I love hearing these memories.
I remember one more thing about that time in DS's life. Like your DS, mine would want me to read to him for HOURS. Sometimes, I wouldn't be able to, because I'd have to do something else (cook dinner, use the bathroom, clean the house, etc.) and he would bring his books and follow me wherever I went and try to figure them out himself.
I remember that when we'd bring in new library books every week, he would look through them, stop in the middle, go and grab one of his own books, and open it to a certain page, and then go back to the new book. What I didn't realize right away was that he was probably using his own books as "dictionaries" to help decode the library books whenever he came to a word he was unsure about.
At the time, I had no idea this was scary-smart behavior for a child under 2 because I didn't have much exposure to other same-aged kids. Now, I have a friend with a 3yo dd and I think to myself, "when my DS was her age, he was already bored with Magic Tree House books." It's just so odd...
Tara
