Joojeh Dreams

What does an almost 22 month old dream about?

You have to wonder. We know we have certainly asked ourselves that question many times! But we do have some idea.

On many evenings a couple of hours after he goes down, Kian talks in his sleep. What does he say? Lines from his books! Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel: "bing! bang! crash! slam! louder and louder - faster and faster! and then suddenly it was quiet.....", Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb: "one thumb, one thumb....", Trucks Go: "Rumble!....Rumble!" and others. He must be processing the stories and the language, the sounds. What an amazing process that must be!

The other day we realized that the majority of his vocabulary comes from the books we read. I guess it's a testiment to the role books play in our lives. I remember the stories I enjoyed when I was little, too. I wonder which ones Kian will remember?