counting

madelyn requests to "count" in some of her books now. she will repeat counting through about six before loosing interest in starting over at "one" each time, but "eight" is her favorite number to say. she will always say "eight" when we get to it while counting.

there is one book she likes to "count" in particular - a bug book. it is colorfully illustrated, but the text is only the number and the insects' names. after five times through or so i start to have a difficult time bringing enthusiasm to the counting.

similarly to the repetitive counting, we also have to repeat the names for the seven dwarfs (a la snow white) when we get to that page of the story. she just keeps saying "again", "again". love.