14 months - and loving storytime

baby can't really sit still for long, so it's a miracle when i am able to get past "once upon a time" without her moving off elsewhere. but this book has managed to keep her well-entertained ever since we borrowed it from the library. 

she is a drama mama when we tell her this story, which is about a little bear who gets his new hat all unraveled and meets various animal friends along the way who try to help him make things better. 

she seems to grasp the idea that something has gone wrong with the hat (and keeps saying UH OH!! very dramatically coupled with hand actions and wide eyes), and says "hat". she also says "mow" (moo) when she sees the cow, and does her very realistic "ah choo" when she sees the bear sneezing in one of the pictures. she also says "pour" at the page showing papa bear pouring out some tea into a cup.

it's been very entertaining to tell the story to her, and a perfect way to end every night.