"Boo-a-Baa"

It's actually the title of a story book from the library he has taken a great liking to. Well, the title really is "Boo and Baa" but we swallow the "and". It's a very well-drawn picture story of a sheep couple Boo and Baa who one day find a cat stuck in their garden tree and try different methods to help it come down. We have taken to reading it during meal times(a major improvement from Mickey Mouse and Tom & Jerry) and this book is an excellent demonstration of how reading improves their vocabulary: he has picked up "wheel-barrow", "plank", "ladder" and "rake", words which are less common in our daily vocabulary. Of course, he insists to both his parents that Boo is Baa and Baa is Boo and we can live with that sort of confusion for now. If I get distracted while reading, he goads me on with "read a book, mummy, read a book". Most times I stop reading just to hear him say it. I like the way he uses the indefinite article and says, "a book" instead of "the book". It's just one of those things.