Chrissie's favorites

Books.

She has an incredible stamana for reading. I've read to her Peter Pan and Wendy and A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh. I'm reading to her the chronicles of Narnia, and after a half hour of reading, my hoarse is dry, she's still begging me to read more. She comprehends peices fo the story, but, she just enjoys hearing me read out loud.
I find her several times a day looking through a book (Matthew is also beginning to do this, another reason I'm so glad we don't have cable).
Some books she's memorized and can "read" them to us (Brown Bear Brown Bear, and some nursery rhymes, and poems).
She squeals when she gets a book as a present.
Another favorite, that is not necissarily an object, is singing. She's always loved to sing. During Christmas she sang carols. She would go to choir practise with Rick and learn more songs and words. She'd mix words and tunes together and one day at the grocery store she belted: Lord, Lord, Lord! She continues to sing praises throughout the day.
Chrissie has taken singing to a whole new level. She now "sing talks": "Daaaiseeey, I'm geeeting you waaater...here is your waaaater." Or "Maaathew, I'm climbing this treeee." Oh, it's great. There is nothing more beautiful than hearing a child sing.