I went out to dinner with a friend of mine last night, which meant Tim was left to put the kids to bed. I thought I'd make it as easy as possible and make sure the kids ate dinner, had a bath, were in their pajamas and ready for bed before I left. All Tim had to do was give Noah a bottle and put him down and then read Sophie a couple of books and put her down. Easy enough, right? Maybe not.
The evening was going really well until Tim was reading to Sophie in bed. He decided to read her one of her favorite books (an Elmo book) and they immediately were off to a bad start. First, Tim kept calling Elmo's friend in the book Angelina instead of Angela. After about the fifth time, Sophie snatched the book out of his hand and said, "NO!!! It's Angela!!" And then Tim thought it would be more entertaining if he did his Elmo impression while reading the book. Wrong again....this only annoyed Sophie more and she sternly asked him to stop. He gets to another part in the book and literally misread one sentence and Sophie had to correct him once again. Tim didn't believe her until he read it over again. Little does Tim know his daughter has practically memorized half the books in her library (she has hundreds of books....damn Scholastic gets me every time). Finally, Tim gets through the book to her satisfaction and she's ready for bed. Whew! Thank goodness he was prepared for the nightly ritual of reciting ABC's, counting, and finishing with a goodnight prayer (he hasn't learned my version yet!).
Thankfully, I returned home and Noah and Sophie were both sound asleep!! That's all that really matters, right?
1 comment:
Love it! That a girl Sophie, get into the habit of bossing those boys around!
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