Bedtime Stories

November 08, 2023

Bedtime Stories

Before every naptime and bedtime for the past month when P gets into bed she's snuggled in her sleep sack and quietly questions "ta-cos?". After a few seconds she gets a little more demanding "ta-cos? ta-cos?" I get up and bring Dragons Love Tacos into bed and she screams "TACOS!". Even after reading the book dozens of times seeing how excited P gets brings me a lot of joy.

Each time we read it she picks up on something new. She likes to point to different things on the page and label what they are. At first everything was a taco, but now she is pointing to everything dog, sun, ball, and of course the tacos. For some reason the kid in the book is "da-da". I'm not sure why, but I'm not going to correct her.

When we finish the book she gets excited again and asks (demands) "TI-NY?!" in her quiety screechy voice. So we read "Tiny T-Rex and the Impossible Hug" where P loves to point at the ice cream, Tiny, and Pointy.

No matter how many times we read these books I'll never get tired of her enthusiasm for Tacos and Tiny. I really enjoy these moments with P as a way to end my day. It's one of those activities that I know I'll do for the last time with P sooner than I'd like to think. Even if I have to keep reading a silly story about dragons and tacos every night I'm going to enjoy every moment of it.