One of my favorite moments of the day is reading to my children at bedtime. Each night my boys take turns picking out the book that we are going to read that evening. We all cuddle together on the rocking chair, reading and looking at the pictures.
Most of the books they pick are easy reads but there is one in particular that I cringe when they pick it up.
Have you ever read, “Happy Birthday To You” by Dr. Seuss?
It’s a cute story about birthday celebration and my boys love this book. They always giggle at the funny words in the story; Who-Bobs, Snookers and Hippo-Heimers, they just can’t get enough.
This book is made up of crazy words and phrases like,
“To snip with snippers! Nip with nippers!
Clip and clop with clapping clippers.
Nip and sip with clipping cloppers!
Snip and snop with snipping snoppers!
All for you, the Who-Buts clip!
Happy Birthday! Nop and nip!”
Try saying that half asleep, I bet you can’t!
I often stumble over the words and sometimes I even try skipping the sections like “Diver Getz and Diver Gitz,” which always throws me for a loop. But when I do my older son will say, “Mom that’s not how it goes.”
Each section in this book is a tongue twister and not made to be read after a long, tiring day.
So why do I agree to read it to them? There is nothing sweeter than hearing your children belly laugh and say, “Mom I love when you read this book to me.”
Tina is a Mom who blogs about surviving testosterone-filled home. Her blog, Life Without Pink chronicles her days as a mom to two boys.
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For some reason I’ve never liked the book “Love You Forever,” I think it’s the part where it talks about the mom sneaking into her grown son’s home to “rock him to sleep at night” – it was always a little creepy to me.
But, I read it anyway…
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Okay, that is funny. I never thought of the book that way- but thank you, now I will!
That book makes me sad though… I put all the “sad” books under my kiddo’s bed.
Yes, when Ethan tells me he loves when I read to him, it melts my heart a little too! Off to go read the kids that book right now!
I love reading to my daughter.. but I have to admit, Sandra Boynton books are not my favorites!
Life Without Pink, one of my fav’s and any day now she is going to come out and hang out in our house which is filled with all things pink and frilly
We are HUGE readers over here, my oldest’s fav was The Lorax, I even learned how to sing it (in a fashion)(and will never be a vlog) My youngest’s fav would have to be Guess How Much I love You.
Awfully nice to ‘read’ you
We love Tina too!
Had to laugh at this one because while reading it I’m listening to my husband read “I Love My Mommy Because…” and I know it’s one of his least favorites. For some reason I don’t mind that one so much though
Of COURSE, we love books about loving mommy….:)
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