Feeling emboldened by our recent "successful" story time (and by successful, I mean she stayed in the same room with me and the book remained intact), I thought I'd give it another shot.
Around 8:00 on Tuesday evening, I grabbed my Winnie the Pooh treasury, held out my hand for The Princess, and we walked into her room together. What happened there was nothing short of extraordinary.
She hopped up in bed and snuggled up with Arlington and DP, her twinkling eyes looking at me expectantly.
I started reading.
She smiled and squirmed around a little bit, and - at one point - left the room for about thirty seconds.
I kept reading.
She came back in, surveyed her surroundings, and climbed in my lap. Arlington joined us, and the more I read, the more The Princess melted into me.
We got through the entire second story in this treasury, one about Pooh and Piglet building a house for Eeyore. When I stopped reading and closed the book, my girl turned her sleepy little eyes on me and gave me a hug before settling in with Arlie and DP again.
The Hubbs and I tucked them all in, and I'm still amazed.
Story Time is becoming a nightly occurrence in my house. No doubt about it.
That is truly awesome! I'm so happy to hear this is going so well for her. What a wonderful way for the two of you to wind down your days together. There's nothing better than kiddo snuggles, you know?
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