Five Little Monkeys has quickly become TJ's favorite bedtime story. He got the book for his birthday from his Aunt Linda and family (a huge shout out to her for the present).
It all started a month ago when Daddy started his story time routine with TJ at bed time. Rich is an animated reader and always makes story time fun with his many voices and expressions. And if you know the Five Little Monkeys storyline, you know that, with the right reader, it can be rather amusing. TJ would sit on Daddy's lap and have him read the book over and over. The part that brought the most giggles was when daddy would "BONK" his head with his hand as the monkey in the story fell.
TJ has read the story so many times that he is now internalizing some of the monkeys'-- and daddy's-- behavior. TJ now bonks his head for sheer delight. And he things it is a hoot. He will use his hand like daddy does, but the other day he learned what a real BONK was. Ouch! I thought, that has got to hurt. Yet TJ shook it off as best he could and when he was of better sorts, believe it or not, he bonked his head with his hand as if to make the association. He gets it! This little guy is putting two and two together. I was amazed. But what tickles me even more about this story is that now, every time he walks by the corner of the table, he points to the corner and makes a wide berth around it. I guess he does not want that kind of bonk on the head again.
Here is hoping he will not now want to jump on the bed!
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