Story Time with Pax

So there's a new member at the breakfast table (and apparently Mae's feeling feisty about that).

After we ate I decided to read him a book. This one was about Alfie and his mom teaching him how to say please.

He absolutely loved it.

Meanwhile, Mae was trying to get her bowl unsuctioncupped from the table, which was just classic Mabel (not the sharpest knife in the drawer).

Back to the book - by the time we got done he was asleep. Finley Skertich, Baby Whisperer, over and out.

Oh, but not to be outdone was Mabel Jane, who had her own story up her sleeve, which Pax also fell asleep to. By the way, this gave me a complex and I'm now questioning my baby whispering skills.

Storytime with Mabel

Get yourself a cup of tea, sit down on the couch and settle in while Mabel reads you a couple stories.

This one is a Winnie the Pooh classic.

Story Time

So here's the thing. I may or may not have told you that Mae just totally one-upped me by literally potty-training herself. Like, on her own, no help from anyone, basically just put a pot in the kitchen and she did her thing. But now when she's waiting for, well, "it," she likes it when I sit and read her a book.

And sometimes if we get through a story I give her the book and show her the pictures. I think this is what they mean by quality time.

Story Time

So I've been getting a little impatient with this reading thing. I REALLY have been wanting to read my books by myself, and like, for real. So Dad and I took it up a notch tonight, and I'm pretty sure I'll have a couple Thomas Friedman books under my belt by Tuesday... buckle up.

Sorry, got a little distracted by the hockey game on TV for a second there. Focus, Finley, FOCUS. Okay, I'm back, here's another one, pay attention.

Oh, one more thing. Now that you're done watching them, go back and watch the first one again, and this time listen to the guy recording the video at the end when he says, "Perfect." One might think that's my dad, but it's actually Kermit the Frog.