Same Page?
I just got done reading Jam his "goodnight books," which started out as three per night and have morphed into approximately thirty five. For some reason, he was absolutely stuck on this story about a father who makes his daughter and her friends pizza for dinner. The story was only a few pages long, and it's from an early reader book (I'm a teacher and Jam has looted my bookshelf). But Jam didn't want to hear the entire story, only the first page, and he wanted to hear it seventeen times. At first I thought that he was kidding when he said "same page, again." I turned the page and started reading, but he flipped it back and said "same page." So, I read it:
"Laura's Dad makes pizza. Do you like pizza? Do you know how to make pizza?" That's it. Three measly sentences. But he wanted to hear it...again, and again, and again. Every time I snuck in the second page, he flung it back to the first. Eventually I stopped trying and just kept reading that first page in all of its glory (or lack thereof). I tried to stifle the giggles because the sheer monotony was making me looney. Finally, after SEVENTEEN times, Jam said "all finished." Just like that, he was done. I'm praying he doesn't pull this tomorrow night because one can only take so much of Laura, her dad, and the cheesy 80's picture of kids in striped shirts and frizzy hair. Let Laura rest, my man...and mommy too.


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