Thneeds

My belly is getting bigger and the little one is getting more and more active. I swear, he never rests, just constantly kicks my belly, bladder and kidneys. Keegan never rests either. Okay, that’s not completely true. He cherishes his sleep like a good boy should and also loves to cuddle with mommy! Last night we were reading bedtime stories and I started to notice he was finishing the rhyming phrases. So I started to stop and let him finish them for me. I was very impressed!! The Lorax is read to him so much that, I believe, a lot of those were recited from memory, but some he obviously didn’t know or forgot. When I paused for him at the end of the phrase he would say a word that rhymed, fitting the rhyme pattern of the phrase! I think I was having WAY more fun than him with story time as I squealed with delight every time he would rhyme! It was one of the neatest moments to listen to him doing that.
I also got a good chuckle out of one passage from the Lorax. It was the only one he didn’t rhyme along with as, I believe, his counting skills/logic won out. The phrase was “He thought that the Thneed I had knitted was great, and he happily bought it for three ninety-eight.” But it was actually recited as: “He thought that the Thneed I had knitted was great, and he happily bought it for three ninety-TEN!” He was very excited that he knew ten came after nine(ty) and he shouted it. I love my little cutie! He brings so much joy to my life!