Birthday Monsters

One of Logan's favorite books is Birthday Monsters by Sandra Boynton.  In one part of the story, all five monsters receive presents including a hat, a truck, a toy monster and a tie bow (only recently committed to memory as a bow tie).  The fifth monster has his hands in the box but you cannot see his present.  Logan always laughs over each of the silly monsters and their gifts but pauses over the last one and falls silent.  You can practically hear the gears grinding as he puzzles over what that present could be.  This mystery distresses him greatly.

A few nights ago, I decided to ask him what he thought was in the box.  Logan is a very clever boy and I knew that he would have an interesting answer.  At my question, I was given a look both thoughtful and concerned as he got up on all fours and peered at the book.  He got close enough to press his nose against the page and I could tell that he was trying to see inside the box.  I received another fretful glance before he returned to the book to think.  I was excited - this was going to be great!  Finally, with a sigh of great relief and a tone of voice that said, "don't worry, I've got this all figured out," he turned back to me.

"How 'bout we turn the page and keep going?"

- 12 January 2012