Can we read it just one more time, Mom? Please?

I went to the library with Elijah on Monday night quickly, to drop off some books that were due, and while we were in the children’s section Elijah was standing up by the bins and found a book we had taken out previously. It’s called “Pickle and the Blocks,” and when Eli saw it he pulled it out of the bin and started laughing. We took it home with us, and on Tuesday afternoon he wanted me to read it to him – over and over and over and over and over. Literally, 6 times in a row.

He would make me read the first few pages quickly (I barely get all the words out and he’s already flipping to the next one), until we got to the page where Pickle plays with his blocks and it reads “Bang them. Bash them. Clank them. Clash them.” Eli just cracks up the minute he sees that page, and sits there laughing. Then it’s more quick page flipping, until we reach the page where Pickle knocks down his block tower and “Clitter clatter. Watch them scatter.” More laughs, and then Eli flips the book back to the beginning and wants you to start over – but get to the “bang” page quick, Mom! That’s the one I really want to hear!