Her Father's Daughter

Sometimes Katie has the hardest time winding down when it's time for a nap. We'll read books together and then Ryan just turns over and falls asleep. Katie needs to spend some time either wandering around or flipping through books quietly before she finally hits the pillow. A few weeks ago I was on the computer as she was winding down and I looked over and noticed what book she had picked.

I had an initial thought, "Uh oh, Derek wouldn't want the kids messing up the pages in his Physics book." And then I realized, "Wait a minute, it would make him pleased as punch to see his two year old daughter interested in Physics." So then I grabbed the camera. She really was methodically flipping through the pages and pointing at pictures etc. Truly, it was a proud moment when I showed the pictures to her daddy.

I have now come to realize that if I spend about 90 seconds rocking Katie in her bed after we read books, she'll stay there and fall asleep within 5 or 10 minutes. It's worth it to me. She used to spend close to an hour looking through books.