I was so tired last night as I read Liam his books before bed. I try so hard to cherish this time with him as I know, when he is 16, I will kill to have him laying next to me, cuddling and reading books! But, as all moms (and dads, especially Leif) know, there are times when all you want to do is crawl into your own bed, close your eyes and fall asleep. Last night was one of those times but Liam likes 2 books (okay, 3) every night. As he picked out the third book, I silently prayed it would not be “Marley and the Kittens” as I think we have probably read that one 100 times since Monday. And, its LONG! Of course, this is the one he wanted.

Trying to be sneaky, I tried skipping a few lines. “No mommy”, he said, “you forgot the part about Marley’s head out the window.” “Oh, your right, I did,” I said.

A few pages later, I tried to skip a page. He wasn’t having that either. “No mommy, you missed a page.” “Oops” I said, “you’re right (darnit!)”.

Then I tried to be really sneaky and read it but skip over random sentences here and there. He said “No mommy, that’s not how it goes.” I said, “oh really, how does it go?” And he reads it to me perfectly.

Honestly, I can’t get away with anything anymore! Mr. Smartypants!