We had a moment tonight in the McDannell household. Each night Henry cleans up his toys before heading upstairs for "night night" time. Tonight Henry decided after putting his toys away, it was time to read a book. As Todd and I left the playroom, we heard Henry say, "Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss." I peeked back into the room and saw Henry sitting on his little stool and flipping through the pages while he "read" the book. Todd and I both looked on while Henry turned each page and "read" Dr. Seuss' rhymes. I'm not sure if it was the pregnancy hormones, the fact that my favorite part of teaching first grade was teaching students to read, or if it was seeing my baby act like such a big boy, but tonight's moment made me more proud than I could describe. While Henry was "reading" he knew he missed a few pages and even said, "I missed a page" and then went back to look for his missing page. Eventually, Henry noticed he had an audience of two parents with very big smiles on their faces. We told him how proud we were of him for reading his book. Then Todd reread the book to Henry while I wiped the tears of happiness away. Thank you, Dr. Seuss, for making such wonderful books that inspire even the youngest to pick up a book and read!
