Elijah: “I can’t find the Scarry Kitty Cat book to read for my nap”
Bruce: “Oh, I think that book is out for surgery, you’ll have to pick another one, sorry bubba.”
Fit ensues.
Bruce: “It’s ok buddy, we’ve read it so many times.” I want to gouge my eyes out every time I see you pull it off the bookshelf.
Elijah whining: “…but I want to read Scarry Kitty Cat book.”
Bruce: But I want to keep my eyes. What do you think is more important here? Your fleeting passion for a book or my vision? “We’ll read it later when it’s out of surgery. You have lots of other books.”
Elijah whining: “Can I just read Scarry Kitty Cat one last time?”
It’s never just one last time.
Bruce: You’re so one sided Elijah. “Just pick out another book.”
Elijah whining: “I don’t want another book, I want a Scarry book.”
Bruce: “Well I want you to obey your parents all the time, but we don’t always get what we want do we? Here’s another Scarry book, ‘What Do People Do All Day.’ Lets just read that.”
Elijah whining: “ok”
Is keeping the Richard Scarry Kitty Cat book out of the rotation for surgery, when a book needs the binding re-glued, worth the fits? Probably. But is it worth robbing my child the joy of one of his favorite books? Call me a terrible parent, but I know I’m not the only one who has had the thought that if I have to read that book one more time I’m jumping out the window.
The book is about nothing! It’s just page after page of hundreds of little pictures. This is great if you’re trying to teach your child objects and words, but when he knows everything in the book and I’ve told him “those are eggs” at least a thousand times…I mean, really?! I was thrilled when the binding broke and an opportunity arose to rid myself of Scarry kitty cats for a while. The book still remains in the surgery prep room. Does that make me a bad parent?
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Ha ha. I don’t think that it makes you a bad parent but I do think that it makes a good story!
Thanks Nick, all parents have their quirks, that’s usually where the good stories lie.
Your posts are always so funny! You should write a book.
Thanks Theresa, you’re too kind. I’m just a big goof ball who can throw up less than 1000 words on a blog and get lucky every now and again. Your blog is actually well written.
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Oh how you have to love your brother…
I totally know what you mean. Every night my son wants to read this “Things that Go” book… it’s all about trucks and boats and tractors… but mostly pics. I am so tired of it. I even try the trick of skipping a few pages at a time but he always knows!
I often pull the skip a few pages trick and he usually lets me get away with it. The key is to start it early so they think it’s normal to skip pages in a book… oh wait thats probably a bad thing. Doh!