He Reads in the Car!

After a yummy lunch at an Iranian cafe, we headed home. T passed out in the car and woke up asking for juice. I passed him juice and asked if he wanted a story. He of course said, "yeah." I handed him the board book, Dinosailors.

"Oooh dinosaurs." He loved the pictures. It did indeed remind me of How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, and I did think they probably were by the same author. I was wrong. The illustrations are great and encouraged conversation about teeth brushing and eating. Deb Lund uses "dino" in front of words to make it fun and it works! The dinosailors have wobbly dinoknees. The dinos decide that sailing is not for them, so they sell the boat and buy a ........you will have to read it for yourself to see what adventure is next!

Good Night Engines and Wake Up Engines

Tucking T in tonight, we read a book his Grandpa gave him-Good Night Engines by Denise Dowling Mortenson. It has a sister book, too-Wake Up Engines. They are available on Amazon for about 12 and 1/2 each. He loved it. He loved the trains and firetruck and making the noises to go along with it. As always, he liked turning the pages and telling me he was doing it! The story rhymes and takes us along the nighttime path with a little boy and his toys. Sweet.

The night ended with him saying "choo choo, all abooooooard!" about 6,000 times. This could be because we rode the Tennessee Railroad last weekend. Talk about family fun! Kids under 3 are free and Nithin and I cost $15 each. The trip lasts about an hour and we all had a blast! There are two types of train cars. We rode the open air car half way and the air conditioned car on the way back!

Side note-the conductor was adorable!