Goodnight, Moon

It finally happened. Mia has fallen in love with one of my all-time favorite children's books, Goodnight, Moon. She wants to read it every day, many many times. First thing in the morning, when I get home from work, last thing at night... She knows it so well now, I only have to say the first couple words on each page, then she fills in the rest. I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing her say, "Cow jumpit ore da MOON" (she is still working on pronouncing that line) or "Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush" (which she pronounces perfectly). The more times we read it, the more new details we both see. She points to the bunny's slippers next to the bed and says, "Crocs." One night I explained that mush is the bunny's oatmeal. Ever since then, she proudly points to the bowl and shouts, "Bunny's" when we get to that page. She has this thing about the young mouse. For a while she would point to it and say, "hurt mouse" for some reason that makes sense in her toddler worldview. I, of course, would respond by petting the mouse and saying, "We don't hurt the mouse, we pet it gently." Mia responded by ASL signing "pet." I just hope she doesn't run into a real mouse in the house one day.
And here is another interesting pattern we've gotten into. When I get home from work at night, Mia greets me with her command, "Under covers and read!" That means she wants me to march upstairs to the master bedroom, get in bed with her, and read her some books. It is actually a lovely way to wind down from a hectic day at the office. Once in a while I'll be really hungry and need a snack before I go upstairs, which is not popular with Miss Mia. Even if I share my snack.
On weekend mornings, the three of us often read in bed together. Periodically, Jeff and I look at each other in something like amazement, as if to say, "Did you ever, in your wildest dreams, imagine this?"