Which bedtime stories did you read this evening?

[YunoYurbubson]

We had rather poor choices.

Mr Large in Charge - a spin off from a tv show in UK I think? Very stereotyped nonsense about Mr Large being 'amusingly' unable to cope with the children and the housework when his wife is ill in bed for the day. My 4yo thought it was hillarious.

And we had Commotion in the Ocean, which is very popular I know, but I think the rhymes are all a bit contrived. My 2yo loved it.

Did you fare any better?

What, already Well Done!

Well we've not done it yet but it'll probably be

Before you sleep by Benji Bennett

and another one, probably some crappy Fireman Sam or Toy Story one whatever ds chooses!

Oh, I'm 3 hours ahead. I forgot!

No where near bedtime for us here!!! Even when DD was tiny her bedtime hasnever been 6pm - can only miagine how horrendously early my DD would have been awake if I had.

DD is 8y now and normal bedtim ie around 8ish. I will sometimes read to her before bed, she then reads for a while in bed herself. We are currently sharing the reading of Harry Potter - she reads it at home and school, and I sometimes read a few pages at night to her, as she still likes being read to occasionally and I think it is important to do so anyway.

Tonight however is day 1 of 3 of the school play, which starts at 7pm and doesn't finish til 9pm - will be home late and straight to bed.

"map of the world" she is 5 she loves it, is she going to be a geek?

I expect it'll be The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch and Night Monkey Day Monkey. AGAIN.

DS is 2.7

I am 2 h ahead.

It's 9.00 here so I'm all done

But I forgot I'm in a different time zone to most of you when I posted.

it will undoutably be Diary of a freakin wimpy kid AGAIN

The very hungry catterpillar, the snail and the whale, stick man, daddy on the moon, the tiger that came to tea.....or any combination of the above!

Was actually What The Ladybird Heard and This is Actually My Party

Riven, I quite like Mr Magnolia! And dd chose it this evening, then I read her a bit of Clarice Bean which was good.

I am, however, sick to death of Charlie and Lola and their visit to the library, and I nearly wept when ds requested "The Smartest Giant in Town" as I have read it to him twice a day for the last fortnight and I now hate it more than ever.

I told one (11 months). Was just a load of nonsense about a prince with loads of toys.

we had owl babies and zigby and the monster. Owl babies features nearly every night at the mo.

I want to be a Pirate - Little Princess book

Was a relief to not be fireman sam tonight!

Thomas the bloody Tank Engine- hideous

So Much - fantastic

The Gigantic Turnip - I have no feelings about this one

Dinosaurs Galore (3yr old) and The Cat in the Hat (5yr old). Don't mind either, as there's a bit of a rhythm to them.

BFG

Owl Babies. 'Babies now Mummy' after toothbrushing. Every night. 10 times. At least dd 22 months has the good grace to look surprised and relieved when Mummy comes back. She is now asleep cuddling it!

Oh god - The Tiger Who Came To Tea, yet again. I don't need to look at the pages now, I know the sodding thing off by heart. But DS still asks for it every night.

'That's not my Polar Bear' and 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to my 11 month old.

The very hungry caterpillar. Twice
The gruffalo's child.

Monkey Puzzle here

The last 5 nights have been The Gruffalo, which I and he know off by heart!