Anatomy 101 at bedtime

Back in November, when Honey was visiting, I bought Weston a book about the human body. Weston and Wyatt were playing with the trains in the bookstore when Weston noticed a book with a skull on the cover. Halloween had just passed, so I thought he was attracted to the scary cover rather than the content of the book. He begged me to buy the book, but I told him no at first. I thought he would be disappointed when he realized it was a book about anatomy rather than a scary story. Later, I changed my mind when I saw him looking through the book. He seemed really interested, and he was trying to show the other kids in the bookstore. So, the book came home with us!
A few months later, he is STILL interested!!! He chooses this book almost every night for his bedtime story. Lucky us! Sure, I found some of the facts interesting the first couple of times I read the book, but now I am dreading story time. He pulls it out so much that I want to scream, "NOT AGAIN! I'll read anything else, but please don't make me read about the digestive system!!!"
I certainly do not want to discourage him from learning, so I try not to show my disappointment when he hands me that book. I think it is great that he loves to learn, but there comes a point when I have a hard time pretending to be excited when I read about eyelash mites for the 100th time:) So, lately I tell him I will read a page or two each night, but not the entire book. So far, he is ok with that and so are we. I'm sure in a couple of weeks he will be interested in something else, and that will be the last of Anatomy 101 at bedtime!

trying to explain the heart

Santa brought him a human body puzzle for Christmas!