Man, the 'rituals' around bedtime are getting sooooo looooong. Well, first it is about 5+ books that I must read. Lately it goes like this:
What about "Cuando Estoy, I love that book"
Then Renzo says 'No, Cuando Estoy bye bye, and he places it in a flat file drawer.
So, I ask, 'which book?'
Ummmmmm.
Ooooh, I say excitedly, I like it When?
Off to the drawer it goes. repeat with about 5 more books.
Ummmmmm, he says. Ummmmmm.
Finally he picks a book. Now this book shows a library ladder against a wall of book shelves, quite similar to what is in his room. So, we don't get past that image in the inside front cover too quickly. Then Renzo needs to identify las escaleras / ladder and go climb 1 step. Last night it became 3 steps up. Then he returns to read the book. But then they show the ladder again and off he goes to climb.
Then next book. For this book, Renzo needs to push a certain rocking-style chair over to me and he sits there and rocks and slips about as I read.
Then there is the crib ritual. 'Must have two water bottles. They must be placed in a certain place, although he changes that up nightly. Must have two blankets...
It is all kinds of funny when we need to stop his delaying tactics and just put him down when he starts crying for a certain book, so as I am putting him down he may be screaming Jeje fish, Jeje fish; or paaatiiiitooooosss (ducklings).
And it extends to other things too, papa recently brushed his nose while brushing his teeth and now Renzo demands it every time. It is just nutty, although I think it is just 2-year-old-itis.
anyone else goin' through this too? Come on spill the details!
S (12/25/01) and 
E (12/16/06)
