One of Andrew's favorite books is "Guess How Much I Love You" by Sam McBratney. The sweet story shares the love that a small rabbit and his (or her) parent has for each other, each trying to show how much he loves the other more than the last description. It ends with the small rabbit telling his parent, "I love you right up to the moon." Followed by his parent's response, " I love you right up to the moon - and back."
Lately, Andrew has been asking, "Mom, how much do you love me?" "Too much" or "So, so much" is always my response. "Do you love me THIS much?" Andrew will ask with his arms spread out as far as they will go. "Oh no, much, much more than that. You can't guess how much I love you." And the guessing goes back and forth like this for awhile.
Well, two nights ago we were finishing up dinner at the table and Andrew starts in again. "Mommy, I love you too much you can't even guess. I love you 59 hundred batrillion mrillion! Is that a lot mom?" "Oh yes, that must be a lot!" I say. "That's more than you, right mom?" "No way, man! I love you a whole, whole bunch more than that."
"Hmmm...," he said while he thought a minute. "Do you love me taller than a tree?" "Yes, taller than a tree," I said.
"Do you love me bigger than outer space?" "Yes sir, I love you farther than outer space."
"Do you love me bigger than a giant?" he asked with eyes big and wide. "Like the giant, Goliath, that David fought with God on his side?' I asked. "Yep, that's the one," said Andrew. "Oh yes, I love you bigger than any giant"
"Wow," Andrew said thoughtfully. "I got one mom! Do you love me bigger than Santa Claus?" "Sure thing, Andrew," I say with a chuckle. "I love you much, much more than Santa Claus." "Yep, that's good. Santa is soooooo big. Right, mom?" He laughs while making a round belly with his little hands.
That satisfied him for the time being. I guess that is showing some pretty good-sized love when you can be loved "bigger" than Santa Claus!
Some of our other all time favorite bedtime stories:
You're All My Favorites by Sam McBratney
I Love You This Much by Lynn Hodges and Sue Buchanan
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
All God's Critters by Bill Staines
What a sweet boy! Sounds like you all have tons of fun!
ReplyDeleteOut of curiosity, primarily because I may very soon have to be prepared in the same way, do you have a response prepared for when he asks, "Do you love me more than Bubba?"