Reading in Bed

Sam loves to jump on our bed. The other day he was jumping while I was in the bathroom. It had been too quiet for too long, so I peeked in to see what was up. Sam had pulled back the covers and made himself at home among the pillows. He was fussing to get his surroundings just so. First he pulled the bedspread up to his neck, then decided against this and folded it down, patting it with great care.

"Would you like some books?" I asked. I went and got some, which happened to be a children's Bible, a book on potty training, and a book called Guess How Much I Love You. He inspected each of these with interest. Then I brought the tissue box and put it next to him. (He has been imitating me using tissues.) He was very pleased with this and pulled out 5 tissues one by one. He scrunched them up against his nose and passed them to me to throw away. Then he went back to his books.