Bedtime stories

In Bernice's room.

Last night, Sharon devised a way to engage the kids in their bedtime stories. When she was reading Cinderella to Bernice, everytime the word 'Cinderella' came up, Bernice was to repeat the word after her, accompanied by a flip of the hair in a fun, flirty way. Ethan was amused and tried to imitate by picking on his hair (see picture).

Meanwhile, Manny was just too funny. Everytime he heard Sharon mention the word, he would repeat 'CINDERELLA-aaa!' in a deliberate low, husky, monstrous tone, accompanied by half squats and hand action.

Monster "CINDERELLA-aaa!"

"CINDERELLA-aaa!"

"CINDERELLA-aaa!"

Monster Cinderella sequence was repeated a few times, each time ending with this cheeky grin.

Later, when it was Ethan's turn to be read his dinosaur book, the kids were told to pretend to be dinosaurs whenever the word came up. They were absorbed and oblivious to Manny's antics...

...as he throws himself up and down into this dinosaur trance everytime he heard Sharon read 'dinosaur'.