Audrey likes to read Dr. Seuss's ABC book each night. It's been great because she learns her letters while also being entertained by bizarre creatures like the Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz.
But now there's a twist. She wants me to read the book "funny" - as in, I completely make up the storyline as I go in a way that's both funny to her and tame enough for a 3-year-old's ears. It's not easy.
For some reason I tend to default to bathroom humor, which I view as tolerable but which my wife has declared is only appropriate while using the potty. I might, for example, say that the camel on the ceiling on the page about the letter "C" is about to go pee. Audrey laughs like crazy at that but it could get me in trouble. Or I might suggest that the picture of a foot Kicking a Kettle on the "K" page is instead going to kick the Kitten's booty and send her flying toward the King's face. You get the point.
As the pages wear on it's really tough to come up with funny stuff. I'm like a comedian on a stage who is running out of jokes. By the time the letter "T" arrives I'm fresh out of creativity and am reading straight from the page. She notices less by then but still notices.
The Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz is, of course, on the "Z" page and it provides some relief. The creature is so strange looking that it's easy to poke fun at. And then, freshly inspired, Audrey wants to move on to the next book and asks me to read it "funny" again.
