George and Mickey

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Henry has loved Curious George for a long time. He watches the cartoons, reads the books, and at Christmas, he got a Curious George stuffed animal and a George-in-the-box, which he adores. But just a couple weeks after Christmas, he started refusing the Curious George cartoons. He wanted to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse instead! Since then he's rarely watched Curious George, but he does still carry around his George and we still read the books.

At bedtime, I used to use "Curious George Comes to Our House" stories exclusively. Shortly after he switched over to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, I decided to tell a "Mickey Mouse Comes to Our House" story. He got so excited that it really didn't help get him to sleep. But since then, whenever I'm telling a bedtime story, if I start out with Curious George, he'll yell, "Uh unh!" and I switch over to Mickey. Tonight I told a "Mickey Mouse and Curious George Come to Our House" story and he really liked it. Again, he was so excited it really didn't help get him to sleep. But the story ended as they all do, with Mom telling the boys a bedtime story and singing lullabies, so it all worked out in the end.

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