Ryers Readers - I Love You More Than Ice Cream!

Episode Date: April 2, 2022

How many ways can you say “I love you!”? Follow along as one family shows us all the super sweet ways they say I LOVE YOU each night!

Let's do this. Before we get into the story, do you want to know a fun fact? Narwhals change color as they grow up. Baby narwhals are blue gray. Young narwhals are blue-black. Adult narwhals are gray. And older narwhals are almost completely white. Pretty cool, huh? Cool, huh? Okay, story time. Today, we are gonna read, I Love You More Than Ice Cream by Becky Davies.

On Monday night, my mommy calls, it's time to go to bed. We don't walk up the stairs, oh no, we gallop up them instead. In the tub, then rub a dub-dub, now bed time. Tucked in tight, what does my Mommy tell me next before we say good night. I love you more than unicorns and more than chocolate

fountains. I love you more than ice cream skipping over fudge cake mountains. Mommy loves me more than donuts dancing in high heels. But I reply, I love you more than pizza ferris wheels. On Tuesday night, it's Grandpa's turn to tuck me into bed. We don't walk up the stairs. Oh, no. We space hop instead. Brush your hair, Teddy Bear. Dentures take a swim.

What does Grandpa say to me? And what do I tell him? Grandpa says, I love you more than aliens and rockets, with lasers going, pow, pow, pow, And slime bombs in their pockets. But I love Grandpa more than that. I love you more than space,

more than dinosaurs on Mars in ballroom dresses sewn from stars, balancing on teensy cars and driving in a race. On Wednesday night, it's Rollo's turn. I take him down to bed. I squish his little puppy. upper face and we play some more instead. Big stretch game of fetch, then wrap him up so snug. What do I tell Rolo Dog when I give him a hug? I love you more than bunnies wearing little biscuit hats in a crazy conga line with happy dancing cats.

Thursday, Grandma tucks me in. She does on Friday too. We bounce around the living room with trumpet and kazoo. Bur, whoot, toot-toot, zooby-duby-peep. Do you know what my grandma says before I go to sleep? Love you more than pirates in a rock band starring me, with mermaid backup singers blowing bubbles in the sea. But I tell my grandma, I love you much more than that. My love is ten times bigger than a narwhal in a hat. The next day when I go to bed, my daddy's at my side. On superhero Saturdays we ride the railing slide. Me and my super daddy have a great big pillow fight.

What does my daddy say to me before we say good night? I love you more than rainbow capes that spark. in the sky, more than magic superpowers that can help us fly for hours past a castle made of flowers and kittens that can fly. Sunday nights are sleepy. We all head up to bed. We don't walk up the stairs? Oh no, we yawn up them instead. Cozy bed, good night said. Then, before we walk up the stairs. Then, before we snore, I tell them all, I love you. And they say, I love you more.

The end. Before you go, do you think you can answer today's paying attention question? On Sunday nights, everybody is sleepy. They don't walk up the stairs, so what do they do instead? If your answer was they yawn up the stairs, you're right, great job! You sure were paying attention. I hope you enjoyed that story. I wonder what we're going to read next.