Little Miquel and Arsenio

Little Miquel with his Arsenio Hall Fist Pump

For weeks and months I tried to establish a bedtime for Miquel. He wouldn’t have it. He busted out of his crib (literally), he tried everything he could. He wouldn’t even THINK of sleeping until he got to watch the late night talk show starring Arsenio Hall.

Finally I had to give up and let him watch the show with me. Even though I would have loved to have some peace and quiet time, often, it became “our time” together. We’d watch it all cuddles, and then he’d go to bed like a little angel.

In the video that follows, you can see Miquel as the late night news is ending. Before the Arsenio Hall show even begins, he hears the music that announces the end of the news and he KNOWS, Arsenio will be on. From that point on, Miquel does the ‘barking’ and fist pumping in the air that Arsenio made so famous on his night talk show.

This became a nightly ritual for a LONG time.