Up late: Ted Cruz's daughters enjoy bedtime filibuster stories [photo]

As Twitchy reported, Sen. Ted Cruz turned a portion of his filibuster tonight into story time for his two daughters. Jason Johnson, chief strategist for Cruz’s Senate campaign,  shared a priceless photo of the girls to whom the stories were dedicated.

Pic of @SenTedCruz daughters as he reads them Green Eggs & Ham. #MakeDCListen pic.twitter.com/UXqFg0xrPB

— Jason Johnson (@jasonsjohnson) September 25, 2013

“Cute” was the word of the night.

https://twitter.com/joellemartin_/status/382669250663432192

okkk that's cute RT @jasonsjohnson: Pic of @SenTedCruz daughters as he reads them Green Eggs & Ham. #MakeDCListen pic.twitter.com/xMY856u8XX

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) September 25, 2013

Cute points! RT “@jasonsjohnson: Pic of @SenTedCruz daughters as he reads them Green Eggs & Ham. #MakeDCListen pic.twitter.com/LbDIt4o7ru”

— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) September 25, 2013

Seriously cute “@jasonsjohnson: Pic of @SenTedCruz daughters as he reads them Green Eggs & Ham. #MakeDCListen pic.twitter.com/tOAvwbGJEr”

— Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) September 25, 2013

We’re proud of their dad, too.