We Love to Read!

Reading is one of the most important things in our home. Eris usually reads a full chapter book during the day, some read during school and the rest at home. Her favorites include; The Magic Tree House which she has completed all 44 in the series since summer, Junie B. Jones which she has read 25 of, and currently she is working on Bailey School Kids and Carole Marsh Mysteries among others she randomly chooses while at the library. She was beyond thrilled this morning when she set off to school with blanket, pillow, snacks and 4 books in tow for the read-a-thon being held today. Shayla enjoys participating in story time at the library and loves to pretend to read me stories at home. We usually go back and forth between her "reading" and me reading to her. She has recently picked up on pointing to words and pretending to sound them out, "t-th-the c-ow..." Very cute! Gavin is usually the first kid awake so many times we sit in his room and read together before everyone else wakes up. He loves to look at the pictures and point to the animals, foods, balls, shapes... He can say many of the words including "monkey, dog, cat, horse, bird, duck, ball, banana, apple, candy, cookie"... and is able to point to many other items that he is asked. It's so cute to see him lay back and look at a book, full of interest and joy! If you see Spencer reading it is either the scriptures or a text book. He hasn't embraced the passion of leisure reading as much as the rest of us but has recently been found enjoying reading a chapter of one of Eris' books to the kids during bedtime. I love to read and have been enthralled with the Nicholas Sparks novels recently. He is an amazing author and I thoroughly take pleasure in his storytelling talent. Next up are a couple of the Alexander Dumas novels I enjoyed reading as a kid, "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Man in the Iron Mask."