A Good Book

There is nothing quit like reading a good book.  I love it when I find a book that captures my attention and I find hard to put down.  I love sitting down in a quiet corner of the house with a cup of coffee and getting lost in the pages of a good story.  Though a quiet corner of the house is hard to find these days with the kids we still manager to find good books to read they just happen to be kids books.   Gwendolyn has already showed an interest in reading as well.  She loves to sit in her bumbo seat and look at books.

Neal loves to read and has always has loved sitting down and reading, or being read to.  We introduced Neal to his first chapter book this winter called "My Father's Dragon" and he has loved reading it with us.  It's fun to see his excitement over the story and hear his anticipation for the next chapter as he asks "just one more chapter, real quick mom, one more, just one more."  I love that while I feed Gwendolyn he comes up to the couch with a stack of books (at least 4 or 5) and sits next to me and asks me to read to him.

We read the books he gets from the library several times a day.  Neal loves to share his love of reading with others as well and I have found him"reading" to the dog and to Gwendolyn.

It's amazing how he can remember every word in a book and then "read" it to himself or others later that day.  Though my book library here at the house right now consists of lots of kids book with colorful illustrations I hope to dive into a good book of my own soon.  This winter weather here makes for a perfect setting for a good book, a fire and a cup of coffee.