Man, I was SOOO excited to open Maya & Riley's backpacks today and find the flier for the Scholastic Book Fair. YIPPEE!! When I was in school I loved the book fair. Or Santa's Secret workshop. Or anything where you got to take your hard-earned money to school and shop. WOO HOO!!! I love books and I love to read......and the girls love books and LLLOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEE to read. I was practically giddy today and was trying to get the girls excited and they were looking at me and finally Riley said "what, a fair?! Will there be rides?!!?!!! Ok, so apparently the word fair stuck in her mind a little more than the word book.
I would give anything to be able to sit, uninterrupted and dive into a good book. That is what I love about vacation, the ability to lay around the pool or beach for hours on end with a cool drink, soaking up the sun and getting lost in someone else's world. Hey, I loved bed-rest during my pregnancy with the twins....I read like 3-4 books a week for about 11 weeks. Of course that was followed by a very long dry-spell of about 3 years where the only books I read that were longer than 8 pages were either "What to Expect the 1st year" and "Potty training for Dummies."
Not only my girls, but I know several others who's parents have read to them practically from the womb. It instills such a love of reading, a basis for a good vocabulary, interest in trying new things and I am quite certain that is where my kids get their over-active imaginations. Just this morning Riley wanted to snuggle in bed and read with me first thing. They have books that are memorized and they can "read" themselves. And what they don't know, I love to stand in another room and listen to them make up the stories. I lose track of the number of books we read in a week and sometimes I find it difficult to make them put books down and go do something else.
So, off I go here shortly to peruse the online lists. Christmas is coming and I will forever buy my kids books before silly toys any day.
Happy reading!
We just had our Book Fair and it was SO much fun! Zachary had earned 5 "reading dollars" for the summer reading program that he got to spend on whatever book he wanted---that was fun to watch. I, too, will ALWAYS buy books for m kids! Have fun at the Book Fair.
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