the love of reading

We love to read! We love books! We rarely watch TV or movies. We would rather read. Sometimes we sit and read our own books. Other times Seth will read to me. We typically read non-fiction and it is usually theology. I do love biographies so I try to throw one of those in.

I enjoy some fiction, the old stuff. I tried a newer book recently, but I just couldn't get going. And since I have to give up sleep to read anything, I decided it wasn't worth it. I also like to have a couple books going at a time. Right now I'm finishing up "Holiness of God" by Sproul. I also just started "Little Women" and a history overview of the Scottish Reformation time period.

The kids love books too. Luke has loved reading since he was born, or so it seems! Lately he doesn't mind it but would rather be working on something. Claire is in love with reading. I have to tell her many times that we have to stop. Who would have thought I would tell my kids "we can't read right now"!

We go to the library and check out a bunch. I finally created a list from some blog posts and from the Five in a Row curriculum so I could go in with good books to get instead of trying to find some with the kids.

I have also read most of the Narnia series to Luke. We are about 1/2 through the last book. I'm sure he doesn't remember a lot, but he is only 4! I haven't read them to Claire yet. I can't wait to read them again to the kids. Seth has been reading "Treasure Island" to us (mainly to Luke). They are going to start "The Swiss Family Robinson" next. Claire hasn't been into the "big" books yet. She will sit through some long ones but they have pictures. I'm not sure how to get her started since it is harder to get her and Luke to sit together for a long one!

I love that we are passing our love of reading on to our children. I pray that they will love words so they can love the Word. Reading is so important because that is what God gave us, His Word, and the kids must learn to love it.

Thankful for
--snuggling with Claire and reading some of her favorite books tonight
--reading the Narnia books with Luke
--reading the truck book and the animal books to John
--the Kindle, which helps limit the number of books we need to physically own since we have limited shelf space!