Practicing Reading

These kids are so crazy about books! It's incredible! I mean, I think they might even choose a book over Baby Einstein! Okay, maybe not.. but they love books more than any other toy they own. They'll play with them up to an hour at a stretch - which is supa long in baby time. I love it and I hope that this is something I can perpetuate so that they don't become little tv addicts when they are older. I used to think that reading sucked. Why read when you can watch tv?!?! It's mindless and effortless and I can go from being stressed out and exhausted to being an entertained vegetable in less than half a second. Plus, books have that old person smell and sometimes it takes forever to get to the freaking finale. But, over the last couple of years, I've really come to love books again. I hope that I can get the kiddos to hold onto this...

This is Cal Bear reading one of her books. I catch her all the time "practicing reading" and was lucky enough to catch a version of it this morning. Usually, she lays on the floor with the book open and "reads" outloud. (By the way, daddy was her hairdresser this morning... just in case it wasn't already obvious.)