Reading

We have a bedtime routine here. It usually goes down like this:

Get pajamas on.
Brush teeth and go to the bathroom.
Read Scriptures.
Say Prayers.
Read a book of Ryan's choosing and one of Jack's choosing.

Tonight we were ahead of schedule. So I told the boys that if they climbed into bed I would read them another book. I wasn't sure what I was going to read them, but there are certain books that I quite like to read to them. For some reason I like the books that allow me to make goofy voices or that allow me to act out characters.

For instance, probably my all-time favorite book that I have read to them is this book.

Old Granny and the Bean Thief, by Cynthia DeFelice.

I love that book because I get to make a voice like what I imagine some old granny in the wild west would have made. I like it also because the boys really like the story. They laugh and makes me smile. Plus, any book that has a talking cow pie in it is bound to be awesome.

But tonight we didn't have that book in the house from the library, so I searched for something else that we hadn't read. Since shortly after Ryan's birth we have had this book:


I think I tried to read this to Ryan a couple of years ago, but he had little interest in it. Tonight they were pretty into it. I read the first chapter to them. Or at least I did in between lots of questions regarding the story, what character was talking, and asking to see the pictures. The illustrations are pretty cool. Here is one from near the beginning of the book. I am sure I am committing a copyright violation here, but oh well. I do it in an effort to recommend this book so hopefully no one minds too much.























Hopefully we can continue to read it together. I really enjoy it. Reading together is a great thing for our family. It is part of our family habits and traditions at this point. It is a special time in our family, before they get older and don't care, or they can read to themselves as easily as we can read to them.