Read To Your Child

My parent's are voracious readers.

They both love to read, buy and collect paperbacks that our hallway bookshelf just isn't enough already (and that's a pretty long hallway at that!). They have resorted to giving away some of the books just to make way for the new. They were many old textbooks and Mom initially thought to sell textbooks especially in the province where very little books are sent. However, our are very old one's already and some of the information are not updated already. So, Mom just had to throw them away. We did however sent some of the story books and encyclopedia.

Apparently, the love for books and reading skipped a generation because I don't enjoy reading as much. I do have some favorites like my all time favorite Nancy Drew and Sweet Valley Twins and my recent loves Sophie Kinsella books and Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga.

My son on the other hand loves to read. He enjoys encyclopedias, story books and anything that involves animals and dinosaurs. So, even though I am dead tired I still read him a book or 2 before going to bed. After the book, it is always followed by a made up story consisting of himself, me, his daddy and his little brother. This way his imagination is developed.

My friends would ask me, "Is it tiring to be a parent?" Constantly. But you know what? Kids grow up real fast and in a few years you'll be left alone in a big empty house wishing you had someone to read to. So for now, I am just enjoying every tiring moment.