Raising A Reader

4.10.2008

For those of you poor souls who can claim me as a former roommate (Desha, Mindy, Josette, Crystal...to name a few), you know how much I love a rainy day, a cozy bed, and a great read.

Someone told us when Sophie was just a baby that the best way to raise a reader is to model reading...to actually read, not just to them, but as a model. Always one to "sacrifice" for a good cause, I willingly took this oh-so burdensome task on....

Poor Benjamin has no choice, if modelling is any determiner. Not only mom and dad love reading, but Sophie (pictured below) shows signs of putting her mom to shame in the reading category, and Annie, though not yet literate, is constantly "reading" aloud to her 'tend frens (pretend friends).

Ben has started scoping out the joint to find whoever is presently reading and sidling up beside them with his own collection of books (often perused upside down!). He reveals that while he does love a good book, he is also all boy and not opposed to some clowning around, too.