I love books. I have been a reader since Babysitter's Club and Nancy Drew were cool, and as a stay home mom one topic I can still feel up to date on in a conversation is books. I have lovely memories of my childhood friend having the whole collection of Berenstain Bear books and spending a good portion of a sleepover with her not doing our nails or watching movies, but reading her beloved collection, me insanely jealous of all of these perfectly ordered stories. Books have brought my mother-in-law and I even closer together in the fact that we like the same kind of storyline and she feels naked without a novel in her hands.I see glimpses of my girls love of reading and books when the older one painstakingly puts her bookmark in her place after victoriously reading a page, when my younger one corrects me if I read a word different (trying to be funny) than what is in one of her favorite books, and when they would rather read Peter Pan than watch the movie, good stuff.
With my history it is no wonder that the first thing I look to organize in my girls rooms are their bookshelves. Putting their Berenstain Bear collection in order, along with Dr. Seuss, Give a Mouse series, etc., and even having monthly books that are rotated at the beginning of each month obviously shows books are really precious to me, and hopefully to my girls too.
*I can't let this blog pass without passing along two irreplaceable websites involving books: www.paperbackswap.com and www.goodreads.com, for the love of books, check them out :) *
so cute! I also love to read, and growing up you could always find me with my nose in a book.. Maybe with my free time this summer before I start work I'll finally get a chance to sit and read a few books for fun (that's not a textbook!)
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