"Lap, lap, lap", Avi will say as he pulls your hand to the couch.
Reading is one of his favorite past times. I find I have to stop myself from saying, "hold on" or "in a minute" as I'm trying to finish up one last chore... and just take his hand and sit together to read. I know how important reading is and I want nothing more than to continue to foster that in him. When I was in elementary school, I knew reading was important, so on library day I would pick the thickest books available on the subject of horses (fiction and non-fiction) and I would carry them too and from school so other people would know I was reading. But I never read these books. I was a late bloomer when it comes to reading for enjoyment. (But obviously an early bloomer in knowing about "image" - ugh). So as I said, I want nothing more than to foster the love of reading that he already has... so that he will continue to love books throughout his entire life.
On this day a few weeks ago, when he took my hand, I suggested we read
all of his books. We searched around the living room and found as many books as we could and piled them high. We read through the
Shapes book and
On The Night You Were Born and then we started reading the
Trucks book. "More..." he insisted. Ugh, I hate that
Trucks book...
digger, tractor, ambulance, airport firetruck, mail truck... But when I couldn't coax him to another book, I smiled at his own independence coming through and we read that
damn Trucks book about thirteen more times before he was ready for the "swings".
I think I should take his lead when it comes to my own reading and leave all the dishes in the sink and the laundry left to be folded to enjoy my time with a good book. In fact, I'll do just that right now!!
