Read it again, Mommy!

Reading is my favorite hobby. I am always reading a book, and I do mean always. When I finish one book I am digging into the next one immediately, to the point where I used to carry my back-up/next book with me once I got down to 50 pages or less of a current book. I would be delighted if my love of reading were to translate to Kaleb, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t trying to influence this since before he was born. I used to read my own books aloud when I was pregnant. Once Kaleb was born, I continued reading my own books to him while we cuddled and quickly got to work on building his board book collection. At this point we easily have over 100 books for him, I can’t help but order more every time day care sends home one of those Scholastic book order forms. People who know me have given me the board books that their children have grown out of, and books are always included in gifts that Kaleb receives from both his grandmas, who are also avid readers.

I share all this in an attempt to convey how thrilled I am that Kaleb has chosen a favorite bedtime story, one he asks for again and again! He loves to pick out books and come crawl into my lap for a quick quiet time snuggle. For months I would read to him the same books, in the same order, as part of our bedtime routine. I then started mixing in some new stories to our line-up. Recently he started pointing at the one book we read every day from when we started a bedtime routine, at 4 months old, titled I Love You More Than Rainbows. He wants this story, and only this story, at least 3 times every night before bed. I’m so happy, this is one of those dreams I dared to have for my future kids, that they would have a favorite bedtime story. And now I am seeing that dream come true, what a blessing!