One of my favorite days of the week is when we go to the library. We don't like the story time day (too many people and my kids don't like to compete for the books and computers with the crowds.) Each kid gets a cloth bag and they can fill it up with as many books as they want as long as they can still carry it (I carry Little Miss's selections). Then we usually head to the grocery store. The kids pile into the cart each with a book and I am able to make it around the store usually 1/2 way before I even really hear a peep.
When we get home the books are strewn about the floor and the kids dive in. Midge is our only official "reader" so often she is wrangled into reading to Leo and Little Miss, but Leo and Little Miss are able to imitate very well. We have caught Little Miss on several occasions in a corner reading out loud to herself.
Midge reminds me of myself at her age. I loved escaping into a good book. My favorite thing in the world then as well as now was to bring home a stack of books and dive in. I hope that all my kids are always readers and have a love for it like I do.
