I found Matthew like this yesterday, and had to take a picture. This is so typical Matthew: Shin guards on, bruised/cut legs from playing too hard, and a book in his hand. I find it very interesting that my child who never slows down, who plays hard from morning until night, can sit for hours and read.
Matthew is passionate about reading and always has been. He can't wait to tell me about the characters in each of his books, and will bring a book anywhere he goes if he knows he will have a spare 5 minutes. In the past two weeks, he has read the first two books in the Lightening Thief series. I have gotten quite an earful about Greek mythology!
I love that I never have to remind him to read. I can't tell you the number of times we have put him to bed at 8:30 only to find him running into the living room at 10:30 or 11 praising the "GREAT!!" book he just finished! It thrills me to see this passion in him. Not only does it remind me of me as a child, but I know that a passion for reading will serve him well his entire life!
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All these insights are so precious. Sophia has just turned three and I feel I have not kept up in doing all I can for her as a stay at home mommy but I am glad to be a part of her love for books because we read a few everyday. A few afternoons I have caught her on her own, in her reading chair, tucked in with a lap full of books and pretend reading to herself.
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