Bedtime
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Posted by peskypippi | Posted in Family, Humor, Kids, Mothering, Parenting | Posted on 23-03-2012
Tags: bedtime, children, humor, kids
This is what bedtime looks like around here.
P-A-R-T-Y!
Posted by peskypippi | Posted in Childrearing, Children's Books, Family, Mom Time, Mothering, Reading, Uncategorized | Posted on 03-11-2011
Tags: bedtime, books, Charlotte's Web, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Mom time, reading, self, The Art of Racing in the Rain, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Wesley the Owl
I have a lovely stack of books. And they are staring at me from my nightstand, just waiting to be read:
- Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
But I ignore their stare. It seems the second I pick up a book, these days, it’s pushing midnight, and I nod off like an old man and then re-read the same page over and over.
I have always loved to read. Growing up, I had lots of quiet time to enjoy my books. My mother was great at fueling my reading habit and has always surprised me with new book selections, just perfect for a child, then a tween, then a teen.
And she still buys me books whenever we meander through book stores together. Uh, you still remember book stores, don’t you? I admit, I’m not a Kindle gal (yet). I find pleasure in holding a physical book, turning the paper pages, and marking the paused page with a fancy bookmark, hand-drawn by my daughter.
For now, I think I’ll move the books under a heap of laundry. As they sit there unread, they are making me feel guilty and overwhelmed. And books shouldn’t feel like a “to do” list.
Until then, off to read Charlotte’s Web to the two little ones.
