Bedtime Story

I have kind of a problem.  I'm generally addicted to books.  I do everything I can to instill the love of reading in my kids.  One of my dreams has always been to read a story at bedtime to my kids.  Not the Dr. Seuss stuff, we've done that since the beginning.  I'm talking the kind of story that takes time to finish.  The kind that the kids can't wait to get back to the next night.  I thought I had jumped the gun with the oldest, but I couldn't wait any longer.

Some light reading

Yeah, I didn't start with the easy stuff, either.

Treasure Island

So, she was excited the first night.  I think she just loved the size of the book and thought she'd never have to go to bed.  I thought she might quickly lose interest.  I asked what she wanted to read the second night.  "Pirates, daddy! I want the pirates!"

Well, what a pleasant surprise.  The one thing I did learn is that it is taking me three or four times as long to read it because I have to do all of the voices and stop to explain things regularly.  She doesn't ask, but she looks at me with those blue eyes and nods her head when I do it.  I don't know if she really understands, but she seems to love it.  We're 50 pages into it now and she is still excited.  She even wants it read during the day, which I have gladly obliged.  Heck, yes I can turn off the television and read to you.  I was fully prepared to have her ask for one of her other books and that would have been fine.  I thought I was pushing it.  I think what I've discovered is that she inherited my addiction.