Between 7:00 and 7:30pm is a magic time in our house. This is the time where we are all in the same room, but everyone is quiet. It's Reading Time, and it's a beautiful thing!
At the beginning of the year, Isaac came home with the task to read independently for 20-30 minutes. Jonas had already been assigned this responsibility three years ago. The trick as parents was to figure out where to fit in another homework assignment. Thus our family reading time was born.
It's a wonderfully quiet way to wind down the day. After a usually boisterous dinner, clothes are changed in favor of comfy jammies, and each person finds a book, magazine, or something quiet to do.
My favorite thing of reading time: being in the presence of my children while not breaking up bickering, and not answering questions. I get to sit and not be preoccupied with what I "should" be doing. Instead, I can get whisked away to another world, while setting a good example of relaxing, reading, and unwinding.
This makes me long for the day when my two are older and we can have "reading time." :) Great pictures!! (P.S. the house looks so cute!!) Keep up all the blogging! I love to read it!
ReplyDeleteYour blog reminds of a particular Friday evening when we were all "flaked out" around the living room--laying on floor with feet up on sofa, etc. I glanced around and took pleasure in the fact that the four of us, Rachel and Mark being in, say, upper elementary school, were just all reading because we wanted to be reading. It's a life-long skill that has served us well.
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