Take a look,

it's in a book

Teresa loves to read now. She often comes running or hopping (because she never walks anymore) with a "bookie" & immediately requests to sit in your "lappie". It's so sweet. She's actually a decent listener now, too, & rarely just keeps flipping pages as in the past. Sometimes she even says a few of the words, if it's a favorite.
Andrew is an awesome reader. It's so fun to hear! He's starting reading to the girls & they love it, too. One of his summer project plans is to make books on tape for them, so when he goes back to school in the fall he can still read to them. Isn't that sweet? Now Mommy's just got to get on the ball & hook him up with a kid-friendly tape recorder. Rebecca can pour over one page of a book for five minutes... one book can keep her busy for half an hour! She looks at the pictures, tries to find letters she knows, & who knows what else. She has such an imagination.
Reading is such a great way to learn, a good pasttime, & a continual challenge. How do you encourage reading in your kids? How do you find/make time to read yourself?