Day 232 - Un-put-down-able

I started reading Ahn Do's The Happiest Refuge last night and for the first time in ages, I almost finished a book in one sitting! I did have to finish it today though, so I could get some sleep last night. I loved it. It was so readable and funny, but I did have tears in my eyes for a lot of it, particularly the description of Ahn's family's horrific boat ride out of Vietnam. After a broken down engine and two pirate attacks, during one of which, Ahn's baby brother was dangled overboard, they were finally rescued by a German boat.  When Ahn describes his father getting on board the German boat, he says;

... by the time he stepped off the rope ladder his dry sunburnt face had cracked open into a whopping great smile as he tasted his own salty tears of relief. He'd delivered 39 lives to safety.

What amazing strength some people have.

Day 180 - Old Habit

Don't look too closely at Dale's book - yes it is Stephen King...

Did I mention that Henry is sleeping through from 7.30pm til 7? It has been about 2 weeks straight now and now that he doesn't wake for an 11.00pm feed anymore, we can actually have a little time to read in bed of a night. It's an old habit that is back!

Day 165 - Reading With Dad

We have just adjusted Henry's bed time routine to include a book and it is a bit hit and miss! Sometimes he is just too tired, sometimes he gets most of the pleasure out of opening and shutting the book, but also (as the photo shows) sometimes he sits still and enjoys! I know I was told at some professional learning course last year how important it was for boys to see their fathers read, so that they don't get the idea that reading is a girl thing, so I think it is great that this is who Henry is doing most of his reading with so far. I also read this week that it doesn't matter if baby is more interested in opening and closing the book than reading, it is all "reading behaviour"! :-D

Day 157 - Must Read

I was pretty vague this week and picked up two copies of Donna Hay Magazine instead of grabbing a copy of Delicious. I have the biggest pile of magazines to read in the school holidays since I haven't had much time during term; quite a few cooking mags, as well as In Style and copies of Marie Claire still in their plastic wrappers since I have a subscription! I can't wait to get stuck into them and maybe even cook some of the more time consuming dishes in some of them.

Day 76 - Where The Wild Things Are

I needed to choose a picture book for a writing lesson that I am doing tomorrow, so I decided to read to Henry this afternoon. Think I will stick to board books for a while, since he seems more intent on chewing the book or roughly flapping the pages about! Henry has quite a library already and I can't wait to be able to read to him more. He likes the little board books and I really like reading Mem Fox's Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes which is a great book for bubs.