My Best Friend

I know I'm doing something right when my girls hug and kiss me and tell me that I am their best friend, and that I'm the best mom in the world!  It makes my heart burst with love and pride for my sweet babies!  All 3 of them!  And I know that all of the yelling, slapping butts, and disciplining is working, because they respect me, and love me.  I couldn't ask for anything more than that.  I am truly blessed!

Captain Underpants!

My wonderful little 1st grader came home early on his last day of school, and sat down at the table and did his homework.  Then, he grabbed his latest Captain Underpants book and started reading.  He read the entire book (190 pages) in an hour and a half!  Not bad for only being in 1st grade!!!!  Now, it's a comic book, but I read a little bit of it to see what the heck had all of his attention, and this series is so great for his level!  Lots of reading, but pictures too so the reader understands what's going on.  At one point, he turned to the front cover of the book and said, "Oh!  So THAT'S what the monster looked like!"  So funny!

I absolutely LOVE that he LOVES to read!  I have read to all of my kids from the time they were newborns until now.  And now they can read to me!  Even the younger ones who can't really read, but know the story, spin it to suit their own imaginations and let the story take flight!