Books

My kids are obsessed with books. I'm glad they love them so much! I really do. But I can barely sit down for 2 seconds before they realize I've sat down and they run and grab arm loads of books and come running over to me. And most of the time I love to sit and read with them. It's so fun and they are SO into every story we read that they literally just sit there and could listen to stories all day. But lately, with this pregnancy, I have been so tired by the afternoon. 

We have a routine of getting up, having breakfast and going to the gym. It gives me a chance to exercise and chat with my friends at the gym while we do the treadmills and the kids have a chance to run around with each other and play in the day care and on the playground. But by the time we get home, do a few chores, get through lunch and finally sit down again, my eyes are ready to just close themselves and sleep. So the instant I start reading a book we've read for the umpteenth time, I start to fall asleep as I'm trying to read. 

Anyway, so lately I've been putting the kids down a little bit early to bed at night and they get to read books in bed for about 30 minutes before we turn the lights out and it works pretty good! I give them each a pile of books and they do great and sitting there, reading and looking at books!! It's a win win!

And sometimes Kimbri also looks at books in her bed during "quiet time" while Garrett is napping. 

Because of the book love we have in our house, I'm always on the look out for new books... meaning new to us. Haha. Most of them I get at garage sales, Goodwill or DI. It's awesome because I usually can find them for super cheap. DI is the best because most all of their books are only .50 and they are usually in fantastic condition! I once spent $18 on books at DI and was wondering if I went a little overboard. But then I added up how much it would've cost me to buy them all new and it would have been $120!!!! And I got them all for $18! So it ended up being a smoking deal. And I always love a good deal :)