I can't begin to express to you how overjoyed I am that my boys like love to read. Not that neither is proficient in reading on their own, but either child can often be found sitting by one of our many bookcases, surrounded by a pile of scattered books.
My dilema is that the "pile of scattered books" drives me nuts! I want the books to be standing straight and tall like a library; the boys toss them on the floor and sometimes they manage to get them on the shelfs....upside down, backwards, sideways. So to find some middle ground I found this great idea on another blog, Raising Olives, for creating personal books shelves. This amazing lady (whom I do not know, but just like her blog) posted step-by-step instructions and photos on her blog if you want to do it yourself.
The shelves weren't too difficult and I had intended to do them all by myself. But my dearest hubby like projects. Alot. And he is a perfectionist, of the best kind. So I gave in and let him take over because I knew he'd do it much faster than me, and he'd get it right the first time.
Mikhal, I actually caught reading, and this was just too good of a pose for me not to take a photo! He was very excited to pick out his favorite books from the other cases and place them here on his own personal shelf.
Max is excited that he can now read a book without getting out of bed. And yes, of course he is whistling and is reading Star Wars at the same time.
