Turn the Page

Jude and I believe one of the most important gifts you can give a child is a love of reading. We read to him every day. Even on those occasions when he is a little fussy, he almost always calms down immediately if one of us sits him in our lap and places a book in front of him. We really, really love to read to him.

Last weekend, excited, Jude called me into his play area upstairs. She was sitting on the floor, with John Patrick in her lap, reading to him. As she finished reading a page, she lifted it slightly, then he grabbed it and turned it, all by himself. We were amazed! We watched him do it over and over again, laughing .

By today, a week later, he's really got the hang of it. It almost seems like he enjoys turning the pages as much as he enjoys looking at the pages.