Every night the kids and I snuggle up for a bedtime story. It's such a special time to me, I find it's the time of the day when they really open up. After school they are usually too busy to tell me all about their day, but those quiet moments before bed, when it's just them and me is when I get to hear all about it. After they are done telling me all the exciting things they got up to we settle down with a book.
When they were smaller it was me reading while they admired all the beautiful pictures in the books. As they got older and learnt to read our roles reversed, they are the story tellers now and I love hearing them read. Their voices are so cute, especially when they are putting on character voices.
Dylan is really into the Diary of a wimpy kid's books. I must admit, they are a fun read.
As a result of that he also enjoys the movies, both go hand in hand really. He's got all the books in the series so far but I am keeping my eye out for a new release every time I go into the bookstore.
Emily is my little bookworm. She has been fascinated by books ever since she was tiny and she really has taken to reading so well. I don't think she's ever read a book she hasn't liked.
One of the books she likes to read over and over is Peter Rabbit. What a great book!
We saw the play a few years back and she loved it so much, so when we got her the book she was over the moon. I think she reads it monthly.
Reading is such an important skill to have and I am so glad my kids cherish this special time together.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Bristol for a family party.
We had such a nice time exploring the city and the kids loved it too because there was a
Gromit trail. Eighty different Gromits were spread out over the city so on Sunday morning we went Gromit hunting, you should have heard their excited voices every time we spotted a new one.
I have to say they were all amazing and so beautifully decorated, I would find it really hard to pick a favourite. We didn't find them all of course, we weren't there for long enough...too bad because this has been one of the only times where I can say the kids were happy to walk city streets.
Here are just a few photo's, unfortunately we didn't take our good camera so we had to use our phone, loads of them came out blurry (typical!) but these few are OK enough I guess.
So which is your favourite?
