What you get.....

Got to reap the rewards of many years of reading books....

We went to a bookstore last week that also has a train table. Jack made a beeline for the train table and stayed there the whole time.

After a quick perusal of the trains, Josh opted to browse the books in the bookstore, never returning to the train table.

This is a product of many years of deliberately reading to Josh, even before he knew what a book was! I bet Jack will ultimately make that switch too.

If you have trouble spending dedicated time with your kids, at the very least, read read read!!! It is worth it in so many ways. If you don't know what to read, check out Honey for a Child's Heart or Books Children Love from the library.

Do Something Brave

This week I did something very brave. I took my boys camping with one other mommy and her son. And no daddies! This is not something in my normal scope of life. I tend to be fearful, a chicken, not one to take risks esp with my kids. This wasn't a risk really, but it was definitely out of my comfort zone. And what a blessing! We had a wonderful time- time to talk, time to sit, think, breathe, watch the ocean. All while our three boys played and dug and fought and worked it out again.

Do something brave! Find something outside your comfort zone that you want to do and do it. (Get another mommy to accompany you if you don't want to do it alone!) God will provide what you need to get through it and then you know that with Him walking with you, you can do difficult things.