The last little while, I've been reading Mothering by the Book. It's a beautiful book about one mother's journey in motherhood and the impact reading books has had on her motherhood. I have loved it so far and it's gotten me thinking about my own journey with motherhood and books. Being a mother is something I always dreamed about being and I feel so grateful to get to live that dream. It can still be so hard sometimes, to measure up to the kind of mother I hope to be and to

One of my very favorite parts of parenting is reading aloud with my kids. I've loved it since my first was a baby (she loved to sit and be read to, even at a really young age!) and it's only gotten more fun as they've gotten older. I share books with my kids in two primary ways--I read out of a novel with them at bedtime for 20-30 minutes each night and we have a family audiobook that we listen to together (in the car, especially on long car trips, but also sometimes while co

One of my favorite traditions (that encompasses most of our other traditions) is our Book Advent. This is a tradition we have where the...

When I became a mom, I knew that I wanted to share my love of reading with my kids. I started off reading a lot to my firstborn and after having my second, I read the Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. That book only grew my passion of reading aloud. Sometimes, there are books my kids love that I have a harder time reading aloud and other times, I find a book that is an absolute joy no matter how many times my kids ask me to read it to them. Today I am sharing some of my FA