books, books, books

We had a nice visit from Ruby's grandparents Papa and Nan Lynn yesterday.  They brought Ruby some new Christmas themed books which have replaced her current favorites and gives Mama and Dada a welcome break from the insanity of reading the same books every day, over and over.
Thank you for these and all the other books you've given to Ruby!   

Nan Lynn reading Ruby a magazine while Papa tells Ryan a story. 

She loves books.  I'd say that without exaggeration, Ruby spends between two and three hours each day reading books.  After breakfast, she usually gravitates to one of her stacks of books.  She'll either hunker down alone or bring them to Ryan or I to read to her.  During the day when I hear a strange silence in the house, I quite often find her rummaging through her books.  And then of course there's bed time.  The story time ritual has become everyone's favourite time of the day.

Recently, she's taken a liking to magazines.  This morning, she sifted through a Parenthood magazine for about 30 minutes.  She's been reading that particular issue since it arrived about two weeks ago and there's only one page missing!  She's oddly careful with the thin pages and often brings the magazine over saying "up, up", which means she wants me to pick her up and read it to her. 

I hope she continues this trend of reading.  I'm happy that she's starting off on this path so young.  I'd like to find (or make) time to read more myself.

If only I didn't have this annoying need for sleep.....