Welcome!

Welcome to my first blog post!

My name is Liz. I am a Child Development major and stay at home mom to an 18 month old boy who LOVES to be read to. Growing up, I've always loved to read (my mom is an avid reader) and I made it a point to have a lot of books available for my son. at last count, we had well over 300 books! They are partly for my son, and partly for use when I start teaching preschool.

The books that we have for children are all accessible to our son. We have cardboard books over his toy box, and the rest of the books on the shelf with mommy and daddy's books, toward the bottom where he can reach them. The result, especially having a boy, is that many, many books end up on the floor, and many others get pushed onto our laps with a whining grunt to be read to. Thankfully, this grunt is slowly and surely being replaced with the sign for "please"!

Children love repetition, and my son is no different. I've read "Mr. Brown can Moo, Can You?" so many times I've nearly memorized it. This is where the torture part of the title of my blog comes in! My son has been sitting still through entire Dr. Suess books for several months. We have a pile of books that we've had to hide to take a break from. The list of those books is on the side of this page!  

It's recommended to read to children for at least 20 minutes a day, and given my sons taste in books and his love of repetition, we surpass that most days. My mouth gets dry. My throat starts to hurt. I try to get daddy to read to give me a break, and he often at least tries, but my son wants me to read. I love to read, but reading aloud is tiring but necessary.

And so it begins, the joys (and torture) of reading aloud!