Drew and Rachel were shopping for Father's Day cards the other night when Rachel began reading aloud from some of them. A woman stopped by and exclaimed, "That's GREAT reading!" Turns out that she is a former teacher and she and Drew got into a long discussion about kids and reading. She was quite impressed by Rachel's skill level!
Wednesday night was a gigantic "book swap" at the Westover Library -- apparently THE place to be; Drew said Rachel kept recognizing kids she knows from school. She got some books and was reading aloud when Ivy happened to stop by. "You're getting THOSE books?" she asked Rachel. When Rachel said yes, Ivy said, "You're reading at a 2nd- or 3rd-grade level!"
Rachel is quite fascinated with history and when she's at the library she asks the librarian, very politely, for any history books (it seems we are past the princess books stage, thank God) and when I kiss her goodnight after getting home from work, she is invariably curled up next to an open book that I gently remove and put near her bookshelf. Apparently she loves reading in bed. Like mother, like daughter, I guess.
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