Meet the Cast

Mr. Baby Big Boy (Mr. B)

We introduced Mr. B to books at a very young age (the day my pregnancy app told me he could hear my voice, I started reading him the Little Prince).

I packed Goodnight Moon and One Fish Two Fish in my hospital bag and Mr. Husband and I read both books to Mr. B shortly after we met him. When Mr. B was a baby, he crawled to his book shelf to choose books for us to read. For two years Mr. Husband and I have been held hostage in Mr. B's room reading to him under threat of tantrum (most nights Mr. Husband can get out of there in under half an hour but I've been trapped for two hours, exhausted and dehydrated).

Overall Mr. B is incredibly smart and prefers books and toys far above his age level. Sometimes it's exhausting keeping up with him. If we are not constantly finding ways to challenge and stimulate his mind he becomes very difficult.

Mr. B LOVES everything Star Wars. He has watched Episode IV more times then I can count and is intimately familiar with the plot and characters.

Mr. B is currently (aged 2 years and 8 months) very interested in learning to read and we are working on recognizing letter sounds. One of his favorite activities is trying to figure out the first letter of words. Mr. B also loves science, counting and learning Chinese.

Baby Girl (Baby G)

Baby G also listened to books while in the womb (she had no choice because I spent my pregnancy with her reading to Mr. B). When it was time to go to the hospital I again packed Goodnight Moon and set off to meet her.

Baby G shocked me with her passion for books. Her reaction to being read to was far more intense then Mr. B's. When she was a newborn, the only way I could get her to stop crying was to recite Goodnight Moon from memory and she refused to go to sleep unless I read Is Your Mama A Llama every night.

She may be trouble...

Mr. Husband

Luckily, Mr. Husband is a book lover (or I wouldn't have married him). During our early years together we bonded over our favorite books and discovered new ones to discuss. Mr. Husband has been very supportive of our constantly expanding children's library and loves to read to the kids.

Me (or I)

And then there's me. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are from being read to by my mother. My mom read to me deep into the night from a very young age. To say that I love books is an understatement.