I didn’t get my post up for last weeks Secular Thursday because I was busy combing through piles of books at a book sale. I spent two hours going through the available books for children and in the education section. This year unlike years past I had a budget and a realistic understanding of just how many books I can fit on my shelves. So I was a diligent selective buyer. My industrious digging paid off in finds of a Lego book for Lil’B and several chapter books for Jr. from series he enjoys. The other books I brought home were mostly “school” books such as most of Joy Hakim’s Story of Us series, Zoobooks, and fractions plate (game).
What really made this day for me though was this photo and the story that goes with it. I got back home very close to supper. The boys had been quite busy outside, with their Grandpa, which meant that supper wasn’t on the table. What I didn’t know was that the boys and Grandpa had been in cahoots to go our local buffet place for supper. So I walk in to “Hi mom! We’re going to the buffet!” I went with the idea because I was hungry! BUT it took us another 25 minutes to get out of the house because I brought in my box of books. Books always draw but this time not only did the boys sit down to read/flip through pages so did Grandpa! If you look closely just above Jr’s head you can see Grandpa’s leg. He’s reading too.
They were too busy reading to go out to eat. To busy reading to head to a restaurant. Busy reading.
It’s just a moment but one that I want to remember.
