Generations

I was given some beautiful doilies yesterday from my mother that use to belong to my Great-Grandmother. It is amazing how these things survived three generations of children and still look as if they are in pristine condition. I plan on getting a lot of use out of these!

I also was so excited to see a book from my childhood. This is a book called "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Opening up each page, reading each verse, and getting lost in each illustration took me back to my four year old self, laying in bed with my father listening to his deep voice while he read each line. It was one of the best feelings I have had in a long time. I had forgotten how beautiful each of the illustrations were! I was more then happy and excited to cuddle up on the couch with "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" on each side of me, reading them the same words that were read to me on a daily basis when I was a child.  My babies loved it, and sat through almost the whole book! Here are some of the pages of this remarkable book. I find them just fascinating!

I was also able to sit down and read to Jordan one on one when the babies went to bed. We decided to open up a book we received for Christmas from my husbands parents. This happens to be the same book that they use to read to Chase every night. It was so much fun to read to Jordan a book that helped shape and mold the man that I fall in love with over and over again. I highly recommend this book as well for the older children.