Abrianna: A book lover after Leanne's heart

I love books, always have, always will. I loved working at a bookstore, and would love to buy books all the time, but the realization that they take up too much space keeps me going to the library regularly instead. So, its such a fun thing to see at least one of my daughters enjoying them almost as much as me.

It's not uncommon that on some afternoons I'll be downstairs and realize that I haven't heard or seen Abrianna in too long. With worried thoughts of more Crayola masterpieces on the walls, I'll find her up in her bedroom--sitting in front of the bookcase. She'll have a stack of 5 or 6 books that she's already looked at beside her, just flipping pages and looking at the pictures. "Hi Mommy, " she says so sweetly while I then feel guilty that I suspected the worst when she's actually constructively busy.

In addition, Abrianna has a habit each night of getting a book off their bookshelf and taking it to bed with her before we do bedtime routine. Last night she got was still looking at it as we tried to turn out lights and say goodnight.

Todd: Abrianna, it's time to go to bed. You need to lay down.
Abrianna (with an exasperated sigh): But then I can't see the book.

Chances are she'll be like me in later years: holed up reading late at night in her closet with the door closed, or reading by flashlight under the sheets. I can only hope, right?