Storytime

Happy Fourth of July! Today we spent most of our day at our friends the Halls' house. They bar-be-qued, the kids played in wading pools, sprinklers, and the playground equipment, and we all enjoyed the day baking in stupid-crazy heat. There were many fun moments of the day, but one sticks out more than the rest. Sometime mid-afternoon, Bob pulls a chair and book into the grass and sits down to start reading. I look at Sharon and ask what's going on. She explains that the book is some book about the story of Paul Revere (sorry, don't remember the title) that they've had since Isaac was a baby, and Bob wants to read it to the kids. I think this is a nice idea, until I see the first page... on which there were easily 100 words printed. I thought to myself, reading any book to these overrun, exhausted kids is not going to go well, and a wordy book will keep their attention even less. However, one by one children came from all over the backyard to check out the book Mr. Bob was reading. I know the book was not finished, but it lasted WAY longer than any of us expected it to. So thanks Bob for helping us remember the reason for celebrating today, and hopefully one of these years we'll make it to the end of the story.