Originally published June 20, 2006.
Our family’s transition to summer vacation has felt the bumps and bruises that most households do. Until we all find our space, our schedule and our general “groove”, it seems we’re just going to have to step on toes for a bit.
But the other night, their naughtiness was in tandem. Although our bedtime routine has dropped off the atlas, we do attempt to get them in bed just after dark. We thought we’d succeeded.
When my husband hadn’t gone right in to kiss them goodnight, they came out to the living room to kiss HIM goodnight. Odd. Fishy, even. But we resumed our conversation and forgot about it…
…until about a half hour later, when I looked toward the bedrooms and saw a faint light coming from my daughter’s room. What’s going on? I crept down the hall to investigate, peeked around the corner, and…
There they were, snuggled up in Deena’s bed, reading Inkheart in the near-dark. They both looked up, knew they were caught, and giggled like kookaburras.
Book light? $5
Cornelia Funke paperback? $6.95
Your kid sneak-reading your other kid a bedtime story? Priceless
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7:25 am
Spenser is reading Inkheart and seems to really like it.
9:42 am
I better buy that for some grandkids!
12:43 pm
That Is priceless!
6:30 pm
Sneaking for a bedtime story, huh? I sneak out for a midnight snack and some TV. I try not to disturb my sleeping kids. But the key word here is “try.”
“Daddy,” my 4-year old one morning told me. “Don’t watch too much TV. And don’t eat my junk food, OK?”
Busted.
Mike
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11:36 am
What grade level is Inkheart? My son is finally coming around to reading and he’s loving it so I’m trying to keep a stash of secrely hidden books that I can pull out when he asks.
11:46 am
My daughter read it the summer after third grade, but she’s a pretty good reader. I’m guessing it’s somewhere around a fourth-grade reading level. Good luck! And thanks for stopping by!
3:03 pm
That is just so sweet!!!!!!!