Recently my daughter came home with an "I Spy" book from the school library. We always read to her each evening and she in turn reads to us also.

It has been a pleasant part of growing up with her
from the time she could sit up on her own. We would get her up in our laps and read to her. At that time it did not matter much what we read. Now we allow her to pick some of the reading material.

With the I Spy Book. You have to find all the missing items that are hidden in the picture. We had so much fun with it that she requested that we put that on her Santa List.

When she and I could not find an item. It was dads turn to stop what he was doing and to find the item for us. By doing this everyone got involved. Our reading time expanded for the rest of the week until we solved every picture and found every item.

I thought of sharing it with our readers because it was something we all enjoyed as a family so much. It brought curiosity and interest. Sportsmanship and laughter to our reading time.

Every night we have a ritual with our daughter. After we say our prayers we ask if she is Happy?
Then we tell her we love her and kiss her good night. Then she will ask us if we are Happy too?
Then she gives us a kiss and says good night.

This has made us often stop and think about being happy and what makes us happy. That's when we realized that at that point in time each night. There was no better place on earth to be and no fonder fact than to know our baby was falling asleep happy.

As children we used too play I Spy with our parents when we were on long rides or bored. Today it is a bit different than the normal I Spy but just as much fun. I would tell every parent with children who can understand pictures to buy the I Spy Books.

It is a wonderful experience for the whole family.
Just say it is time to play and read.