I'm not a blogger....

I've attempted a blog once before, and made it through three whole posts. I love the process of designing a page, picking a name and imagining a whole year of posts about how awesome I am as a mom. But, somewhere around post three or four, it loses it's appeal and I end up forgetting I ever committed to write every single day.

Hopefully this blog will be different. It combines a few of the things I love most ~ books, my kids, and writing. I also see it as a way of making myself accountable for reading every night to Juliana who loves nothing more than my undivided attention and being read to.

My thought was to start it on New Years Day. However, we made a trip to the library tonight and found a great Christmas story to read. Juliana begged for a bedtime story, and in true motherly fashion I agreed (with the condition that she would lay down an go straight to sleep afterwards). It was a sweet time with my baby girl.

We read Santa and the Three Bears, by Dominic Catalano. It's a wonderful story about three bears who crash a surprise party for Santa. With a tale reminiscent of Goldilocks, only the bears are the intruders, it shares the thought that gifts only need to be heartfelt to be appreciated. I love the understated illustrations and the simplicity of the story. Juliana loved the bears, especially the Baby Bear.

So our adventure through books has begun, and not a day too soon.